ROYAL OAK - On M2 TechCast Feb. 26, the Michigan Small Business Development Center will feature one of its clients. Enrico Schaefer will update drone law and trends. Melih Oztalay will introduce a conquest auto sales program that combines technology with social media marketing. And Warner Norcross + Judd LLP Attorney John Muhs will talk
EGHAM, United Kingdom - For the first time since 2004, smartphone sales to consumers declined in the fourth quarter of 2017 from the same three months a year before as people keep their phones longer or upgrades slow. Gartner reported global sales of smartphones to end users totaled nearly 408 million units in the fourth
DETROIT - Gov. Rick Snyder on Tuesday announced his Marshall Plan for Talent to train Michiganders to fill 811,000 jobs by 2024 with an average salaries of $60,000. "Our country is facing a huge national challenge about getting people connected to careers," Snyder Thursday at the Michigan Science Center in Detroit. Snyder would focus on training programs,
DETROIT - NextEnergy Wednesday announced Jim Saber will be appointed president and CEO of the Detroit-based technology accelerator, effective March 2. Saber, who has led NextEnergy’s business development and technology commercialization efforts since 2004, will replace Jean Redfield who will re-join Fordsell Machine Products, the precision machining manufacturing firm she co-owns with her husband. Redfield,
DETROIT - Cobo Center has launched a newly redesigned exhibitor and conference services online ordering system that gives in-house and vendor event services a streamlined, transparent ordering process, which allows customer access to ordering history in Cobo from beginning to end. “For our customers across the globe, this new software creates an online order system
ROYAL OAK – On M2 TechCast Feb. 19, Inforum InGAGE’s Tember Shea will interview Katie Novak, President and CEO, Vaugahn Industries that brings a unique approach to application problems in the car wash industry. Dominic Serra CEO of Metro Wireless will discuss his new fixed Wi-Fi Coverage. Kathleen Norton-Schock will update what’s happening with Diva
ROYAL OAK - Last month, Lawrence Technological University host its version of Global Game Jam where 30 developers came together to create new video games in a 48-hour marathon. There wasn't much sleep but there was much fun. Marshall Ashton, who runs the LTU Bachelor of Fine Art in Game Art program, joins Matt Roush and
ROYAL OAK - Dr. Tonya Matthews, the CEO of the Michigan Science Center, will be the Mistress of Ceremonies for IoT TechConnect on April 4 at the Troy Marriott. The one-day event will focus on showcasing Michigan Internet Of Things experts, products, services, companies, technologies, and the skills needed to work in IoT. Matthews and
ROYAL OAK - If you have Comcast Xfinity than you can watch Curling, Skating, Skiing of all sorts and dozens of other winter sports on "virtual" channels covered by NBC Sports. Really. Vito Forienza, who heads up Comcast’s TV Everywhere effort, joins M2 TechCast to provide all the details for you Winter Olympics junkies. There
ANN ARBOR—Little hints of immortality are lurking in the stem cells of fruit flies. Stem cells that produce sperm use a genetic trick to stay perpetually young across generations, researchers at the University of Michigan Life Sciences Institute have discovered. Certain sections of the fruit fly genome get shorter with age. But remarkably, some reproductive
