SEATTLE - You can now add an extra level of security to your Amazon account. Amazon is offering a new security option called two-factor authentication, The Verge noticed on Wednesday. The Seattle-based online retail giant made no official announcement and did not immediately respond to CNET's request for confirmation and comment. But the option can
DETROIT - Part of the work we do at the Mobile Technology Association of Michigan is educate our members, and Michigan’s larger mobile/wireless technology community of technologists and technology users, on matters that can be beneficial to their businesses. One opportunity that most mobile/wireless tech firms & mobile/wireless tech user firms we’ve spoken with are
LIVONIA - Each year, evidence mounts that “sustainability” is far more than a buzzword designed to polish a corporation’s image. Business analysts now say that it’s clear that sustainability can also profoundly affect a company’s competitiveness. Broadly speaking, the rise of new world powers such as China has intensified competition for natural resources, making conservation an
ANN ARBOR - The annual unemployment rate will likely fall below 5 percent next year - the first time since 2007 - as the U.S. economy grows at its highest rate in a decade, economists at the University of Michigan predicted Thursday. The national economy will add 4.7 million jobs over the next two years
GRAND RAPIDS - A Las Vegas company confirmed Monday that it could build a $5 billion data center in a Grand Rapids suburb - if state legislators approve hundreds of millions of dollars in tax breaks. Switch would create a new SUPERNAP data center campus in Caledonia, south of Grand Rapids, in and around a pyramid-shaped
ANN ARBOR - It’s safe to call it now- 2016 will be the year that virtual reality took the world by storm. By the end of 2016, consumers will have a variety of platforms to choose from, with a range of budgets and applications. Tour the solar system, walk around the ocean floor, or visit
WARREN - Five early-stage companies from Macomb, Oakland, Washtenaw and Wayne counties will receive $300,000 in funding from the Innovation Fund Macomb. The fund is a $2.7 million effort to stimulate economic development and job growth among promising Detroit-area entrepreneurs and next-stage companies with high growth potential. Funding is provided by Macomb Community College’s Strategic
DETROIT — Lean & Green Michigan announced Wednesday that Antrim, Delta and Leelanau County all joined the statewide PACE partnership this month. On Nov. 3, the county commission in the Upper Peninsula’s Delta County voted 5-0 to join the program. Lean & Green Michigan officials say they are already discussing potential PACE projects there and
JACKSON - Baker College says it has upgraded the computer technology laboratory at its Jackson campus and created a “Business Solution Center” to provide resources for the growing number of students in its information technology programs. “In order to offer state-of-the-art IT training, upgrading technology is a constant,” said David Gomez, dean of business and
GRAND RAPIDS - The Michigan Small Business Development Center, the Mobile Technology Association of Michigan, Logic Solutions and Automation Alley are partnering to host a "How to Build a Successful Mobile App" Bootcamp December 3rd, at Automation Alley in Troy. Listen as Melissa Bernie and Keith Brophy, the Michigan State Director for the SBDC, walk us
