SEATTLE - The Fire TV streaming box was announced at Amazon's press event in New York this morning, focusing on improving search, performance, and gaming over competitors. The new box is already available for purchase from Amazon for $99, as well as the new gaming controller accessory, the Fire Game Controller, for $39. The Fire
NOVI - ITC Holdings Corp. announced that it will host its 2014 Investor Day at its headquarters in Novi on April 15 from noon to approximately 2:30 p.m. EDT and be webcast live on ITC's website. Joseph L. Welch, chairman, president and CEO; Cameron M. Bready, executive vice president and CFO; Linda H. Blair, executive
TROY - Tech industry employment in metro Detroit was up 15 percent in 2012 from the previous year?s study by Automation Alley, generating more than 30,000 tech jobs, giving Michigan the fastest rate of technology job growth from 2011 to 2012. ?There?s a tangible excitement in the air. New companies are launching,? said Automation Alley
TROY - Join Automation Alley for Global Outlook in Aerospace and Defense, a conference on the shifting landscape in global aerospace and defense spending trends, April 23, from 8 a.m. to noon at Automation Alley Headquarters. The conference, in partnership with the Michigan Economic Development Corporation, Macomb County and the Michigan District Export Council, aims
SEATTLE - Amazon.com is considering an advertising-supported streaming television and music-video service, a departure from its strategy of linking video to its $99-a-year Prime subscription service, according to people close to the company, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. The proposed service, which could launch in the coming months, could feature original and may include
SAN FRANCISCO - Facebook has agreed to acquire virtual reality trailblazer Oculus VR in a $2 billion deal announced Tuesday, and of all the acquisitions the social network has ever made, this will undoubtedly prove the most influential. Its effects will reverberate throughout the VR market and far beyond, to the edges of personal computing
TROY ? Gary Morton has been named Vice President of Sales at SunTel Services, a provider of unified communications networks to business. Morton comes to SunTel with an impressive background. He has more than 30 years of sales and major account management experience and spent the last nine years serving various roles at Spectralink /
SALINE ? eePulse CEO Theresa Welbourne chosen has been chosen a 2014 Top Technology Trendsetter in the Technology Leader category by Survey Magazine. Welbourne is the founder of eePulse, the Director of the Center for Entrepreneurship and the FirsTier Banks Professor of Business at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, and an affiliated research scientist at
LANSING - Manufacturers across Michigan will gather in Lansing on May 13 to honor the recipients of the 2014 John G. Thodis Michigan Manufacturer of the Year Award. The Award, an annual honor since 1981, recognizes manufacturers for their dedication to community service and their role as a symbol of the positive work being done
TROY - Ken Rogers, executive director of Automation Alley, has been appointed to the Honorary Committee for the 2014 World Congress on Intelligent Transportation Systems, taking place this year in Detroit from Sept. 7-11. The ITS World Congress is the world?s largest transportation technology exhibition and brings 10,000 national, regional and local leaders together with