ANN ARBOR - Customer satisfaction has improved for a third consecutive year at retailers, boosted by higher customer satisfaction with specialty retail stores, supermarkets, drug stores, and gasoline service stations. This news come from the American Customer Satisfaction Index . The retail sector overall gains 1.7 percent to an ACSI benchmark of 77.9. A fourth
SAN FRANCISCO - Sorry, Android, but you just got some more competition in wearables. A new version of Samsung's Gear smartwatch will run the company's Tizen software instead of Google's Android operating system, people familiar with the matter told CNET News.Com. Samsung will unveil the device at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona next week, the
REDMOND, Wa. - Microsoft announced Wednesday it will dole out 100 GigaBytes of extra space to the first 100,000 people who sign onto their OneDrive accounts. The extra space comes on top of the customer?s existing OneDrive (formerly SkyDrive) storage, but is good just for one year. Angus Logan, the group product marketing manager for
ANN ARBOR ? Three University of Michigan pathologists who developed software that could improve cancer diagnosis and treatment won a statewide entrepreneurship competition organized last week by the Center for Entrepreneurship at the UM College of Engineering. The team received $40,000. Team Genomenon took first overall, as well as in the health category of the
WASHINGTON DC - Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler said he plans on a do-over for Net neutrality rules. On Wednesday, the chairman laid out a plan for preserving the Open Internet after a federal appeals court struck down the rules last month. As part of this new strategy, Wheeler said the FCC will not
FLINT ? Online Tech has spent $3 million to double the capacity at its Flint Township data center, both in physical space and power. The facility expansion boasts a total of 22,500 square feet and includes the addition of two new 1 Megawatt generators. This brings the data center?s total backup power to 4 Megawatts,
GRAND RAPIDS - C/D/H has promoted Amy Moore from consultant to Director of Client Service: Applications, a new role that comes as the company aligns itself to meet the growing need for SharePoint services in Michigan. ?Seven years ago, about 24 percent of our business was SharePoint,? said Paul Hillman, partner at C/D/H. ?Now, with
DETROIT ? Reinventing the "D" from within is the mission of #313DLove. On March 13 at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, #313DLove will host area Detroiters in celebrating the Motor City?s 313 years of perseverance. Thirteen triumphant speakers will enlighten the audience with their insights on leadership, creativity, community and entrepreneurship
TROY - Michele DeLuca has joined SunTel as Director of Marketing, while Betty Lieb has been promoted to Marketing Administrator for the marketing department. DeLuca will lead the new marketing department, with an emphasis on vendor relationships. She has over 12 years of sales, sales management and marketing experience in the telecommunications industry, having worked
ROCHESTER - After four consecutive years of winning the Michigan Regional Future City Competition, the team from St. John Lutheran School in Rochester has claimed the title of National Champion, winning the national Future City Competition held Tuesday in Washington, DC. St. John Lutheran also won the People's Choice Award, a prize of $7,500 and