CUPERTINO, Ca. - Apple's iPhone sales topped nine million during the first three days of sale, what Apple described as "our best iPhone launch yet." Apple didn't break out specific sales numbers for the high-end 5S versus the colorful 5C, but did say that the combined unit sales set a launch-weekend record. Apple is also
GRAND RAPIDS - F7Studios, a podcasting production and distribution company co-founded by MITechNews.Com Publisher Mike Brennan, has thrown its hat in the Start Garden funding mix for the third time to land $5000 in seed capital. Endorse the project to help us land the dough. The money will be used to pay for the equipment
DETROIT ? Gov. Rick Snyder, the state?s biggest self-proclaimed nerd, keynoted the second annual Techonomy Detroit conference at Wayne State University where he told a packed house of 600 plus Detroit?s comeback is going on in spite of the way government was operating. Snyder?s comments came during an informal conversation with David Kirkpatrick of Techonomy
GRAND RAPIDS - GRRCon began Day 2 last week with a keynote from Georgia Weidman who presented on "Burning the Enterprise with BYOD," which expanded into the multiple threats introduced with an increase of mobile devices. In a survey from more than 50 attendees at this year?s conference, Bring Your Own Device was listed as
WASHINGTON DC ? Gov. Rick Snyder will unveil next week at the National Governor?s Conference an electronic dashboard designed to provide all governors an overview of their state?s cybersecurity environment, part of a Call To Action For Governors for Cybersecurity. Snyder, co-chair of the NGA Resource Center for State Cybersecurity, will release the dashboard Sept.
LANSING - Attorney General Bill Schuette on Thursday announced another effort to try to better enforce regulations against compounding facilities like the New England Compounding Center largely held responsible for the national meningitis outbreaks last fall due to use of tainted pain killer drugs. In addition to a grand jury and other investigations ongoing related
KALAMAZOO ? Rob DeWitt, president and CEO of the Southwest Michigan Innovation Center, said he?s using the Internet to reach out to the life sciences industry to present a virtual visit to SMIC on its 10th anniversary. On Oct. 9, SMIC will host ?Leading Life Sciences: A Virtual Visit,? an online exploration of the incubator,
EAST LANSING - Jason Nicholas, an assistant professor at Michigan State University, has received a $400,000 National Science Foundation CAREER award to support his research to reduce operating temperatures, improve performance, lower costs and extend the operational life of Solid Oxide Fuel Cells. Nicholas becomes the 13th member of the MSU College of Engineering faculty
LANSING - Join the Michigan Manufacturers Association Oct. 8 for the MEDC Export Program, a seminar focused on the importance of exporting to the manufacturing industry. Deanna Richeson, Laura Deierlein and Maureen Lyon of the Michigan Economic Development Corporation will be on hand to assist participants in understanding the Pure Michigan Export Program and State
SOUTHFIELD - The DENSO North America Foundation has awarded $50,000 to Lawrence Technological University to help create a new multidisciplinary bio-robotics lab that will benefit students in two growing bachelor?s degree programs in biomedical engineering and robotics engineering. LTU said students in traditional programs in electrical and computer engineering and mechanical engineering will also benefit.