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SAN FRANCISCO - Roku unveiled its first new set-top box in more than two years Tuesday, aiming to distinguish itself from bigger competitors by hawking streaming devices and nothing else. The Saratoga, California, company, which makes devices that connect your television to Internet video and music, also unveiled updates to the software that runs its
RESTON, VA - Apple ranked as the top smartphone manufacturer with 44.1 percent OEM market share, while Google Android led as the Number One smartphone platform with 51.7 percent platform market share. Facebook ranked as the top individual smartphone app. These statistics come from comScore, a global media measurement and analytics company, Tuesday released data
LANSING - If you’d like to see your photos of Michigan’s four seasons appear in a glossy magazine next year distributed to hundreds of thousands of Michigan visitors in 2016? Then the 4th Annual Michigan Moments Photo Contest can gain your flicks a lot of visibility. The contest kicked off Oct. 5. New this year,
ANN ARBOR - Mike Klein, who served as co-CEO of data center provider Online Tech, has left the company to pursue other interests. No specific reason was given. “Online Tech is a great company,” said Klein. “Online Tech grew at five-and-a-half times in the seven years I was there. Online Tech is now well positioned
LANSING - One of the key pieces for legislative leaders to resolve as they negotiate a road funding package appears to have cleared a key marker with several sources telling Gongwer News Service that House Speaker Kevin Cotter supports raising $800 million in new revenue. There is no agreement, no deal, not even a framework, not
FERNDALE - In the second episode of M2 Techcast, Co-hosts Matt Roush and Mike Brennan talk about Supported Intelligence's new product Rapid Recursive Toolbox Version 1.5. COO Jeff Johnson joins us on the show to describe this new software analytical product. Also appearing on the show were Leah Wiste Interim Executive Director of Michigan Interfaith Power & Light
SAN FRANCISCO - What's better than one new Nexus smartphone? Two, if you're Google. The tech giant on Tuesday unveiled a pair of phones: the Nexus 5X from LG and the Nexus 6P from Huawei. The devices were shown off at a Google event in San Francisco. Both the Nexus 5X, which starts at $349, and
ANN ARBOR - Rapidly growing LLamasoft, a supply chain software company, announced Tuesday that it has closed a $50 million Series B financing round with affiliates of Goldman, Sachs & Co. Co-Founder Toby Brzoznowski said the money will be used to accelerate the development “of disruptive new technologies” that could now be released early next
FARMINGTON HILLS - Great Lakes Angels is hosting on Oct. 15 the Angel Investing Overview, an Angel Resource Institute education program on angel investing. Angel Investing Overview is the leading seminar for educating angel investors, entrepreneurs, and startup support professionals about how to execute the angel investment process. The AIO will teach you best practices
LANSING - Legislation to ensure that Michigan makes no more tax voucher grants to companies through the Early Stage Venture Investment Corporation were sent to the full Senate Thursday. The three bills - HB 4195, HB 4196 and HB 4365 - were reported unanimously by the members of the Economic Development and International Investment Committee. The committee also reported a
