ROCHESTER - MichiganMall.com for 12 years has offered effective and affordable online marketing for the Michigan business community. Always on watch for additional resources, plans are now in the works for several new marketing and advertising offerings from MichiganMall.com ? our first is OFF LINE and a great advertising opportunity. Imagine your video presentation, a
DETROIT ? Hebrew Free Loans, a 115-year-old interest free loan program started in Detroit, has money to lend to Jewish-owned businesses and will work closely with Wayne State University's TechTown to identify worthy candidates. To listen, click on MITechNews.JenesysGroup.Com a>>
ANN ARBOR ? When the deadline Dec. 12 passed for business plan executive summaries to be submitted to Great Lakes Entrepreneur's Quest, the awards contest matched the record entries of last spring, when 174 teams competed. "We had more alternative energy teams than in the past," said GLEQ Executive Director Diane Durance. "We also had
DETROIT ? Randal Charlton, executive director of TechTown, talks about all the important new entrepreneurial programs started in 2009 and provides hints on a big expansion in 2010. To listen, click on MITechNews.JenesysGroup.Com a>>
SAN FRANCSICO - Twitter stumbled again overnight on Thursday. But this time, it wasn't the work of the "fail whale," the cuddly cartoon personification of the site's excessive technical baggage. Rather, the site was replaced with a foreboding message from "Iranian Cyber Army" before crashing entirely, indicating that it had been the victim of a
BAGHDAD - Iraqi insurgents have reportedly intercepted live video feeds from the U.S. military's Predator drones using a $25.95 Windows application that allows them to track the pilotless aircraft undetected. Hackers working with Iraqi militants were able to determine which areas of the country were under surveillance by the U.S. military, The Wall Street Journal
ANN ARBOR ? Coherix was honored by Ford Motor Company with its prestigious Henry Ford Technology Award at its annual gala. Coherix was honored for its development of ShaPix 3D High Definition Holography for measurement addressing a strong Powertrain need by Ford. This recognition is Ford's highest technical achievement award. Coherix and Ford implementation team
TROY - The members of the International Council of Systems Engineering have selected Booz Allen Hamilton Senior Vice President John A. Thomas President-elect to succeed the current president in two years time. This is the first time a candidate from Booz Allen has been nominated to lead the 7,000-member systems engineering organization, which serves as
ANN ARBOR - The Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti Area Chambers of Commerce announced that the respective Boards of Directors have unanimously approved a resolution to pursue joint operation and form the Ann Arbor/Ypsilanti Regional Chamber. In addition, Diane Keller, current President of the Ypsilanti Area Chamber of Commerce, will be President of the new organization.
LANSING ? Gov. Jennifer Granholm signed into law Friday a landmark ban on smoking in most Michigan workplaces beginning May 1. Granholm thanked bill sponsors and activists, including the wives of two now-dead crusaders for the effort, during a ceremony at the Michigan Brewing Company, a Lansing restaurant, to sign HB 4377 (PA 188). "Thank