NEW YORK - Some law-enforcement agencies are preparing to deploy a mobile facial-recognition tool, The Wall Street Journal reported. According to the Journal, about 40 law-enforcement agencies across the U.S. will be making the handheld product available to their officers in the field as early as September. The device, which has been developed by Massachusetts-based
LANSING - Michigan's film incentive program could have new life under legislation introduced Wednesday in the Senate by Majority Leader Randy Richardville. Earlier this year, the Legislature and Governor Rick Snyder eliminated the state's generous film tax credit program, which provided a 42 percent refundable credit toward a film production's Michigan Business Tax liability, in
LANSING - Rejecting arguments that the proposal was too expensive and that the state law directing the plan did not give enough time for customers to challenge the proposal, the Court of Appeals has upheld a renewable energy plan by Consumers Energy that would call for developing 900 megawatts of electricity produced by renewable resources.
LANSING - While final figures will not be available until at least next week, a spokesperson for the Department of Treasury said the department was "very pleased with the results" of the tax amnesty program, which closed June 30. It began on May 15. More than 13,000 taxpayers, both individuals and businesses, participated in the
WASHINGTON DC - Find out what business owners learned after nearly losing their companies to small scale disasters like a sprinkler system malfunction or catastrophic events like widespread flooding during a free webinar on July 19 hosted by Agility Recovery Solutions and the U.S. Small Business Administration. Agility Recovery CEO Bob Boyd will share real
ANN ARBOR - Online Tech will host a three-part series of free educational webinars on modern security standards starting July 19 at 2pm ET. The educational webinar series will focus on HIPAA compliance, network and application security, and new solutions for cloud computing security. ?Protecting sensitive information is becoming increasingly important for companies, especially with
LANSING - While the economy remains tough across the state, a growing number of Michigan's small-and mid-sized business owners believe things are beginning to move in the right direction, according to a recent survey. The survey further indicated that Michigan business owners are expressing less concern over the challenges they have been facing that impact
SAN FRANCISCO ? A Harris Interactive survey released Tuesday shows two-thirds of online Americans are watching online videos, led by men who watch twice as often as woman. While 17 percent of all online Americans have watched online company videos at their work, that?s not all they admit to watching. The most popular choice was
LANSING - The headlines have been written about the federal government allocating hundreds of millions of dollars to support a high-speed passenger rail line between Detroit and Chicago, but residents won't see that speedy service until the state wraps up negotiations with Norfolk Southern, which owns most of the rail line Amtrak uses. Amtrak's Wolverine
GRAND RAPIDS - A funeral and burial for former First Lady Betty Ford is slated for Thursday in Grand Rapids. Mrs. Ford, 93, died Friday in California where she and Former President Gerald Ford had retired to after he left the White House in 1977. She will be buried next to him at the Gerald