LAS VEGAS - AT&T announced Friday six voice-enabled applications for the company?s connected car platform that provide drivers with new solutions for safety, infotainment, and convenience ? all hands free. The apps will be available to auto makers to include in their connected car options packages to provide drivers with a wider range of services
ANN ARBOR ? The University of Michigan?s Mobility Transformation Center has announced a diverse group of companies - auto manufacturing, suppliers, intelligent transport systems, insurance, telecommunications, data management and mobility services ? have created a major public-private initiative to develop a commercially viable system of connected and automated vehicles in Ann Arbor by 2021. Connected
ANN ARBOR - The Spotlight! Team Project Showcase $35,000 Scholarship Competition features the work of 89 University of Michigan students who collaborated on 35 projects at major companies this summer. The student teams will present their projects that solved operations and manufacturing problems at their sponsoring companies on Sept. 12. A few of this year's
ATLANTA - Home Depot said Tuesday it is investigating "unusual activity" related to customer data but stopped short of confirming it had fallen victim to a major credit card breach. The home-improvement retailer announced it was working with law enforcement officials after security reporter Brian Krebs reported that "multiple banks" had seen evidence that Home
ANN ARBOR - Fuel economy of new vehicles sold in the United States is now at an all-time high, say researchers at the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute. Average fuel economy (window-sticker values) of cars, light trucks, vans and SUVs purchased in August was 25.8 mpg, up 0.2 mpg from July. Vehicle fuel economy
ANN ARBOR - Toyota?s Collaborative Safety Research Center announced Thursday that it is significantly expanding its mission to advance automotive safety research, with a new focus on the challenges and opportunities that evolving vehicle technologies will present over the next decade. Thanks to a new $35 million commitment that extends the center?s effort to the
WASHINGTON DC - A hacker broke into part of the HealthCare.gov insurance enrollment website in July and uploaded malicious software, the Wall Street Journal has reported. A computer hacker broke into part of the HealthCare.gov insurance enrollment website in July and uploaded malicious software, according to federal officials. Investigators found no evidence that consumers' personal
WALKER - Meijer Inc. will hire 4,800 new part-time seasonal employees in Michigan for the Holiday rush, and another 5,500 in Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and Kentucky. The retailer has opened nine new stories this year and also expects a huge surge in shopping related to the upcoming Holidays. This year marks a 10 percent hike
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DETROIT ? The early bird special price of only $199 to attend the MichBio Expo at MotorCity Casino Hotel in Detroit ends Sept. 5. Then the price goes up to $249. The program includes: Keynote address by FDA Commissioner Margaret A. Hamburg, MD Plenary Luncheon with remarks by Joseph V. Gulfo, MD, MBA of Breakthrough