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Faurecia Named Michigan Minority Supplier Development Council’s Corporation Of Year

AUBURN HILLS - Faurecia North America has been named Corporation of the Year in the Manufacturing Level II category, and Faurecia's Glenn Donell was designated National Buyer of the Year by the Michigan Minority Supplier Development Council. The honors were announced this week at the 31st Annual MMSDC Awards Ceremony in Detroit. Faurecia North America

By |2014-10-16T00:00:00-04:00October 16th, 2014|Announcements/New Products, Archive|

Unplugged: 3D Printing Goes Solar

HOUGHTON - 3D printing guru Joshua Pearce wants nothing more than to provide the means of production to everyone, especially people in developing regions who must get by on very little. But there has been a drawback. 3D printers make all manner of fun and useful things, but they do require electricity. And the grid

By |2014-10-16T00:00:00-04:00October 16th, 2014|Archive, Guest Columns|

Forecast: Winter Hurts Job Growth For 2014

LANSING - The latest forecast for Michigan's economy from the Research Seminar in Quantitative Economics from the University of Michigan projects lower job growth in Michigan for 2014 because of the severity of last winter. However, the forecast also projects a sharp rise in personal income growth for 2014 compared to 2013, and projects continued

By |2014-10-16T00:00:00-04:00October 16th, 2014|Archive, Events/Announcements|

Snyder Reviewing Bill That Could Affect Tesla

LANSING - A once thought to be innocuous bill involving a fee dealerships charge auto manufacturers underwent a potentially significant change before clearing the Legislature, and that change appears designed to ensure the electric automaker Tesla would have to sell its vehicles in Michigan through franchise dealers instead of directly to customers as it is

By |2014-10-16T00:00:00-04:00October 16th, 2014|Archive, Politics/Government|

Keys To Keeping Employees: Engagement, Goals, Training

MENLO PARK, Calif. - In today?s competitive hiring environment for technology professionals, how can executives retain their top talent? Keep them engaged with a defined career path, achievable goals and training opportunities, suggests a new Robert Half Technology survey. Forty-five percent of information technology (IT) workers polled said being stuck in a job with few

By |2014-10-16T00:00:00-04:00October 16th, 2014|Announcements/New Products, Archive|

Snapchat At Center Of Latest Hack

SAN FRANCISCO - Third-party services that let Snapchat users back up their photos and videos - and that Snapchat claims it tried to shut down - are at the center of the latest Snapchat hack. An enormous, 13-gigabyte library of photos and videos from an estimated 200,000 accounts had been saved through apps and websites

By |2014-10-16T00:00:00-04:00October 16th, 2014|Archive, Cyber Defense|

AT&T To Add Nexus 6 By Motorola

DETROIT - AT&T Wednesday announced that it will add the Nexus 6 by Motorola, to its industry-leading device portfolio. Pricing and availability will be announced later. The Nexus 6, designed by Motorola and powered by the latest Android 5.0 operating system, is AT&T?s first Nexus device. Beautifully showcasing a new Material Design aesthetic, the Nexus

By |2014-10-16T00:00:00-04:00October 16th, 2014|Announcements/New Products, Archive|

Russian Hackers Exploit Bug In Microsoft Windows OS

SAN FRANCISCO - Russian hackers have exploited a bug in Microsoft's Windows operating system in order to target computers used by NATO, the European Union, Ukraine and the telecommunications and energy sectors, according to security firm iSight. In a blog post Tuesday, Dallas-based iSight, in collaboration with Microsoft, said the zero-day vulnerability impacts all supported

By |2014-10-16T00:00:00-04:00October 16th, 2014|Archive, Cyber Defense|