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West Michigan Sustainable Business Forum Merges With Michigan’s Great Southwest Sustainable Business Forum

GRAND RAPIDS - West Michigan Sustainable Business Forum has completed a merger with Michigan's Great Southwest Sustainable Business Forum to create the largest regional organization for sustainable business practitioners in the Midwest. The combined organization, headquartered in Grand Rapids, will serve 220 member organizations and the general community in a 10-county territory that stretches from

By |2017-02-24T14:24:54-05:00February 24th, 2017|Clean Update, Featured|
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Malicious Hackers Inject Click-Fraud Adware Into Chrome Browsers Using Windows

SUNNYVALE, Ca. - Malicious hackers are breaking into poorly-protected websites, according to research by the security firm Proofpoint, and inserting JavaScript that waits for Chrome browsers to be referred to the sites via search engines. The script then inserts unrecognized characters that break the font rendering on the webpage, making all text unreadable. At that

By |2017-02-24T06:37:58-05:00February 24th, 2017|Cyber Defense|
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What Video Gamers Can Teach Us About Customer Engagement

ANN ARBOR - Customer engagement is one of those buzzwords that's often talked about, difficult to define and even harder to measure. But it's critical to figure out for makers of video games, who operate in a noisy, crowded and competitive industry. Researchers at the University of Michigan's Ross School of Business obtained player data

By |2017-02-23T21:29:12-05:00February 23rd, 2017|News|
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Pure Michigan Ad Campaign Wins Two Awards From Hospitality Sales, Marketing International

LANSING - Pure Michigan’s public relations campaign has been awarded both silver and bronze awards for its marketing campaign in 2016. The awards come from the Hospitality Sales and Marketing Association International. Those awards include: Skiing Michigan’s Hidden Gem: Skiing Magazine Feature Placement Print (Silver) Mount Bohemia is a hidden gem extreme skiing destination, with

By |2017-02-23T21:29:13-05:00February 23rd, 2017|New Products / Contracts|
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LIFT, Universities, NCMS Name 6 Educators To Expert Educator Team

DETROIT – LIFT - Lightweight Innovations For Tomorrow, the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities, and the National Center for Manufacturing Sciences named six educators to its Expert Educator Team. The EET will collaborate with LIFT’s technology project teams to identify how colleges and universities can modify their curricula and related industry certifications to meet

By |2017-02-23T21:09:42-05:00February 23rd, 2017|New Products / Contracts|
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Xfinity X1 Customers Can View Academy Awards Sunday With 1500 Hours Of Content

PHILADELPHIA, PA – Building off of last year’s success, Comcast, ABC Television and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will again partner to create an immersive The Oscars television viewing experience for Xfinity X1 customers.  This year The Oscars experience will include more than 1500 hours of content, as well as live streams

By |2017-02-23T20:57:15-05:00February 23rd, 2017|New Products / Contracts|
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Drones Are Turning Civilians Into An Air Force Of Citizen Environmentalists

SAN FRANCISCO - Last Winter as meteorologists warned of a monster El Nino, researchers at the Nature Conservancy in California prepared to mobilize. El Niño promised to bring in king tides that would raise the sea level by as much as one foot above normal during high tide, causing flooding along the coastline that researchers

By |2017-02-20T21:43:38-05:00February 20th, 2017|Clean Update, Drones|
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Great Lakes Ag-Tech Business Incubator Now Called ACRE AgTech

WEST OLIVE – The Great Lakes Ag-Tech Business Incubator is now known as ACRE AgTech, but it will continue its work to connect, develop and cultivate agriculture technology innovations, either into new businesses or commercializing them in partnership with established entities. ACRE connects entrepreneurs with the resources they need to succeed, furthering the cultivation of emerging

By |2017-02-16T17:20:07-05:00February 16th, 2017|New Products / Contracts|
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Verizon Is Jumping Back On The Unlimited Data Bandwagon

DETROIT - The wireless carrier launched a new plan Monday that offers unlimited data, talk time and texts for $80 per month for the first line when you select automatic payments. Customers can add up to four more lines for $45 per month each. The plan is available to both new and existing customers. Verizon,

By |2017-02-16T15:25:13-05:00February 16th, 2017|New Products / Contracts|
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MTU Study: 3-D Home Printer To Produce 1000 Percent Return Over 5 Years

HOUGHTON - Interested in making an investment that promises a 100 percent return on your money, and then some? Buy a low-cost, open-source 3-D printer, plug it in and print household items. In a recent study published in Technologies, Michigan Technological University Associate Professor Joshua Pearce set out to determine how practical and cost effective

By |2017-02-13T20:04:59-05:00February 13th, 2017|New Products / Contracts|
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