DETROIT - FinTech Consortium Tuesday announced it will open Detroit FinTech Bay, its flagship North American FinTech hub and incubator, located in a renovated former bank building in the heart of Detroit’s central business district. Rick Frisbie has been named chairman of its North American operations. Frisbie is the former chairman of RobustWealth, a FinTech
TROY – HBPO, the auto industry’s largest global supplier of front-end modules, plans to add an assembly plant in Michigan and more than double employment in North America due in part to a growing demand from electric- and autonomous-vehicle manufacturers. In the last three years alone, HBPO has opened four new N.A. assembly plants and
DETROIT - Accelerate Michigan Innovation Competition is now accepting applications for startups to win up to $1 Million in Cash and prizes. This year the pitch competition unveils a new format to help company better connect. Investors and Companies must register to apply by Aug. 15. Accelerate Michigan Innovation Competition, a program of ID Ventures,
LANSING - The Small Business Association of Michigan conworked with Rep. Donna Lasinski (D-Scio Twp.) on creating a four-piece legislative package designed to give Michigan small businesses a leg up on state contracts while helping aspiring entrepreneurs get off the ground. While SBAM Executive Director Rob Fowler said details may need to be worked out on
ROYAL OAK - Airfoil Group, a technology public relations company, has added a new twist by launching Airfoil Digital, that uses Demand Generation, Content Marketing and User Experience to help clients make small tweaks to their messages that deliver large impact. Airfoil Digital President Jon Pielak explains. Jon Pielak Airfoil Digital focuses work in three
MILAN, Italy - A pop-culture figure reportedly once said, “It’s not easy being green.” As a multinational corporation on a mission to conduct its business sustainably, Alcantara would reply, “it may not be easy, but it is rewarding!” As a material, Alcantara® does not fit into any existing product categories. It is an innovative material,
CUPERTINO, Ca. - While Apple has never provided many public details about its self-driving car program, a treasure trove of information absit its efforts in autonomous driving was disclosed in a lawsuit Apple brought against one of its engineers who has been charge with stealing trade secrets. According to the complaint, about 5,000 of Apple's
ROYAL OAK - David Weaver and Doron York of Great Lakes Angels will discuss a new angel fund. James Carpp, Director of Consulting at Rehmann, will discuss how new acquisition Trivalent Group has been ranked as one of the top 100 MSPs in the world. Richard Stiennon will update all the cybersecurity threats that will
WASHINGTON DC - The US government wishes it had gotten the memo on Spectre and Meltdown sooner. On Wednesday, the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation held a hearing on cybersecurity issues related to the Spectre and Meltdown vulnerabilities, which left hundreds of millions of computer chips open to attacks. The Spectre and Meltdown flaws were
WASHINGTON DC - Researchers from Recorded Future, a threat intelligence company, say they found a cache of sensitive military documents for sale on the dark web, including details on the US Air Force's MQ-9 Reaper drones, as well as training courses on tanks, survival and improvised explosive devices. A hacker had stolen the secret files by
