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2019 In Review, Tech, Ransomware – 2020 Predictions For Tech, Cannabis Jobs

ROYAL OAK – On the first M2 videocast of 2020, Dan Lohrmann will discuss the top cybersecurity stories of 2019, including the rise of ransomware attacks on governments. Rick Thompson will speculate on what will happen in the Cannabis business market in 2020. Gary Baker will predict top trends in Information Technology, including 5G, Artificial

By |2024-04-04T14:18:55-04:00January 5th, 2020|M2 TechCast, Podcasts|

AndCan Index: September Demand Flat For Legal U.S. Cannabis Products

EAST LANSING —According to Anderson Economic Group’s monthly AndCan®Index, demand for legal cannabis products in the United States remained flat in September. This monthly measurement closely follows trends across all 50 states for both the recreational and medicinal markets, based on benchmarks developed when AEG began assessing the market in 2015. Through July, the legal cannabis

By |2020-01-05T15:25:08-05:00January 5th, 2020|Guest Columns, Marijuana Business, News|

In Third Year, Lawrence Tech Nursing Program Earns Accolades

SOUTHFIELD—Lawrence Technological University’s Bachelor of Science in Nursing program has been ranked in the top third of Michigan nursing education programs — even before the program has graduated its first students. In only its third year, LTU’s nursing program was ranked No. 22 among 79 nursing education programs in Michigan, according to Nursing Schools Almanac,

By |2020-01-05T15:29:31-05:00January 5th, 2020|ESD|

Streaming Wars Spill Into CES 2020 As Media Nabs The Spotlight

LAS VEGAS - Every year, CES draws the tech-obsessed to gawk at fancy televisions and off-the-wall gadgets. This year, though, the conference's long-running media sideshow is flooding onto the main stage, including two keynotes by companies vying to shape the future of TV. Media companies and marketers long have fueled a show-behind-the-show at CES, one that has little to

By |2020-01-03T16:45:35-05:00January 3rd, 2020|IoT|

State Allocates $7 Million To Back Early-Stage Entrepreneurs

GRAND RAPIDS - An assortment of state-backed capital funds and initiatives to support business startups, innovation and entrepreneurs recently earned renewal in Lansing. The Michigan Strategic Fund Board last month allocated more than $7 million that will go to back entrepreneurs working to bring innovations to market. Half of the money will go to the Grand Rapids-based Michigan

By |2020-01-03T16:45:49-05:00January 3rd, 2020|Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs|

FCA To Open Detroit Innovation Hub, Partner With California Tech Accelerator

AUBURN HILLS - FCA on Jan. 2 announced that it will join a partnership formed between Plug and Play, the largest global innovation platform for startups and corporations, and the Michigan Minority Supplier Development Council to bring a new innovation hub to Detroit by June 2020. "Plug and Play Detroit powered by AmplifyD" (Amplify:Diversity) will provide streamlined access to all technology

By |2020-01-03T16:46:08-05:00January 3rd, 2020|Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Featured|

17 Tech Predictions For 2020 – And Beyond

RALEIGH, N.C. - When the Entreprisers Project asked IT leaders and tech experts for their predictions each year, they intentionally leave the question open-ended. With one decade coming to an end, and many unknowns in the next, these leaders’ answers reveal what’s top-of-mind for IT professionals  – and how they see emerging technologies reshaping their teams

By |2022-03-23T08:52:18-04:00January 1st, 2020|IoT|

Predictions: Electric Car Prices To Drop, Night Photography, Privacy Status Symbol, Instagram Becomes New QVC

SAN FRANCISCO - So what's coming in 2020? Mashable's writers got together to consider what's coming next in the world of tech.  Electric car prices will start to come down With more all-electric and hybrid models coming from nearly every carmaker, expect to see prices start to level out. Even if sticker prices don’t drop,

By |2020-01-01T18:51:34-05:00January 1st, 2020|IoT|