DETROIT - A conference at the speed of App - Future Midwest took a healthy sized, energized crowd of social and new media entrepreneurs on an ADHD speed tour of techniques and strategies that are defining this new space. The two-day conference, spanning Thursday and Friday, kicked off with a social gathering Wednesday night, ran
ANN ARBOR ? There's a couple new wrinkles this spring with the Great Lakes Entrepreneur's Quest contest. All SmartZone Award or Emerging Company participants that score above 70 points in the business-plan competition will be able to offer their investors the Angel Tax Credit. What's more, the top six competitors will also be reviewed by
LANSING -- The Michigan Economic Development Corporation Thursday issued two Requests for Proposals for programs to aid Michigan entrepreneurs in commercializing competitive edge technologies in fields that now include agricultural processing and information technology. Governor Rick Snyder on Tuesday signed legislation authorizing the broadened emphasis to the prior focus on four sectors: alternative energy, life
ANN ARBOR - New Jersey medical devices maker Becton, Dickinson and Co. revealed Wednesday during an investor's call that it paid $205 million for Ann Arbor-area based Accuri Cytometers, making it one of the largest exits in Michigan history. It's the first time BD has publicly discussed the deal's price, which makes Accuri's acquisition one
LANSING - The Department of State Police isn't using devices that extract information from individuals' cell phones in an illegal manner, department officials told the House Oversight, Reform and Ethics Committee following a dust-up over whether the department is overreaching privacy laws and Fourth Amendment protections against unlawful search and seizure. Greg Zarotney, a State
LANSING - Gov. Rick Snyder Wednesday proposed sweeping education reforms aimed at transforming Michigan's educational system from one still rooted in the days of a mostly farm-based society to one that prepares students for the technological age of today and jobs of tomorrow. To bring greater accountability to Michigan?s educational system, the governor is implementing
GRAND RAPIDS - Merging online and in-store shopping, Meijer is introducing a program where shoppers can place an order on Meijer.com and have the merchandise shipped ? at no cost ? directly to their local Meijer store for pick-up. The online program, called "Order-to-Store," will include thousands of items found on OrderToStore.Meijer.Com including furniture and
TOKYO - A year after Apple Inc. launched the iPad, Sony Corp. told The Wall Street Journal Tuesday it plans to enter the tablet-computer segment later this year with two models running Google Inc.'s Android operating system. Sony's two tablets?code-named S1 and S2?will be released late this year. The S1 is a slate-style tablet computer
CHICAGO - Video conferencing can help businesses reduce operating costs, improve their decision making capabilities and increase their customer contact. Yet, just half of businesses use video conferencing today. In November and December 2010, distributor CDW surveyed IT and telecommunications managers to understand video conferencing adoption, examine key drivers and identify implementation challenges. The Video
TROY - The Venture Michigan Fund II Tuesday announced its first investment commitment to MK Capital II, a technology venture capital fund that focuses on emerging companies in the digital media, software and education industries. MK Capital has offices in Ann Arbor, Chicago and Los Angeles. ?We are very pleased with the quality responses we