LANSING - Liquid Web, a $90-million web hosting and cloud services provider, announced this week an agreement to purchase the Cloud Sites business unit from publicly traded Rackspace - what Liquid Web CEO Jim Geiger describes as the new strategy to better serve savvy, skilled professionals who are dependent on a highly available and reliable
DETROIT - Mobile app developer jācapps and Greater Media's WMMR have launched the radio station's mobile app that is now part of the Apple CarPlay ecosystem. The release is part of jācapps' "App Everywhere" offerings for radio broadcasters. "It took a lot of collaboration with the Apple and WMMR teams, and we're excited that broadcast
GRAND RAPIDS - Atomic Object co-founder and CEO Carl Erickson, a former professor of Computer Science at Grand Valley State University, was walking his dog in January 2015 when he spotted an old building in the Wealthy historic district for sale. Atomic Object’s headquarters just wasn’t large enough anymore to handle his rapidly growing staff.
DETROIT - Bamboo Detroit will go east next week when it opens its first neighborhood co-working location, a pop-up inside MASH Detroit. It’s first satellite shop is called Bamboo East, located on the east side of Detroit. Bamboo East will offer affordable office space, a conference room, wi-fi, coffee, workshops and networking, Monday-Fridays beginning on
NORTHVILLE - HouseSetter, with the help of MTAM-member company Logic Solutions, has introduced a low-cost, portable monitoring solution to give homeowners peace of mind while they’re away. At $120 for the hardware, and service starting as low as $5 a month, HouseSetter’s canine-shaped device monitors a home’s vitals: power, temperature, and humidity. If something goes
DETROIT - The ancient art of blacksmithing and the digital age have combined to create Robotic Blacksmithing, a $50,000 student competition announced by Lightweight Innovations For Tomorrow, and the Center for Design and Manufacturing Excellence at The Ohio State University. Launching this fall, and running through the 2016-17 school year, the LIFT Prize in Robotic
MIDLAND - Due diligence and term sheets aren't just common practice – it’s common sense, and crucial to ensuring that your investments in early-stage companies are informed and worthwhile. MidMichigan Innovation Center and BlueWater Angels are partnering to offer a due diligence workshop Aug. 16. Finding profitable investment opportunities can be a challenge, but community-based private equity might be an area
ROCHESTER HILLS - Join CloudTech1 University at its Education Center on September 21st at 11am to enjoy some food, to have some fun and learn about Network Security, a strategy no business can afford to ignore. CloudTech1 University has become an ideal place to learn cloud basics and ask questions about the security of your
ROYAL OAK - Episode 156 saw ITINTHED down a guest, but we recovered nicely with Jer from Daily Detroit to talk about the Regional Transit Authority after our chat with our friends from Comcast about their coverage of the Olympic Games in Brazil on the Xfinity platform. The Summer Games video includes some 6,000 hours
ROYAL OAK - Lisa Diggs is the founder of BuyMichiganNow.Com, a website devoted to promoting Michigan-made products. Last weekend, she held the BuyMichiganNow festival in downtown Northville that hosted 170 businesses in the street, plus all the Northville retailers. Patio furniture made from recycled milk jugs, skin care products, foods, beers, the lot. MITechNews.Com Editor
