LAS VEGAS ? When state after state seeks to ban cell phone and texting in cars, several automakers at the Consumer Electronic Show demonstrated augmented reality windshields and other in-car technologies that undoubtedly will distract drivers. Take Mercedes-Benz? DICE, which Laptop magazine describes as ?essentially an augmented reality-based interface that allows users to control various
BIRMINGHAM - After each major breach security pundits are quick to pile on the victim. The Stratfor breach by Anonymous seems to have raised more the usual amount of ire. Bloggers are criticizing the blatant lack of security controls which included unprotected servers, simple hashes for passwords, and no encryption for credit card data. Perhaps
STERLING HEIGHTS - UHY LLP announced the promotion of Krystina Borrocci to Director of Marketing. As department head, Borrocci will be responsible for overseeing marketing initiatives in the Midwest and Southeastern regions including Farmington Hills, Sterling Heights, and Atlanta, GA offices. Borrocci is based in the Sterling Heights office in Michigan and brings several years
TRAVERSE CITY - Michigan-based Cherry Republic today received approval from the Michigan Economic Growth Authority for a multi-use brownfield redevelopment project that will support the construction of a retail outlet and food production facility and new residential spaces in Traverse City. ?This new Cherry Republic facility consolidates their production, retail and administrative operations and brings
SALINE - Pearl Crescent has built an app that challenges people to build winter-themed models using actual LEGO-compatible bricks. The app, called Brick Build Winter Edition, uses a digital device's camera to check that it was built correctly. The app is compatible with iPhone, iPad 2, and iPod touch devices equipped with a camera. It
WHITMORE LAKE ? RheTech has expanded its RheVision biocomposites product line to include agave fiber and coconut fiber. These new biofibers, including RheVision's existing offering of wood fiber, rice hull and flax fiber reinforced polyolefin, are helping RheTech meet the growing demand for environmentally friendly materials that meet the performance characteristics of its customers. ?We
BIRMINGHAM ? Henry Business Solutions has created a new division, Business Visibility Builder, aimed at helping companies increase sales through generating new leads and traffic across the Internet. The new service is designed to help businesses create an integrated presence across the web, social media, and mobile device platforms through a custom-tailored process of research
GRAND RAPIDS - The Michigan Small Business & Technology Development Center announced the schedule for financial tools workshops in metro Detroit in 2012 through June. ?5 Keys to Achieving Fiscal Fitness,? a workshop to help the non-financial manager business owner achieve Fiscal Fitness is a state-wide training program designed to strengthen financial literacy and improve
SAN FRANCISCO - McAfee is looking into a problem with a service in its SaaS Endpoint Protection software that appears to be allowing computers to serve as open proxies for sending spam, the company told CNET. A McAfee customer posted on a Microsoft Technet forum that "McAfee has developed a patch that will instruct rumor
LANSING ? The Michigan Economic Development Corporation announced Thursday that the City of Detroit has won a $400,000 Advanced Lighting Technology Demonstration grant to upgrade street lights in six areas of the city. ?The State of Michigan is pleased to partner with the City of Detroit and DTE Energy to replace aging and inefficient lighting