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ANN ARBOR - Laws that make it more difficult for people to register and vote, are instead angering the very minority voters they are intended to disenfranchise, mobilizing many more to go to the polls and cast their ballot, contends a new study from the University of Michigan. This effect may explain why, to date,
LANSING – The state’s Pure Michigan tourism website is getting an overhaul with help from a Florida-based Miles Media Group. Earlier this week, The Michigan Strategic Fund awarded a nearly $400,000 contract to rebuild Michigan.Org, the home of the prize winning Pure Michigan advertising campaign. Shall we call it Pure Florida, instead? Michigan Web Developers
LANSING - Gongwer News Service is once again making available a smartphone and tablet app that provides easy-to-use information and analysis of this year's elections, with new features, improved functionality and a lower price from the first edition that debuted in the 2014 election cycle. The app, which is available for iOS and Android devices,
DETROIT - Dean Norton is the Chief Operating Officer of Macprofessionals, one of only two Apple Authorized Service Providers in the state of Michigan. Founded by Lisa Glush in 2000, the company has stores in Bay Harbor (Petoskey area), Novi and now in Farmington Hills. Macprofessionals works with companies and school districts on their Apple
DETROIT - Todd Palmer author of Job Search Process is a renowned thought leader and top staffing and recruiting executive who is committed to improving lives. Todd is founder and President of Diversified Industrial Staffing, and has helped over 4,300 people get jobs, bettering their lives and the lives of their families. In his new book, The Job
DETROIT - Automation Alley forecasts economic growth for Southeast Michigan technology companies in 2016 will outperform even Silicon Valley in many key areas, including revenue, research and development, investment and hiring. These findings and more were revealed Monday in Automation Alley’s 2016 Technology Industry Report at a breakfast briefing at the Detroit Institute of the
FERNDALE - Betsy Creedon, Wayne State University TechTown’s Director of Entrepreneurial Services, talks about WSU’s DTX Launch program a 10-week technology startup accelerator for college students and recent graduates. DTX is accepting applications for summer 2016. An information session is scheduled for Feb. 24 at WSU. To learn more, click on https://soundcloud.com/podcastdetroit/m2-episode-22-dtx-detroit-launch-program?in=podcastdetroit/sets/m2techcast-on-podcastdetroit#t=0:00
FERNDALE - Chastity Pratt Dawsey from Bridge Magazine appeared Feb. 15 on M2 TechCast (co-hosted by MITechNews.Com Mike Brennan and LTU's Matt Roush) to discuss a story about the Flint water crisis that appeared in Bridge on Feb. 16. The story is about the people of Flint and their mistrust for their government. The mistrust has grown
WASHINGTON DC - The US developed an elaborate plan for massive cyberattacks on Iran's critical infrastructure during the early days of the Obama administration, according to a documentary that premiered this week. Code-named "Nitro Zeus," the plan aimed to disable Iran's electrical grid, air defenses and communications services, according to details of the film revealed
CUPERTINO, Ca. - Apple CEO Tim Cook denounced a federal judge's order to crack open an iPhone used by a terrorist, calling the situation "chilling" and saying it would deal a major setback to online privacy for all. To hack the phone, CNET.Com reported, the FBI wants Apple to build a new version of its
