TROY - The early bird special to buy a ticket to attend IoT TechConnect April 4 at the Troy Marriott ends at midnight on Jan. 31. Only $15 to attend the day-long show that will feature Michigan companies, experts and products involved in the Internet of Things, dubbed IoT. The ticket price also includes breakfast
LANSING - Sen. Rick Jones told Senate members Thursday if the Legislature cannot pass a bill to reduce auto insurance rates for all Michigan motorists than helping reduce the financial burden for older drivers in legislation he introduced would be the right place to start. Jones (R-Grand Ledge) urged lawmakers to consider his bill, SB 787, as
LANSING - Senate Democrats said Thursday the state needs to stem the tide in what they called a decline in the number of qualified, well-paid teachers wanting to enter and remain in the classroom. Legislation introduced by Democrats would, among other things, provide incentives for teachers to work in economically disadvantaged schools, for teachers willing
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DETROIT – As is always the case, January is a busy month in terms of major industry events for Michigan businesses, and 2018 was no exception. Two major events took place in January that are of great importance to firms in our state, CES in Las Vegas, and NAIAS in Detroit. Mobile Monday Detroit has
ANN ARBOR - Global surface temperatures surged by a record amount from 2014 to 2016, boosting the total amount of warming since the start of the last century by more than 25 percent in just three years, according to a University of Arizona-led team that includes a University of Michigan scientist. "Our paper is the
ANN ARBOR - Waves lapping against the shoreline is always a pretty scene, but it may also be a way for toxins from harmful algal blooms to become airborne. Harmful algal blooms—blooms composed of blue-green algae—crop up throughout the Great Lakes region during hot summers. Algae reproduces, unchecked, producing toxins and sapping oxygen from water.
ANN ARBOR — Ownership of cars and light trucks are on the upswing, says a University of Michigan researcher. In his 10th report in a series examining changes in various aspects of motorization in the U.S. since 1984, Michael Sivak of the UM Transportation Research Institute found that light vehicle-ownership rates per person and per
DETROIT — The cable TV, internet and phone provider WOW, formerly known as Wide Open West, has announced the avalability of one gigabit-per-second internet service to its residential and business customers in metro Detroit. “We’re seeing an increasing number of families and individuals that have heavy data demands due to multiple Internet-enabled devices in the
PLYMOUTH — Comcast Corp. announced it would expand its new 1-gigabit-per-second internet service across southeastern Michigan, Flint and Bad Axe by early spring to residential and business customers. The company will also launch the service across most of Comcast’s service area in West Michigan, including Grand Rapids and Holland, on Jan. 31. Comcast’s new gigabit
