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Comcast Boosts Internet Speeds For Most Michigan Customers

PLYMOUTH—Comcast Corp. officials announced an increase in download speeds for some of its most popular Xfinity Internet packages for customers in Michigan for no additional charge. Download speeds for the company’s Performance tier will jump from 60 Mbps to 100 Mbps, while Blast! speeds will increase from 150 to 200 Mbps, Extreme will move from

By |2019-09-28T07:29:12-04:00September 28th, 2019|Featured, New Products / Contracts|

More Golf, Cannabis Conference, Cannabis Water Treatment, Mobility Mondays

ROYAL OAK - On M2 Techcast - Now MITech TV - Bruce Sizemore CEO of More Golf, talks about his Michigan-based speciality golf club manufacturing company. Thomas Tong talks about his Michigan Commercial Cannabis Conference in Detroit Oct. 11-12. Kyle Lisbeth explains the Silver Bullet Water Treatment system for Cannabis businesses.  Dan Keelan, publisher of

By |2024-04-04T14:19:02-04:00September 23rd, 2019|M2 TechCast, Podcasts|

Legislation Would Outlaw State Ability To Ban E-Cigarette Vapors

LANSING - Legislation that would go beyond blocking the emergency rules released this week banning flavored e-cigarette vapors to prohibiting the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services from ever implementing rules banning the manufacture, sale or use of the products was introduced in the House, with the sponsor saying the ban would lead to

By |2019-09-22T15:05:23-04:00September 22nd, 2019|Politics, Politics/Government|

Car Hauler Rolls Out Mobile Logistics Platform

ROMULUS—United Road, the largest provider of finished vehicle logistics in North America, today announced the launch of Haully, an innovative mobile-based logistics platform designed to make it easier and faster for third party carriers to find and book vehicle loads, including backhauls, in their preferred lanes. The proprietary platform, Haully.com, was built by United Road to

By |2019-09-22T13:11:25-04:00September 22nd, 2019|Auto Tech|

Lawrence Tech To Host 10th Annual Innovation Encounter

SOUTHFIELD— Innovation Encounter, an engineering competition where collegiate teams design a solution to a real-world technical problem, will be held for the 10th year this fall at Lawrence Technological University. The event will be held Friday, Oct. 18 and Saturday, Oct. 19 at LTU’s campus in Southfield. Eaton, the power management company, is this year’s

By |2019-09-22T13:03:15-04:00September 22nd, 2019|Engineering Society of Detroit|

Traverse City Company Launches Self-Service Survey For Cannabis, Hemp Market Research

TRAVERSE CITY—Leaf Traders, a company formed to develop the cannabis and hemp industry, announced the launch of a self-service survey marketplace for qualitative cannabis and hemp market research. The Cannabis Survey Marketplace is a platform for customized cannabis and hemp B2C and B2B research and offers consumers cash rewards for completing surveys. “It’s crucial for

By |2019-09-22T12:59:07-04:00September 22nd, 2019|Marijuana Business, News|

Open-Source Computer Nonprofit Introduces New, More Powerful Model

ROCHESTER—The BeagleBoard.org Foundation, the Oakland Township-based open-source computer nonprofit, has announced the availability of BeagleBone AI, the newest, fastest, most powerful BeagleBone low cost computer yet. Built on the foundation’s open source Linux approach, BeagleBone AI fills the gap between small single board computers and more powerful industrial computers. Using the Texas Instruments Sitara AM5729

By |2019-09-22T12:59:07-04:00September 22nd, 2019|New Products, New Products / Contracts|

Henry Ford e-Home Care Cuts Hospital Readmissions

DETROIT—Henry Ford e-Home Care has announced a significant reduction in hospital readmissions for patients receiving telehealth care via Henry Ford’s e-Home Care program. Achieving monthly readmission rates as low as 7 percent, Henry Ford e-Home Care has reduced its average hospital readmission rate for the first six months of 2019 by 45 percent compared with

By |2019-09-22T12:59:07-04:00September 22nd, 2019|Life Sciences, Life Sciences/Biotech|

Davenport U Gets $4 Million Federal Grant For Cybersecurity Scholarships

GRAND RAPIDS–Davenport University has received a five-year, $4 milliongrant from the National Science Foundation to train and educate the nation’s next generation of cybersecurity experts as part of their CyberCorps Scholarship for Service program. Led by Lonnie Decker and Mark McKinnon of Davenport University, and Andrew Rozema of Grand Rapids Community College, the program will

By |2019-09-22T12:59:07-04:00September 22nd, 2019|Cyber Defense|