ROYAL OAK - Networker supreme Terry Bean is well-known in the metro Detroit social media scene. More than a decade ago he created Motor City Connect as a way for other digital entrepreneurs and marketers to network. It has since grown to more than 10,000 members. But like most entrepreneurs, Bean also experiments with projects
SOUTHFIELD - A lot of Michigan law firms offer legal expertise in Intellectual Property. A few have touched on issues related to Augmented and Virtual Reality. Others are exploring the newly emerging technologies of Drones and what’s called the Internet of Things. Now Warner Norcross & Judd has created the Emerging Media and Connected Devices
LANSING - Proday CEO Sarah Kunst has been appointed to the board of directors at the Michigan State University Foundation. This newest addition to the organization’s Board reaffirms the MSU Foundation’s commitment to Michigan State University’s (MSU) continued leadership in entrepreneurship and innovation. Kunst, a Mt. Pleasant, Michigan native, graduated from MSU in 2008 with
NOVI - ITC Holdings Corp. has promoted Gretchen Holloway to senior vice president and chief financial officer. She is responsible for the company's accounting, internal audit, treasury, financial planning and analysis, management reporting, risk management, and tax functions of the company. “Gretchen provides significant financial leadership to ITC, and in filling this key role she will
ANN ARBOR - Online Tech announced Thursday it has extended its hybrid cloud offering to support Microsoft Azure managed services. This extension is the first step for Online Tech towards integrating the public cloud into their suite of hybrid IT products, which includes colocation, virtual private cloud and data protection services. This new service includes
DETROIT - The North American International Auto Show has renewed its contract with Cobo Center through 2025, keeping the annual auto show in downtown Detroit for another eight years. The announcement was made this week by Claude Molinari, general manager of SMG/Cobo Center and Rod Alberts, Executive Director of NAIAS. “With the leadership and work
GRAND RAPIDS – Dematic announced this week updates to the latest release of its Warehouse Execution System software platform, Dematic iQ 2.5. It includes first-to-market Material Flow Analysis — a new blend of performance monitoring, analytical insights and visualization essential to operations efficiency. As an addition to the Dematic iQ Operations Management Center, this new tool
GRAND RAPIDS - A Grand Valley State University group has developed an app for a local entrepreneur that addresses a common concern among parents: the amount of time their children spend on electronics. Grand Valley's applied Medical Devices Institute (aMDI) has developed Test 4 Time! (T4T), an app that makes children earn screen time on tablets
ANN ARBOR - Technology for a University of Michigan learning approach that employs video game-style strategy made its way to the market this week. The gameful instruction tool known as GradeCraft is now available to K-12 schools and universities, and a key university that promotes the use of technology in the classroom has signed on.
ANN ARBOR - Consumers have taken a liking to products they can interact with such as Amazon's Alexa, Apple's Siri, and iRobot's pet-like Roomba vacuum. Ironically, in spite of the increasing popularity of these humanized products, people have never reported feeling more alone or isolated. This raises an interesting question: are these anthropomorphic products capable
