LANSING ? The Michigan Film Office announced the project, Blue Goji Mobile Arcade Game, has been approved for a digital media incentive from the state. The mobile game is a follow-up to the Blue Goji interactive boxing game developed and produced by PIXO Entertainment in Southfield, Michigan. ?The digital media and video game development industry
DETROIT - Covisint Corp. began trading on the Nasdaq Global Select Market on Thursday, opening at $12.77 a share, before closing at $12.31 ? the first initial public offering of a Detroit tech company since Syntel went public in 1997. The former Compuware Corp. subsidiary?s stock put up for sale represented 17.6 percent of the
DETROIT ? Grand Circus, a training institute and event center in the heart of Detroit, is one of seven inaugural members of the Google for Entrepreneurs Tech Hub Network that was announced in Chicago on Wednesday. The official Detroit announcement is scheduled at the co-working center on Monday. Google for Entrepreneurs Tech Hub Network is
GRAND RAPIDS ? GlobalBusinessProfessor.com, a global business education platform, is the latest technology company to partner with MITechNews.Com and the Internet Advisor as heard on WJR 760 AM in its new co-branded eNewsletter. The companies have agreed to partner on a number of marketing programs to bring each other?s services to their members and subscribers.
NOVI - The Michigan Cyber Range has created a SCADA training component for its Alphaville cybersecurity environment that will be unveiled Oct. 25 at the Michigan Cyber Summit 2013 at the Suburban Collection Showcase. Staff from the Michigan Cyber Range will host a booth at the event, where they will demonstrate Alphaville and engage in
LANSING - Michigan has an opportunity to lead other states in development and deployment of talent, Governor Rick Snyder said Tuesday, and he hoped Michigan would be a "first mover" on talent needs and the ability to find a job that will provide an individual a career. Speaking to the Inforum Center for Leadership, a
LANSING - The Michigan Strategic Fund did not report accurate data about the number of jobs created through the 21st Century Jobs Trust Fund programs to the Legislature, and failed to adequately monitor the progress companies assisted through the funds were making in meeting their employment goals, said an audit released Tuesday by Auditor General
WATERLOO, Canada - BlackBerry announced Monday it reached a preliminary deal with one of its biggest shareholders to try to take the company private for about $4.7 billion, which could let the struggling mobile device maker find a suitor. Fairfax Financial Holdings, a Canadian insurance firm, signed a letter of intent with the BlackBerry board
CUPERTINO, Ca. - Apple's iPhone sales topped nine million during the first three days of sale, what Apple described as "our best iPhone launch yet." Apple didn't break out specific sales numbers for the high-end 5S versus the colorful 5C, but did say that the combined unit sales set a launch-weekend record. Apple is also
AUBURN HILLS - Chrysler Group has filed plans for an initial public offering as the U.S. auto maker takes its first step to return to the market, a move that has angered Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne. Fiat owns majority interest in Chrysler and wants to acquire the 41.5 percent owned by the United Auto Workers