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Six Startups Accepted To Michigan’s Desai Accelerator

ANN ARBOR - The Desai Accelerator has announced it’s next class of startups to enter in their program. Six early stage technology companies were selected for the second year of their program. The Desai Accelerator is a joint venture between the Zell Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies and the College of Engineering, founded to help

By |2016-05-11T08:02:04-04:00May 10th, 2016|Entrepreneurs|

Attention Detroit Entrepreneurs: ABC’s Shark Tank Hosting Casting Call May 16 At Grand Circus

DETROIT - Metro Detroit entrepreneurs will get a shot at appearing on ABC’s Shark Tank, the popular television series that can lead to big investment dollars, on May 16 at Grand Circus. But you need to sign up quickly to secure your place in this casting call. If selected, you will be asked to do

By |2016-05-10T20:13:09-04:00May 10th, 2016|Entrepreneurs, Featured, News|

M2 TechCast: ESD Job Fair, Online Tech Disaster Recovery As A Service

FERNDALE - In this segment of M2 TechCast that aired on May 2, Engineering Society of Detroit’s Robert McGee who talks about the latest ESD Job Fair, where thousands of jobs in Science Technology Engineering and Math are available. Also on the show was Online Tech CEO Yan Ness who provides details on Disaster Recovery

By |2016-05-10T14:00:29-04:00May 10th, 2016|Cyber Defense, M2 TechCast, Podcasts|

M2 TechCast: Smartfinds Marketing Discloses Secrets Behind MITechNews.Com’s Success

FERNDALE - The crew from Smartfinds Marketing, the force behind all the changes at MITechNews.Com, appeared on M2 TechCast May 2, to give the skinny on how they raised readership by 600 percent in just six months. Melih Oztalay, CEO, is joined by LinkedIn specialist Andrew Sonntag, and Social Media Expert Kelsey McCormick who discuss

By |2016-05-10T12:54:57-04:00May 10th, 2016|Featured, M2 TechCast, Podcasts|

Analysis Updated for Gongwer Michigan Election App

LANSING - Gongwer News Service has posted fresh analysis looking at the races for all 14 U.S. House seats and all 110 Michigan House seats on its 2016 Michigan Elections app. Additionally, Gongwer continues to add biographical information to candidates on the app. Biographical information already is available on nearly 250 candidates with much more

By |2016-05-10T07:48:05-04:00May 10th, 2016|Featured, New Products / Contracts, Politics|

M2 TechCast May 9: AMI Strategies, Naturalicious, CloudTech1 University, Drone Law Pro

FERNDALE - On M2 TechCast Monday May 9, Kathleen Norton-Schock of Diva Tech Talk, interviews Jane Sydlowski, CEO and Founder of AMI Strategies, now celebrating its quarter century in business. Also on the show will be Inforum’s Rachele Downs, who will interview Gwen Jimmere, founder & CEO of Naturalicious. Plus Rick Beckers, president of CloudTech1,

By |2016-05-08T19:08:19-04:00May 8th, 2016|Featured, M2 TechCast, Podcasts|

Environmental Interests, Schools Denounce Michigan Senate Energy Proposal

LANSING - The Michigan Senate Energy and Technology Committee continued to hear testimony on its energy policy on Thursday, with much coming from those who had hoped the proposal would maintain the state's Renewable Portfolio Standard and from schools participating in electric choice concerned about increased energy costs. Ray Telman with the Michigan Schools Energy

By |2016-05-05T22:11:57-04:00May 5th, 2016|Clean Update, Politics|

Michigan Startup’s March Madness Web App Fabulously Successful

EAST LANSING - Supported Intelligence LLC offered the SmartBracket web app for the first time this past March for the NCAA College Basketball championship. SmartBracket’s national bracket scored in the Ninety-fifith  percentile in both ESPN and Yahoo’s bracket contests – ahead of 12 million brackets on ESPN and 516,000 brackets on Yahoo. The app was

By |2016-05-05T18:15:26-04:00May 5th, 2016|Guest Columns|

C/D/H TechMash – Technology Meets Free Beers – In Downtown Detroit May 19

hDETROIT - Join C/D/H on May 19 at the C/D/H Detroit office for TechMash and enjoy one of a kind beers, and mingle with like-minded industry peers who face the same dynamic challenges that you do. The question explored is What happens when you bring technology and Michigan beers together. Well, silly, you have a

By |2016-05-08T13:00:21-04:00May 5th, 2016|New Products / Contracts, News|

Duo Security Report: 25 Percent Of Internet Explorer Browsers Open To Hackers

ANN ARBOR - A new report from Duo Security set to be released May 10 will show that 25 percent of all Windows devices are running outdated versions of Internet Explorer, open to 700 known vulnerabilities for hackers. What’s more, the report shows 60 percent of Flash users are running out-of-date versions, while 72 percent have

By |2016-05-05T17:41:52-04:00May 5th, 2016|Cyber Defense|