EGHAM, U.K. — Digital business initiatives are forcing infrastructure service providers to expand their offerings beyond edge computing technologies in order to deliver digital touchpoint services, according to Gartner Inc. A digital touchpoint can be any kind of interaction with a digital device, product or service. For example, when an individual has a Q&A session
DETROIT - 5G is expected to reach more than 40 percent global population coverage and 1.5 billion subscriptions for enhanced mobile broadband by the end of 2024. This will make 5G the fastest generation of cellular technology to be rolled out on a global scale, according to the latest edition of the Ericsson Mobility Report.
DETROIT - DTE Energy announced it is donating $10 million to four Michigan outreach agencies to help low-income residents stay safe and warm during the cold winter months and throughout the year. The funds may be used to assist residents struggling to pay current and past due utility bills and may also be used to support
LANSING – Edge Partnerships and Publicom have joined forces to create a new partnership that will focus on marketing, public relations, design and digital experience. The new agency is called Edge Publicom. More than a year in the planning, the new partnership purposefully worked toward a business model founded on exceptional client service, guaranteed results
DETROIT - FlagStar Bank has become the founding partner for the North American FinTech Hub, Detroit FinTech Bay has announced. A key mission of Detroit FinTech Bay will be to drive collaboration between the great minds creating innovative FinTech solutions, and the institutions who need those solutions. Within the space, the community of residents, investors,
DETROIT – The American Lightweight Materials Manufacturing Innovation Institute, which operates Detroit-based LIFT – Lightweight Innovations For Tomorrow, a Manufacturing USA institute, has named two new members to its Board of Directors. Karen M. Belans, chief financial officer, Detroit Regional Chamber, and Martin Kinsella, director of business development, Comau, officially begin serving as Directors on
WASHINGTON DC - Tesla, GM, and Nissan, have joined forces with other players in the electric vehicle space to launch a coalition to reform and recharge the electric vehicle tax credit. Several other well-known companies are part of the coalition including, ABB, ChargePoint, Plug-in America, Proterra, and Volta. There are two different legislative efforts to change the
THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. — A building trades teacher in Bay City and a welding and woodworking teacher from Republic in the Upper Peninsula are among the winners in the 2018 Harbor Freight Tools for Schools Prize for Teaching Excellence. The competition awarded more than $1 million nationally to 17 first and second prize winners and
LANSING - An inaccurate claim, apparently started by a Chicago-area conservative author and picked up by a number of Michigan residents on social media, asserted that 60 percent of Michigan counties report more registered voters than residents, a charge easily refuted by looking at voter data and state population data. The claim was initially made
ANN ARBOR—The Michigan economy, with nine years of uninterrupted job growth from the third quarter of 2009 to the third quarter of 2018, sits on the brink of the longest period of job growth since the World War II era, University of Michigan economic forecasters say. The current job-winning streak ties with the period ranging
