DETROIT This wont come as a surprise to any parents with Internet savvy kids. In a survey of 12-17 year olds, nearly 55 percent said they or their friends knew more about the Internet than their parents. Two-thirds of these teens also reported they use the Internet to do their homework. The study, by SBC
LANSING Michigan revenues for the third quarter of the current fiscal year are down $15.4 million from last year's, but year-to-date totals have the state $74.8 million ahead of 2002-03. The biggest dip came from single business and insurance tax collections, which posted a 17.1 percent decline. For the states 2003-04 fiscal year, that total
LANSING - The Michigan Manufacturers Association has launched the MMA Marketplace, an online searchable directory of manufacturers and related industries, where users can find information on nearly 3,000 Michigan companies. The directory contains company descriptions, e-mail links and location maps for companies that have paid for an enhanced listing. MMA represents thousands of businesses throughout
MIAMI If youre taking a North American cruise on the Norwegian Sun next month and want to stay in touch with the family back in Michigan, AT&T Wireless has got you wired. The company announced Tuesday that it has partnered with Maritime Telecommunications Network to let vacationers bring and use their cell phones on board.
GRAND RAPIDS Computer Products and Resources, better known as CPR, has promoted Pete Koelzer to Sales Director. Plus the IT solutions company announced it hired five new employees to do technical and administrative jobs. Koelzer has more than 20 years of experience in the technology industry, 19 of which were spent with IBM. He has
OKEMOS Brian Niemiec has joined Innovative IT Solutions as Vice President of Operations and will head up three departments: Professional Services, Client Services and Network Operations. Innovative IT provides Web-based software solutions for state insurance regulators and commercial carriers to manage licensing and regulatory compliance issues. One of our strategic initiatives for this year is
ANN ARBOR Kinderstreet on Monday announced it had privately raised $825,000 by selling five-year convertible notes and warrants to purchase 412,500 shares of common stock, money that will be used by the software company to develop new products and pursue other business expansion opportunities. Kinderstreet, which was founded in 2000, specializes in the delivery of
ROYAL OAK Investment money continues to flow into Michigan technology, the latest example Cooke & Moses of Columbia, South Carolina, which will invest $1.5 million in Dellego Technologies to help the company sell its Computer-Aided Design software. In case the name Dellego isnt familiar to you, the deal called for the former QSSolutions Engineered Systems
GRAND RAPIDS Grand Rapids web development house Fusionary Media won three of the first five GLIMA Interactive Community Excellence (ICE) Awards Monday at the GLIMA Networks first annual meeting. Organic and BlueGranite won the other two. Fusionary, a nine-person development house in downtown Grand Rapids, won ICE Awards for Best User-Friendly Web Site and Most
GRAND RAPIDS Automation Alley will bring its big consortium business tools to GLIMA, its state IT professional trade group acquired in 2002. At GLIMAs Annual Meeting Monday, Automation Alley Executive Director Ken Rogers announced export trade assistance and publication of press releases online two Automation Alley benefits will now be offered to the 700 GLIMA