WASHINGTON DC - Cybersecurity reforms are now a top priority of President Barack Obama. Whether Congress will care remains an open issue. During his State of the Union address on Tuesday evening, the president barely tipped his hat to major cybersecurity reform proposals he introduced in speeches last week. They included streamlining the current patchwork
ANN ARBOR - A newly-released report by the Center for Automotive Research calculates the substantial economic contribution of the automotive industry to the national economy and the economies of all 50 states. Nationally, automakers, parts suppliers, and dealerships directly employ nearly 1.6 million workers and support a total of more than 7 million total jobs
SOUTHFIELD - The application deadline is Feb. 4 for the next nine-week Michigan I-Corps@LTU program that helps designers, innovators, engineers and tinkerers move their business ideas from the drawing board to the marketplace. classes start Feb. 14 at Lawrence Technological University. This year?s program will emphasize Design Thinking, a product development process that goes through
GROSSE POINTE PARK ? Former Detroit Regional Chamber CIO Hans Erickson knows all about disaster recovery. He also knows that the technology used by professionals like him required installation, configuration and was beyond the capabilities of the average computer user. Enter GEEPS, data rescue software for everyone pre-loaded on a flash drive. MITechNews.Com readers get
GROSSE POINTE PARK ? Former Detroit Regional Chamber CIO Hans Erickson knows all about disaster recovery. He also knows that the technology used by professionals like him required installation, configuration and was beyond the capabilities of the average computer user. Enter GEEPS, data rescue software for everyone pre-loaded on a flash drive. MITechNews.Com readers get
LIVONIA - ACE ?15, Michigan?s 15th Annual Collaboration for Entrepreneurship event to be held January 29 at Burton Manor will feature eight breakout sessions designed to nurture Michigan?s entrepreneurial ecosystem. Through out the six hour event ACE?15 will provide access to many experts and resources. The eight breakout sessions include: Beyond the Idea: Funding Your
WASHINGTON DC - At the 2015 Washington Auto Show, Volkswagen BMW, together with ChargePoint, the largest electric vehicle charging network, announced an initiative to create express charging corridors along heavily-traveled routes on the East and West Coasts. Designed to increase the number of fast charging locations, the initiative will help meet the large and growing
EAST LANSING - David Zoltowski, an electrical engineering senior in the Michigan State University College of Engineering, is one of 14 American students nationwide to be awarded a Churchill Scholarship. He is also a member of the MSU Honors College. Established in 1959, the Winston Churchill Foundation?s Scholarship Program offers 14 U.S. students of exceptional
LANSING - In his first State of the State address of his second term, Governor Rick Snyder said Tuesday that now was an opportunity to make fundamental changes to government, especially in the way it delivered services to persons needing help to get back into the mainstream of life. As part of that effort, Snyder
LANSING - Governor Rick Snyder unveiled Tuesday the first piece of his much anticipated energy agenda in saying he will create a new agency that would combine the Public Service Commission with economic development and environmental elements. Snyder will deliver his full energy proposal in March, coming in advance of the state's main energy law,