EAST LANSING - Forgoing the usual discussions by education experts, the Governor's Education Summit launched Monday morning with panels of business leaders and college students discussing how the various levels of education could better work with business to ensure students are prepared for in-demand careers. Governor Rick Snyder, opening the event, called out both the
TROY - FISHER/UNITECH has partnered with Altium, an electronics design software company, to offer more options for the design and manufacturing industry. Altium is joining FISHER/UNITECH's robust suite of product development solutions, making FISHER/UNITECH the only company in the Midwest with such a variety of solutions. Altium is a unified system design solution targeting electronics
DETROIT ? Verizon Wireless expanded its 4G LTE network to four Michigan counties ? Calhoun, Clare, Mason and Missaukee. Verizon Wireless is currently available to customers in 491 markets, reaching 287 million people across the nation. In Calhoun County, 4G LTE now extends along SR 99, improving coverage on the south side of Albion. Customers
ANN ARBOR - Merit Network has been named a 2013 Laureate in recognition of the Rural Education Anchor Community Health care ? Michigan Middle Mile Collaborative program. The annual award program honors visionary applications of information technology promoting positive social, economic and educational change. The REACH-3MC project features public-private collaboration, pairing Merit, Michigan's Research and
SOUTHFIELD - Sixty-eight teams from 28 communities in Michigan will compete in the state regional championship round of Robofest on April 27 at Lawrence Technological University. Admission and parking are free. Robofest is a competition of autonomous robots - computer-programmed to act independently and not remote-controlled - that encourages students to have fun while learning
MT. CLEMENS - Macomb County's courts and other departments are back to pen-and-paper operations after a fire at the old county building Wednesday wiped out the county's servers and phone system. The county did not have a its data backed up off site. ?This is what we warned them about,? County Executive Mark Hackel told
GRAND RAPIDS - Rick DeVos said Thursday that his Start Garden fund has invested more than $2.3 million in more than 100 projects during its first year. Start Garden began last spring, investing $5,000 in two potential ideas, projects and startup businesses each week. The fund is backed by $15 million from DeVos? family, and
LANSING - Governor Rick Snyder put a major emphasis Thursday on how much hospitals, physicians and other health care providers charge for care in unveiling his plan to overhaul how the state regulates medical coverage for those catastrophically injured in automobile accidents. One of the key components of the legislation, expected to be introduced next
WASHINGTON DC - The US House of Representatives Thursday passed the controversial Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protect Act, which President Barack Obama has threatened to veto should it be paased by the Senate. But should CISPA earn the president?s autograph, private businesses will be encouraged to voluntarily share cyberthreat information with the US government. The
WASHINGTON DC - Security firm McAfee is working with the National Institute of Standards and Technology to try to shore up America's defenses against cyberthreats. McAfee announced that the company is now part of the National Cybersecurity Excellence Partnership and will join cybersecurity professionals from both the private and public sector to tackle the escalating