SOUTHFIELD - Verizon Wireless has declared Nov. 26 Connection Day and is offering mobile users the chance to connect with friends, music, books, news, and apps on one of the busiest travel days of the year, the day before Thanksgiving. On Nov. 26, all consumers regardless of wireless carrier can receive everything from movies to
SOUTHFIELD - With the help of a sponsorship from Cadillac, three high school students from Canton and Northville will leave on Nov. 19 to represent the United States in the World Robot Olympiad to be held at the Olympic Village in Sochi, Russia Nov. 21-23. This is the first time the United States is participating
ANN ARBOR - ONL Therapeutics, a biopharmaceutical company developing novel therapies for preserving sight in a range of retinal diseases, Wednesday announced it has been awarded a $1.37 million Small Business Innovation Research Phase II contract from the National Eye Institute to advance development of ONL101, the company?s lead therapeutic candidate. ONL101 is a first-in-class
WASHINGTON DC - In the wake of President Obama's call for the Federal Communications Commission to adopt tighter regulations to preserve a free and open Internet, the agency's chairman is reportedly considering a different tack. FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler said during a meeting Monday with executives from major Internet companies that he was considering an
WASHINGTON DC - Republicans in Congress have all but killed off the Marketplace Fairness Act, a long-debated bill that calls for online retailers to collect sales tax in the same way as brick-and-mortar stores. The news is a victory for e-Bay and small online retailers, but a defeat for Wal-Mart and traditional retailers who say
LANSING ? You know when we told you last week that you had to get your nominations in by Nov. 7 for the 2015 Small Business Innovation Awards and the Michigan Celebrates Small Business? Well, the deadline has been extended to this Friday, Nov. 14. So there?s still time to nominate your favorite company, even
SAN FRANCISCO - Hackers have a new way to break into Apple mobile devices using Web pages, text messages and emails to fool users into downloading fake apps that can leak their information, according to a new report from cybersecurity company FireEye. There's no evidence hackers have started doing this in the US, but FireEye
SAN FRANCISCO - It's bad enough that Verizon and AT&T have unleashed a new breed of "supercookie" that can track your every online move, even as you switch between your smartphone, tablet and TV. Far worse is the possibility of abuse by advertisers, governments and hackers, privacy experts warn. "Any website you're going to end
LANSING - The Public Service Commission on Monday estimated that energy supplies in Michigan would be adequate to meet anticipated demands this winter, and overall annual demand for natural gas and electricity are expected to increase slightly in 2014 as a result of deviations from normal weather. Assuming a return to normal weather for the
LANSING - The state is just 51 persons short of 450,000 people having signed up for the Healthy Michigan Medicaid expanded enrollment, meaning the state could actually hit the total number of people it had ever expected to enroll by early December. On Monday, the Department of Community Health said 449,949 people had enrolled in