DETROIT - Ken Schoen, CEO of ACD.net, a Lansing based ISP, joins Internet Advisor to talk about new ways to bridge the digital divide that is growing between the connected and the unconnected in Michigan. The heart of our conversation centers around new technologies that promise to bring high speed connectivity and economic growth to areas
DETROIT - Android users that hate texting can take back their sanity with LAN SMS.The goal of LAN SMS is to give android users who dislike texting, but rely on this form of communication, the option to send and receive messages using their computer and keyboard. The app is best suited for individuals who work
FERNDALE - We were joined at ITInTheD by Bamboo Detroit to talk about their co-working space downtown and an impending expansion, by Newmind Group to talk about an event in September that they're putting on along with their core offerings, and by Andrea from the Pontiac Public School District talking about technology in the world
GRAND RAPIDS - Mobile commerce is on the rise. According to a recent digital commerce survey by Gartner, mobile commerce currently makes up 22 percent of digital commerce revenue. While growth of mCommerce seems inevitable, finding the perfect mCommerce partner to help you create an effective mCommerce strategyis a must in today's business world. On
LANSING - The effort to win approval of new funding for roads ran into the same old problem Wednesday in the House saw negotiations fall apart with no solution in sight. Without an agreement to bring aboard a large number of minority Democrats, majority House Republicans tried in vain to build up enough
LANSING - The Michigan Environmental Council and the Natural Resources Defense Council were among numerous environmental interests who said Wednesday that, despite great conversations during the 37-member work group, the Senate's renewable energy portion of its energy policy proposal still falls short of expanding the use of renewable forms of energy. On top
LANSING - Michigan's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate fell to its lowest rate in 14 years in July, 5.3 percent, but the decline had nothing to do with the state adding new jobs during the month because figures showed the state had no net gain in employment last month. The number of unemployed individuals declined
HOUGHTON - Michigan Governor Rick Snyder has appointed Michigan Tech President Glenn Mroz to the board of the Michigan Education Trust. MET is a prepaid college tuition plan that enables families to pre-purchase tuition based on today's tuition rates. The plan then covers the future cost of tuition when the child reaches college. "Glenn has
DETROIT - NextEnergy and RecoveryPark Wednesday announced Light-Speed USA as the winner of NextChallenge: Lighting, a lighting technology competition. Light-Speed USA was awarded $80,000 in cash and in-kind services to support the development and demonstration of a next generation greenhouse lighting technology system for RecoveryPark. "NextEnergy developed NextChallenge: Lighting to source ideas to drive technology
TROY - Davenport University is offering a 20 percent tuition discount to employees who work for organizations that are members of Automation Alley. If the organization is also a member of a Chamber of Commerce, those employees will also qualify for up to $1,500 per year in scholarship funding. In addition, the application fee is