LANSING - Far from being an extra toy, computers and related technology will be essential to schools of the future. But it could take another generation before they are fully integrated into the way students, and adults, learn, John King, a professor in the School of Information and vice provost for academic information at the
ROCHESTER HILLS ? MITechNews.Com continues to expand its business alliance with MichiganMall.Com by creating a section for the online Michigan business directory in its eCorner newsletter. MichiganMall.Com also features breaking news provided by MITechNews.Com. MichiganMall.com founded in 1998 by entrepreneurs and Michiganders, Jan and Marshall Rice, is a simple and straightforward Internet marketing tool. While
LANSING - The number of people now working in Michigan is at its lowest level since July 1995, figures show, and the state has lost some 9 percent of its total jobs since its peak level in June 2000. According to unemployment figures released Wednesday by the Department of Labor and Economic Growth, the number
LANSING - Budget discussions between Michigan House Speaker Andy Dillon (D-Redford Twp.) and Senate Majority Leader Mike Bishop (R-Rochester) have seen significant progress, sources indicated, and a final agreement between the two on appropriations target levels could be completed by next week. "They are leaps and bounds beyond what most people think," one source familiar
ANN ARBOR - Although economic growth will remain weak for the rest of the year, the housing and car markets will slowly bounce back next year, providing momentum for a turnaround, University of Michigan economists said Wednesday. In their annual summer forecast of the U.S. economy, Saul Hymans and colleagues Joan Crary and Janet Wolfe
ANN ARBOR - Customer satisfaction with the PC industry isn't necessarily bad, but it could be much better. Overall, consumers rated their satisfaction with the maker of their PC 3 percent worse than last year, according to the American Customer Satisfaction Index, the annual quality study conducted by The University of Michigan released Tuesday. Apple
ANN ARBOR ? Yahoo! has taken over the top spot from Google for the first time in the University of Michigan?s American Customer Satisfaction Index report on e-business websites, released Tuesday. The report also showed for the first time customer satisfaction with the e-Business category declined lower than the ASCI national average across all industries.
DETROIT ? With the recent shooting tragedy at Virginia Tech in mind, Wayne State University has launched a broadcast messaging service that lets cell phone users registered for the service to receive text messages in case of a campus wide emergency. The emergency messaging capability will be tested Aug. 24 during a simulated gunman-in-a-building exercise
LANSING - Companies seeking Michigan tax abatements and economic development tools would be more likely to get those if they will hire all Michigan workers under a legislative package House Democrats announced Monday. The legislation, which has yet to be introduced, will be reviewed through a joint meeting of the House committees on Labor and
LANSING ? Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm can support embryonic stem cell research, but not using her official gubernatorial website, the Thomas More Law Center said in a federal lawsuit announced Friday. While the governor has not said she agrees, she has taken down the link that spawned the lawsuit, officials said Friday. The suit asks