ANN ARBOR — May Mobility, an autonomous vehicle company seeking to replace existing transportation systems with self-driving micro-shuttles, announced that BMW i Ventures and Toyota AI Ventures have joined its investor-base, co-leading an $11.5 million round of seed funding. The company said the funding will allow it to launch new deployments across the country. Other
ROYAL OAK - How do you take your first steps into Cloud Computing? Listen as Quade Finnigan, a senior consultant with Red Level, explains all this and more on this segment of M2 TechCast. In this podcast you’ll learn: Red Level’s Cloud Connector starter pack. What is it? From our past conversations with client’s –
ROYAL OAK - MCity Director Huei Peng comes on M2 TechCast to talk about the recent good news that 42 companies will invest $150,000 each over the next three years to keep the Autonomous and Connected Vehicle Laboratory operational. MCity provides a living laboratory for all member companies to come in and perfect. Also 11
ROYAL OAK - The Internet Advisor started on WJR 760 AM in 1998 when the Internet was just moving to the fore in people’s minds and not yet becoming a force in business. During February, the IA crew has been celebrating what now has become an incredible resource for not only news and interviews, but
ROYAL OAK - Tech248 co-director Greg Doyle talks about the one-million cups program started by the Kauffman Foundation. The theory is it takes a million cups of coffee to start a business. Some 150 are now working around the United States, but only this one in Michigan’s Oakland County. It’s a chance for entrepreneurs to
ROYAL OAK - On M2 TechCast Feb. 26, the Michigan Small Business Development Center will feature one of its clients. Enrico Schaefer will update drone law and trends. Melih Oztalay will introduce a conquest auto sales program that combines technology with social media marketing. And Warner Norcross + Judd LLP Attorney John Muhs will talk
LANSING - The state's 13 investor-owned utilities will provide the Public Service Commission with calculations for rate reductions to pass along to ratepayers as a result of the new federal tax law and as part of a three-part process the commission rolled out Thursday. By March 30, nine of the 13 utilities will be required
LANSING - When Jay Timmons took over as president and CEO of The National Association of Manufacturers' in 2011, many said manufacturing in the United States was dead, that factories and jobs were moving overseas and this country would have to shift to a service economy. Today he calls that notion "farcical." With growth in fields like
DETROIT - AT&T announced it has boosted its mobile internet capacity around Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport by upgrading an antenna system that will give customers faster, more reliable wireless service. The network upgrade is on the Distributed Antenna System, which consists of strategically placed antennas to distribute AT&T’s wireless network coverage to the North
SAN FRANCISCO - After Wednesday's mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, thousands of tweets poured in using the hashtag #guncontrolnow and jumped on the trending topic #Parklandshooting. These weren't coming from Americans with thoughts on the country's gun-rights debate. They were from Russian-controlled bots jumping on this divisive issue. Among the most tweeted two
