LANSING - 2018 has been an interesting year for Facebook. Earlier this year, the company decided to drop a bomb and overhaul their popular News Feed feature, arguably the “heartbeat” of Facebook. Some marketers are viewing it as the News Feed Apocalypse, while others see it as a necessary evolution as the network continues to expand
ROYAL OAK – Video Meeting's first new venture, called Live Streaming Media, will be rolling out this summer, taking traditional video conferencing to the next level, what co-founder David Simon calls Video Conferencing on steroids, aimed at small businesses, innovators and content creators. It will have enhanced ability to link to most major social media platforms and include
DETROIT - Foster Braun, producer of Internet Advisor on WJR, and his wife Ginny were greeted with an unpleasant but all too frequent notice on their Roku Smart TV on the evening of July 3, that the network connection was down. This was not an infrequent event so Foster went to the Comcast router and unplugged
ROYAL OAK - What is Digital Transformation and Task Automation and how does this impact your business? Cybernoor President Ahmed Alomari and Sales Manager Ralph Clifton explain in this segment of M2 TechCast. Ahmed Alomari Ralph Clifton In this discussion, you will learn more not only about Digital Transformation and Task Automation, but also: “Lift
ROYAL OAK - On M2 TechCast July 9, Airfoil Group’s Jon Pielak will explain what his new Digital team will bring to client’s PR performance on the web. BuyMichiganNow founder Lisa Diggs talks about her August festival. Inforum InGAGE Director Tember Shea will interview Canopy Co-founder Elisabeth Michel. AccelerateKID’s Thanh Tran talks about his organization
DETROIT - Detroit ranked second in a list of top cities where companies plan to staff up their tech teams. A survey by Robert Half Technology shows 76 percent of Detroit tech hiring managers said they are expanding their teams. Some 83 percent said they are seeing more tech workers moving to Detroit to take
ANN ARBOR - The Toyota Research Institute is contributing $75,000 to the American Center for Mobility analysis of automated vehicles’ impact on driving-related jobs. ACM’s study, "Preparing the Workforce for Automated Vehicles," is being conducted by Michigan State University in collaboration with Texas A&M Transportation Institute. TRI joins other companies in supporting this important research.
DETROIT – If you’re a entrepreneur, dreamer or innovator in metro Detroit, you only have until July 13 to apply for the 2018 Comerica Hatch Detroit Contest and get a crack at the $50,000 prize. The contest is presented by Bedrock and the prize money comes from Comerica Bank. Entrepreneurs with a retail concept looking
ROYAL OAK - Diva Tech Talk remains very active in the region, including participation in the TechStars Detroit Startup Week in late June. On June 20, Diva Tech Talk co-host Kathleen Norton Schock moderated a panel of female entrepreneurs. Kathleen also talks about the latest doing with the Michigan Council of Women in Technology including
ROYAL OAK - How can you transform your company’s data into powerful visuals for employees to help them get tasks done better and faster, which, in turn, adds more value to your company? Red Level Software Developer Nick Kirk explains how in this M2 TechCast interview. Kirk said the trick is to use Microsoft Power
