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ITInTheD Episode 104: Online Tech, Andrea Kress, Windsor Comic Con

FERNDALE - Episode 104 is in the history books, and we had a pretty decent set of conversations with our guests for the night about everything from secure storage, cloud vs local hosting, the information technology job market here in the metro Detroit area and this weekend's Windsor Comic Con happening across the river that

By |2015-08-12T00:00:00-04:00August 12th, 2015|Archive|

Percentage Of Michigan Residents Without Health Insurance Falls

LANSING - The percentage of Michigan residents without health insurance dropped significantly in 2014 from 2013, federal figures show. The improvement in the number of residents with insurance also came during the year that more lower-income residents could sign up for Medicaid coverage under the Healthy Michigan program. According to figures released by the National

By |2015-08-12T00:00:00-04:00August 12th, 2015|Archive, Politics|

Proos Calls For Investigation Into Gas Prices

LANSING - Sen. John Proos late Wednesday called on Attorney General Bill Schuette to open an investigation into the gas price jump that has hit Proos' region of southwest Michigan in the past several days. According to a statement by Proos (R-St. Joseph), a British Petroleum (BP) oil refinery in Indiana has reportedly experienced a

By |2015-08-12T00:00:00-04:00August 12th, 2015|Archive, Politics|

Michigan Tech To Monitor Mackinac Straits

LANSING - Enbridge Energy Partners LP will sponsor Michigan Technological University's Great Lakes Research Center to provide real-time environmental monitoring of the water conditions in the Straits of Mackinac, the company announced Wednesday, as well as the Center's efforts to integrate another monitoring buoy in the Upper Great lakes Observing System. The new buoy will

By |2015-08-12T00:00:00-04:00August 12th, 2015|Archive, Politics|

Meetings Begin On Making Michigan A Top 10 State For Education

LANSING - Addressing poverty and increasing funding for at-risk students as well as creating a more cohesive K-12 education system were among numerous suggestions by various interests provided to the State Board of Education on Tuesday regarding how to make Michigan a top 10 education performing state. Kevin Hollenbeck, vice president of the Upjohn Institute

By |2015-08-12T00:00:00-04:00August 12th, 2015|Archive, Politics|

Pure Michigan 400 Honorary Starter, Grand Marshal Raise Awareness for Autism, Veterans

LANSING - Kyle Brow of Vassar has been selected as the 2015 Pure Michigan 400 Honorary Starter for the race Aug. 16, while Michael Harris, Executive Director of Paralyzed Veterans of America Michigan Chapter, has been named 2015 Pure Michigan 400 Grand Marshal. Brow, a 20-year-old with autism, developed a passion for NASCAR and racing

By |2015-08-12T00:00:00-04:00August 12th, 2015|Archive, New Products|

Macomb-OU INCubator Offers Capital Raise Meetup

AUBURN HILLS - If you are a startup or early-stage, growth-based business looking for funding, come meet and listen to capital expert, Mike Brennan (Not to be confused with MITechNews.Com Publisher Mike Brennan) who will cover Michigan's various capital sources and talk about how to properly position your company to be qualified for private funding,

By |2015-08-12T00:00:00-04:00August 12th, 2015|Archive, Entrepreneur|

Spud Software Develops Sleep Apnea Detection App

GRAND BLANC - Spud Software, a custom software development company, in partnership withDr. Mark Rittenger and Dr. Gregory Streff, of Michigan Lung and Critical Care Specialists, has created a new app aimed at testing for sleep apnea, a disorder that creates blockage of the airway during sleep. The app, which runs on Android phones, will

By |2015-08-12T00:00:00-04:00August 12th, 2015|Archive, New Products|

Michigan Israel Business Bridge Hosts Ambassador Awards Dinner

BIRMINGHAM - The Michigan Israel Business Bridge will be holding its 2015 Ambassador Awards Dinner October 14th at The Reserve in Birmingham. MIBB will be presenting two awards during the dinner. The Bridge Builder Award is being presented to Delphi Automotive in honor of their continued work with Israel start-ups and established companies. The award

By |2015-08-12T00:00:00-04:00August 12th, 2015|Archive, New Products|

Baker College Student Team Wins Capture The Flag Contest

JACKSON - A Baker College of Jackson student cyber defense team won the annual Capture the Flag contest affiliated with two recent Detroit professional information security (InfoSec) conferences. The team competed against four corporate information security teams. The winning team members are Jackson residents Benjamin Carroll, Benjamin Clark and Jacob Layher. Each was awarded a

By |2015-08-12T00:00:00-04:00August 12th, 2015|Archive, Guest Columns|