WASHINGON DC - Several US senators are trying to clamp down on the activities of the National Security Agency through a new bill that would curb the NSA?s data gathering, which has angered privacy rights groups in the United States and foreign governments everywhere. Unveiled in Congress on Wednesday, the Intelligence Oversight and Surveillance Reform
DETROIT ? Grand Circus, a training institute and event center in the heart of Detroit, is one of seven inaugural members of the Google for Entrepreneurs Tech Hub Network that was announced in Chicago on Wednesday. The official Detroit announcement is scheduled at the co-working center on Monday. Google for Entrepreneurs Tech Hub Network is
GRAND RAPIDS ? GlobalBusinessProfessor.com, a global business education platform, is the latest technology company to partner with MITechNews.Com and the Internet Advisor as heard on WJR 760 AM in its new co-branded eNewsletter. The companies have agreed to partner on a number of marketing programs to bring each other?s services to their members and subscribers.
COPEMISH ? Contractors Building Supply, which has been a provider of energy efficient windows and wind turbines for years, now has gone into the solar-panel business in a big way. On Oct. 3 CBS will host a ribbon cutting on its 15,000 square foot manufacturing plant in this Northwest Michigan community that will assemble solar
GRAND RAPIDS ? Israeli medical device start-ups will be traveling to Michigan on October 16 looking for local partners, university collaborators and private funding. The Trendlines Group in partnership with OurCrowd will be heading back to Michigan for a day-long road show that starts in Grand Rapids and finishes in Ann Arbor. ?It?s an opportunity
LANSING - In a decision that would draw hundreds of "likes" if posted on Facebook, the Michigan Senate has decided to open up its WiFi network to allow users access to social media sites like Facebook and Twitter and drop most other restrictions that had severely limited what sites users could visit. The Senate has
LANSING - The release early Wednesday of a report on expected monthly insurance rates on the federal health care exchange, which will begin accepting enrollment on Tuesday, showed that monthly rates in Michigan will be slightly less than the national average, and the news drew praise from supporters of the controversial Patient Protection and Affordable
ANN ARBOR ? The Southeast Center for Integrated Metabolomics has been awarded a five-year, $9 million grant from the National Institutes of Health. IROA Technologies, formerly NextxGen Metabolomics, is a founding member along with the University of Florida. With the grant funding, the SECIM is developing an integrated metabolomics service to provide highquality data, user-friendly
SAN FRANCISCO - Teenagers in California worried that their online posts might jeopardize their future opportunities have gained a measure of recourse in the form of an online "eraser button." Legislation signed Monday by Gov. Jerry Brown will require Web sites, apps, and online services geared toward minors to offer, by 2015, the option of
GRAND RAPIDS - Van Andel Global Trade Center is hosting a half-day event Oct. 17 to review opportunities in China, Canada, Brazil, Mexico and the UAE and hear real life success stories from Michigan companies. SPEAKERS: Ning Shao, Director, Michigan China Center Nancy Ward, Director, Michigan Canada Center Claudia Tomaselli, Director, Michigan Brazil Center Efren