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Internet Advisor: Mac Group Detroit And The History Of Apple

DETROIT - Terry White is the founding member of Mac Group Detroit and currently is Principal Worldwide Design & Photography Evangelist for Adobe Systems, Inc..  Along with Cal Carson, our resident Apple expert, Internet Advisor on WJR talks about the history of Apple, how Mac Group Detroit got involved with the company from Cupertino and where they

By |2016-04-06T13:11:55-04:00April 6th, 2016|Internet Advisor, Podcasts|

Report: Only 8 Percent Of High School Grads Nationally Ready For Careers, College

LANSING - Only 8 percent of high school graduates nationally receive a diploma representing career and college readiness, a report released Tuesday by the Education Trust said. The report found some 47 percent of graduates are neither college nor career ready because their schools did not provide a coordinated study program or they did not

By |2016-04-06T12:52:16-04:00April 6th, 2016|News|

M2 TechCast April 4, MISBDC, Rave Computer, Motor City Connect

FERNDALE – On M2 TechCast April 4, a new content partnership with the Michigan Small Business Development Center was announced, Rave Computer detailed its new Mobilebeast powerful workstation, and Terry Bean talked about Motor City Connect, and its upcoming events. Please forgive the quality of the audio on this podcast. We had technical difficulties in

By |2016-04-06T12:43:33-04:00April 6th, 2016|Entrepreneurs, M2 TechCast, Podcasts|

Michigan Extends Deadline For RFPs To Inspect Oil, Gas Pipelines In Straits Of Mackinac

LANSING - Michigan is extending the deadline for requests for information and proposals as a result of requests from prospective contractors interested in performing an independent risk analysis and independent alternatives analysis related to the pipelines in the Straits of Mackinac, known as Enbridge Line 5. The new deadline will now be April 18 (up

By |2016-04-06T11:52:12-04:00April 6th, 2016|Clean Update, Featured, Politics|

Collapse Of Michigan State Department Online License Plate Renewal System Forces State To Create Alternative

LANSING - The collapse of the Michigan Department of State's project to consolidate and improve its technology systems for renewal of license plates and watercraft registration became so severe that 75 percent of vehicles no longer could have their plates or registrations renewed online, leading to the department's unveiling Tuesday of a temporary backup online

By |2016-04-06T10:49:46-04:00April 6th, 2016|Featured, Politics|

AirMap Comes Up With App That Tells Airport Control Towers The Location Of Drones

SANTA MONICA, Calif. - AirMap has come up with an App that allows drone operators to provide airports with real-time digital information about the location of their flights. Digital Notice and Awareness System (D-NAS) allows a UAS operator to send an encrypted digital flight notice to a secure dashboard at an airport's operations center. Flight information

By |2016-04-05T16:53:18-04:00April 5th, 2016|Drones|

French Police Seek Bids On Drones To Keep Tabs On Summer’s European Championships

PARIS - French Police in Paris have launched a bidding process for surveillance drones ahead of this summer's European Championships. Unlike the bomb-carrying drones used by US and British military in the Middle East, these drones will be small machines of a maximum weight of 10kg which will use six propellers to stay aloft. According to the Prefecture's contract

By |2016-04-05T16:39:58-04:00April 5th, 2016|Drones|

Mi-Light Hires Diane Durance As Executive Director

ANN ARBOR - Long-time non-profit business executive, Diane Durance, has been named as the Executive Director for Mi-Light, a photonics industry group. The announcement was made Tuesday, but Durance assumed her duties at the beginning of February. She will be in charge of marketing communications, managing membership and Board of Directors meetings, recruiting new members

By |2016-04-05T21:14:29-04:00April 5th, 2016|Featured, News|

Michigan Robotics Day Webinar Today From 9 AM to 1:30 PM

ANN ARBOR - Join the North Campus Research Complex for the 2016 Michigan Robotics Day webinar today co-hosted by the National Center for Manufacturing Sciences and the University of Michigan from 9 am to 1:30 pm. Experience the cutting-edge advances made by Michigan robotics’ companies and research organizations, hear from leading minds in the field,

By |2016-04-05T07:38:38-04:00April 5th, 2016|Featured, News|