FERNDALE – John Bebow editor in chief of Bridge magazine talks about the investigative publication that tells the “why” behind today’s Michigan headlines. To listen, click on https://soundcloud.com/podcastdetroit/m2techcast-episode-9-john-bebow?in=podcastdetroit/sets/m2techcast-on-podcastdetroit
DETROIT - In October 2015, Nicole Johnson Scheffler, one Diva Tech Talk’s co-founders, attended The Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing, organized in Houston, by The Anita Borg Institute and interviewed three diverse women. This podcast features Anita Garcia, a junior at California State University in Monterey Bay, enrolled in the cohort-based “CS in
FERNDALE - For episode 118, we were joined by Andy from Detroit Bus Company (and a whole lot of other projects) and Jeremiah from Daily Detroit to talk about everything from new features on the Daily Detroit site, Andy’s efforts downtown, an awesome party bus tour taking place the night before Thanksgiving and more. To listen, click on http://www.itinthed.com/18029/episode-118-daily-detroit-detroit-bus-company/
NOVI – M2 TechCast does its first live remote show from the Engineering Society of Detroit Job Fair at the Suburban Collection expo center. More than 50 companies were offering more than 2000 engineering and technology jobs on Nov. 16. PodcastDetroit co-founder David Phillips joins the conversation. To listen, click on https://soundcloud.com/podcastdetroit/m2techcast-episode-10-live-from-the-esd-job-fair?in=podcastdetroit/sets/m2techcast-on-podcastdetroit
ANN ARBOR - Commercial drone maker SkySpecs announced this week that it has raised $3 million in a Series A round led by Venture Investors. The round also included new investment from Huron River Ventures, Amherst Fund and Michigan Angel Fund, along with additional investment from Invest Michigan. “Unlike other drone companies on the market that
LANSING - The Early Stage Venture Investment Fund will see no additional funds under legislation signed Monday by Governor Rick Snyder. Snyder also signed bills allowing high school students to take financial literacy classes for economics credit and increasing fines for certain poaching offenses. The venture fund had come under fire for not being able to
LANSING - The Michigan House Energy Policy Committee reported a bill this month that included language requiring alternative electric suppliers in the state to have enough capacity for their customers for the following three years if a shortfall was determined, and some choice advocates say it would compromise the market in the state. Jason Geer,
GRAND RAPIDS - Long Road Distillers, the first distiller in West Michigan, is featured in this video developed by the Michigan Small Business Development Center. The MI-SBDC helped the company create what is now a thriving business in downtown Grand Rapids. For more information, http://www.sbdcmichigan.org/
SAN FRANCISCO - Facebook's Safety Check status tool, which was activated during Friday's terrorist attacks in Paris, remains a "work in progress." That description from Facebook follows criticism that the social network has chosen not to switch on the feature after violent acts in other parts of the world, including bombings in Beirut one day
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Ca. - Worried about the personal information Google is sharing about you online? A new page gives you the ability to better control that information. Rolled out earlier this week, the new "About me" page shows your social media pages, personal details such as your birthday and a link to access your Google
