DETROIT - This fall provides a cornucopia of events for professionals in the mobile and wireless worlds, including a series of Mobile Monday programs offered by the Mobile Technology Association of Michigan. Events include: Mobile Monday Detroit: 9/14/15, 6:00 p.m. ' Law Enforcement/Emergency Services Use of Mobile/Wireless Tech', TechTown Detroit, Midtown area of Detroit. Details
DETROIT - Mobile/wireless technologies are becoming increasingly imperative to effective implementation of public safety services. On September 14th at 6 p.m. the Detroit Chapter of Mobile Monday Michigan, a subsidiary of the Mobile Technology Association of Michigan, will explore this topic at an event hosted by TechTown Detroit. During this program Mobile Monday Detroit will
PLYMOUTH - Sandbox Industries, a Chicago-based venture capital firm, is interested in any company that is strategically relevant to health insurance within the healthcare IT and tech-enabled services space. Sandbox is interested in working with MichBio members in the following investment areas: Complex Care Management: New models to manage chronic disease patients and high cost
LANSING - Many of the region's marketing professionals will gather at Digital Summit Detroit, Sept. 22-23, to discuss the latest trends and trajectory of arguably the most transformative field of business. The summit will be held at the Max M. Fisher Music Center in Detroit. The Michigan Film & Digital Media Office is a headlining
HOUGHTON - Fall 2015 enrollment at Michigan Technological University is 7,238, the highest the school has seen in more than 30 years. Female enrollment is at a record high, with women making up 26.9 percent of the student body. Female enrollment in the College of Engineering rose to 26.7 percent, and the number of
FLINT - Roger Fischer and Dennis LaPorte, Baker College of Flint students, have each been awarded a $1,500 scholarship funded by Mi-Light, the Michigan photonics cluster, to pursue an associate degree in photonics and laser technology. Photonics is the science of using a photon, a unit of light, to generate energy or to detect or
PLYMOUTH - Comcast has named Mikel Slater vice president of Human Resources for Comcast's Heartland region, encompassing Michigan, Indiana and Kentucky. As a key member of the region's senior leadership team, Slater is responsible for partnering with organization leads to develop and implement the HR strategy for attracting and retaining top talent and meeting the
DETROIT - TEDxDetroit 2015 has released its speaker list for the Oct. 8 event at the Fox Theatre and it includes influencers like NASA's Dr. Cathy Olkin and the Consumer Electronic Association's Gary Shapiro. In its seventh year, the day-long event, sort of a peep rally for business and innovation, will draw upwards of two
SAN FRANCISCO - Just as we expected, Apple announced the next versions of its best-selling smartphones, the iPhone 6S and 6S Plus. However, despite introducing a new color (rose gold), the iPhone 6S looks a whole lot like last year's iPhone 6- and most other iPhones - that came before. This follows the pattern that Apple
ANN ARBOR - Michigan entrepreneurs have a option for getting products to market faster, thanks to a matching funds program called Small Company Innovation Program, Technology and Commercialization Assistance (SCIP/TCA; pronounced "skip T-C-A"). In collaboration with all of Michigan's 15 public universities, Michigan startups can access university resources including faculty expertise, use of laboratory equipment,