ANN ARBOR - To meet the regional demand for evolving software development skills, SRT Solutions and Microsoft are hosting a Windows 8 Boot Camp on July 24. Attendees to the free, full-day event will learn about the new Windows 8 platform, including design tenets, programming language choices, and operating system integration points. ?Software developers are
ANN ARBOR - Internet2 announced that Indiana University President Michael McRobbie was elected as the sixth chair of the board of trustees and will serve until July 2015. President McRobbie joined the board in 2009 and succeeds University of Michigan President Mary Sue Coleman, who served as chair for the last year and as a
NEW YORK ? A new survey shows 68 percent of respondents with a cell contract struggle to afford their monthly bill, primarily due to rising costs in phone plans and extra fees. Another 34 percent of respondents said they were struggling to afford their monthly cell bill due to other financial commitments and bills that
WASHINGTON DC - Two U.S. senators are calling for a federal investigation of the power grid's potential cybersecurity vulnerabilities after a CNET article last month raised security concerns. The request for a probe comes from Sens. Joseph Lieberman (I-CT), the chairman of the Senate Homeland Security Committee, and Susan Collins (R-ME), the panel's senior Republican,
TRAVERSE CITY ? Altus Brands leveraged a $170,000 investment in June made by Northern Michigan Angels and BlueWater Angels to purchase Extreme Dimension Wildlife Calls, an innovator in the electronic game call industry. This investment provided the equity capital that Altus Brands needed to secure a loan from the Traverse City State Bank which, together,
BIRMINGHAM ? IT security expert and author Richard Stiennon has launched IT-Harvest Press, a new publishing group that will recruit subject matter experts with proven writing skills to nurture through the book writing process. The very first book in IT-Harvest?s catalog is ?UP and to the RIGHT: Strategy and Tactics of Analyst Influence.,? a book
JACKSON - Consumers Energy estimates that more than 2,300 of its customers have sought approximately $1 million as victims of a nationwide utility bill payment scam that surfaced in Michigan earlier this month. However, there is no such money available from the federal government and customers may believe they have paid their bills when in
DETROIT ? The Mobile Technology Association of Michigan has merged with the old Connectech Detroit to expand its technology networking group with a focused on mobile technology. MTAM currently has chapters in Detroit, Ann Arbor, Grand Rapids and Lansing. With this merger, MTAM will reach out to former Connectech Detroit members ? and former Connectech
LANSING ? The Michigan Film Office gave the movie, ?Only Lovers Left Alive,? an incentive of $365,904. Set in Detroit and Tangiers, the project will feature a wide range of Detroit locations and showcase some of Detroit?s influential sounds and diverse musical contributions throughout the soundtrack. Written and directed by iconic independent filmmaker Jim Jarmusch,
LANSING - House Speaker Jase Bolger and Rep. Roy Schmidt clearly attempted to perpetrate a fraud on the electorate by attempting to pay a friend of Schmidt's nephew to run against him after he switched parties, according to a scathing report released Tuesday by the Kent County prosecutor, but none of it was illegal. The