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West Michigan Colleges Provide Free Tax Preparation For Households With Incomes Below $58,000

GRAND RAPIDS - IRS-certified tax preparers and accounting students from Davenport University, Aquinas College, Grand Rapids Community College and Cornerstone University will be joined by community volunteers to provide free tax preparation services for annual household incomes of $58,000 on April 14 - 16 and 18 in Grand Rapids. Volunteers are providing assistance in conjunction

By |2016-03-29T14:35:11-04:00March 29th, 2016|Featured, News|

Mutually Human Shares The Experience Of Building The Batman v Superman App

GRAND RAPIDS - Grand Rapids mobile app development firm, Mutually Human, had a rare experience this year, the opportunity to work with the producers of an expected international blockbuster movie to produce a tie-in mobile app; an app that just happens to focus on all the locations in Michigan where that movie was filmed. Mutually

By |2016-03-28T21:43:36-04:00March 28th, 2016|Michigan Mobile Musings, Podcasts|

Michigan Mobile Musings: Michigan Reaps The Benefit Of The “Batman v Superman” Excitement

GRAND RAPIDS - The Michigan Film & Digital Media Office was responsible for bringing the filming and production of the "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice" movie to Michigan, and now that the movie is launching nationwide on March 25th, the MFDMO is also responsible for having engaged a Michigan mobile app development firm to

By |2016-03-28T21:43:37-04:00March 28th, 2016|Michigan Mobile Musings, Podcasts|

FBI Cracks Apple iPhone Used In Terrorist Attack With Help Of “Third Party” – Suspected To Be Israeli Company

WASHINGTON DC - In a court filing Monday, the US Department of Justice, with the help of a third party suspected to be an Israeli company, hacked the iPhone used by a terrorist in a December attack in California. Now the feds say they no longer need Apple’s help. The move Monday ends the legal

By |2016-03-28T21:24:56-04:00March 28th, 2016|Cyber Defense, Featured|

Historically Black Colleges Band Together To Help Improve STEM Education

ALEXANDRIA, Va. - The Northrop Grumman Foundation and the National Society of Black Engineers have launched a three-year, $2-million program designed to expand the nation’s engineering workforce through a partnership with Historically Black Colleges and Universities to help improve science, technology, engineering and math education. The Northrop Grumman Corporation/NSBE Integrated Pipeline Program, funded by the

By |2016-03-28T21:09:33-04:00March 28th, 2016|Featured, New Products / Contracts|

Culinary Team From Canton, Management Team From Saginaw Win State Culinary Competition

LANSING -  A culinary team from Plymouth-Canton Educational Park in Canton and the management team from Saginaw Career Complex took first place in their respective disciplines at the Michigan ProStart Competition held earlier this month. Both will now compete in the national finals in Dallas. Sixty-four (64) teams representing 20 career and technical centers from

By |2016-03-28T20:48:51-04:00March 28th, 2016|News|

M2 TechCast March 28 Features LTU Water Project, GlobalAutoIndustry.Com, OST

FERNDALE - On M2 (Squared) TechCast Monday March 28 Lawrence Technological University’s Donald Carpenter will discuss a model parking lot project he created at LTU’s Southfield campus that is designed to allow stormwater to flow naturally into the groundwater under a parking lot. The project was chosen for inclusion in the White House Water Summit

By |2016-03-25T12:53:11-04:00March 25th, 2016|M2 TechCast, Podcasts|

Backlogged FAA Slowly Processes Requests For Commercial Drone Operators

TRAVERSE CITY - How long does it take to obtain a FAA Section 333 Exemption? The FAA does not make any commitments on processing time. They have taken as little as two months and more than six months during various phases of 333 review. Here is what the FAA posted last week for people looking to

By |2016-03-25T12:27:00-04:00March 25th, 2016|Drones|

Report: Israeli Cybersecurity Company Helps FBI Hack Apple iPhone

WASHINGTON DC - Cellebrite, a privately held Israeli company that specializes in transferring or extracting data from phones, is helping the FBI unlock the iPhone, according to a report in the Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper on Wednesday. If its method is successful, the FBI will no longer need Apple's help with the iPhone, unnamed industry sources

By |2016-03-25T11:55:12-04:00March 25th, 2016|Cyber Defense|

SmartBracket Ranks In 74th Percentile In ESPN Challenge Pool After First Weekend Of March Madness

EAST LANSING - Supported Intelligence’ SmartBracket software after the first weekend of March Madness was ranked in the 74th percentile in the ESPN challenge pool. SmartBracket demonstrates the capabilities of its distinctive Rapid Recursive technology, which was designed to make sequential decisions – where one choice affects the next – for business managers. Their technology

By |2016-03-25T11:22:29-04:00March 25th, 2016|Entrepreneurs, New Products / Contracts|