GRAND RAPIDS - The 'Internet of Things' (IoT) is a game-changer for many industries, from manufacturing, to transportation, government, healthcare, education, retail and many, many more! With industry analysts expecting 50 - 70 BILLION connected devices by 2020 (in a world with just 7 Billion people), the impact of the ability to make everyday devices
LANSING - Calling all student entrepreneurs and innovators - the Lansing Economic Area Partnership has started its Third Annual Lansing Youth Startup Challenge. LEAP has partnered with 5 Minutes Tops, a “Shark Tank”-like student business idea competition, to offer local “prep” competitions to student entrepreneurs looking to refine their ideas in an effort to compete
LANSING - The Michigan Economic Development Corp. announced Michigan Strategic Fund approval of business expansions, community improvement projects and a Request for Proposals for the redesign of the official Travel Michigan website, Michigan.org. The projects are expected to generate nearly $120.6 million in new investments and create 258 jobs in Michigan. In addition, MSF approved
FERNDALE – On November 30, M2 TechCast will debut its latest partner series when Diva Tech Talk takes to the microphones at the PodcastDetroit studio to talk about women entrepreneurs, women in technology and women in communications. M2 TechTalk is heard each Monday from 3 to 4 pm. To listen to podcasts of previous shows,
DETROIT - So you’ve been celebrating Thanksgiving a little bit too much and probably shouldn’t drive home from grandma’s house. So what do you do? Tap the Be My Designated Driver App and leave the driving to your own personal chauffeur. The service is available in metro Detroit and Ann Arbor, as well as 75
SAN FRANCISCO – Google has developed a prototype wearable device that borrows heavily from the Star Trek communicator James T. Kirk touched in the popular TV series to communicate with his bridge. While it doesn't connect to any starships, it is meant to suggest new ways to tap into the vast knowledge banks of Google
DETROIT - Southeast Michigan employment levels continued to rise in the third quarter, according to the latest labor market report compiled by the Workforce Intelligence Network for Southeast Michigan. The WIN report showed 15,000 people got jobs in the third quarter, and now 38,205 more people are working in the region than in the third
TROY - ManagedWay, a leading provider of cloud services, announced Tuesday that it’s launching a new “Cloud Puddles” product - a virtual data center that provides cloud computing without the upfront hardware costs. For businesses moving to the cloud, ManagedWay’s Cloud Puddles offer low entry costs with tremendous scalability and reliability. Services can be purchased
MENLO PARK, Calif. - With holiday deals starting earlier each year, the temptation to act on them – even while at the office – is great. And the ability to bag up bargains on company time is growing, a new Robert Half Technology survey shows: One-quarter of chief information officers (CIOs) said their firms allow unrestricted access
LANSING - Hewlett Packard met a judge-imposed deadline of 5 p.m. Friday to turn over the source code for information technology projects it had been pursuing for the Department of State, a department spokesperson said Monday. A week ago, a Kent Circuit judge ordered HP Enterprise Services to turn over the source code for the
