DETROIT - David Kircos of Grosse Pointe and Hunter Rosenblume of Syosset, New York, won the $5,000 grand prize for building the top app for the Detroit Public Library at the #hackDP competition earlier this month. Both are interns at Detroit Venture Partners. The event was sponsored by Automation Alley. The app building competition was
ROCKFORD ? As if you didn?t need yet another example of how the economy is shifting from bricks and mortar to online sales, Wolverine World Wide said it plans to shut down about 140 stores over the next 18 months and focus selling its distinctive footwear on the Internet. The company also cut its earnings
AUBURN HILLS - Faurecia North America, the region?s sixth-largest automotive supplier, celebrated the opening of its new North American Headquarters and Automotive Seating Technical Center Wednesday. The 278,000 square foot facility includes a prototype metal shop; trim development lab; just-in-time (JIT) manufacturing lab; structural testing lab; environmental testing chambers; noise, vibration and harshness (NVH) and
WASHINGTON DC - The Federal Communications Commission has extended Wednesday?s deadline for filing comments on its controversial Net neutrality proposal due to a last-minute wave of traffic that's crashing its site for some. "The deadline for filing submissions as part of the first round of public comments in the FCC's Open Internet proceeding arrived today,"
DETROIT - Wayne State University?s department of surgery at the School of Medicine has received an $8.5 million grant from Mike and Marian Ilitch to develop innovative surgery technologies, the university announced Wednesday. The grant will create the Ilitch Chair for Surgical Innovation and establish a fund to support research. The school has renamed the
ANN ARBOR ? MichBio has posted five new life sciences jobs at the MichBio Career Center. Application Scientist Rubicon Genomics - Ann Arbor Rubicon Genomics is a leader in the development and commercialization of sample-specific pre-analytical processes to improve the performance and capabilities of DNA and RNA platforms for research and clinical testing. The Application
OKEMOS - Registration is now open for the IAUG Michigan Chapter August 13 Meeting at Leona Group Conference Center. Don't miss this opportunity to join other Michigan area users for an afternoon of education and networking for absolutely free. Agenda 9:15 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.: Registration 9:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.: Chapter Business Meeting &
LANSING ? Michigan has been rated the Most Improved State for 2014 in an annual Top 10 Pro-Business States report. Overall, Michigan ranked no. 3 among the nation?s top 10 most populous states and no. 2 among the eight Great Lakes states, contends The American Economic Development Institute and Pollina Corporate Real Estate. The state?s
DETROIT ? Internet Advisor Podcast: Ron Hinsley, ITC V.P. of IT and CIO explains the role of ITC in bringing power and development to Michigan through projects like the Thumb Loop; Step ?IT? Up America-- ?Social Empowerment Through Technology;? MITechNews.Com headlines from Editor Mike Brennan. To listen, Click on InternetAdvisor.Org
BEIJING - Chinese broadcaster CCTV on Friday reported the iPhone's Frequent Locations feature poses a potential national security threat. A researcher interviewed by CCTV said, if accessed, data collected by the feature could reveal the entire country's economic status and "even state secrets," according to Reuters, which earlier reported on the state-run news outlet's comments.