GRAND RAPIDS - The West Michigan Sustainable Business Forum announced this week the recipients of $5,000 in scholarships, Amanda Klein, Kendall College of Art & Design, and Lucas Timmer, Calvin College. Both are entering their senior year. Klein is majoring in Interior Design with a minor in Collaborative Design. She has served as the President
WASHINGTON DC - The Energy Department on Wednesday notified workers that a hack in late July exposed personal information, such as the names and Social Security numbers of current and past employees, and that 14,000 people may have been affected. According to the e-mail, obtained by the Wall Street Journal and reported by CNET News.Com,
LANSING - Michigan's Legislature has the constitutional authority to apply right-to-work rules to state workers, a divided panel of the Court of Appeals held on Thursday. The decision rejected the argument of the plaintiffs, which were state worker unions, that only the Civil Service Commission could constitutionally impose RTW standards on classified state workers. The
LANSING - The Michigan Economic Development Corporation Thursday announced Michigan Strategic Fund approval of $200,000 in grants for 10 farmers markets around the state. "Farmers markets improve our downtowns and bring vitality and a sense of place to our communities,"� said MEDC President and CEO Michael A. Finney. "These grants will support local markets, strengthen
LANSING - The Greater Lansing Area Clean Cities Celebrates a decade of Petroleum Reduction Efforts in the Tri-County Region on Aug. 22. GLACC has played an integral role in enabling the adoption of alternative fuels, advanced vehicle technologies, and fuel economy improvements in our region. Over the past decade, we have helped our stakeholders displace
HOUSTON - A Houston couple on Tuesday revealed to ABC News that earlier this month, the baby monitor they use for their daughter was hacked and the hacker shouted obscenities at the sleeping 2-year-old girl as well as her parents who had not changed the default log in or password. The baby monitor connected to
COMMERCE - Nuspire Networks has launched a bundled Payment Card Industry security solution available through a new partner channel to protect eCommerce business transactions while ensuring compliance with industry standards. Through its partner channel, Nuspire provides a suite of managed security services that help businesses achieve compliance with DSS as well as provide gateway security
GREENVILLE - Greenville Middle School has been selected as a Verizon Innovative Learning School and has received a $50,000 grant from the Verizon Foundation to help ensure that more students learn the skills necessary for success in higher education and careers in science, technology, engineering and math. As part of a two-year program with the
GRAND RAPIDS - Celebrate summer and kick off the new aimWest season at the technology networking group's August 5:01 at Rockford Construction. The event gives attendees the chance to check out Rockford Construction's new headquarters and hear about their work to re-purpose a vacant factory on Grand Rapid's West Side. The evening includes time for
EGJAM, UK ? Smartphones sales worldwide in the second quarter leaped 46.5 percent, while mobile phone sales only increased 3.6 percent, according to think tank Gartner. At the same time, sales of feature phones declined 21 percent year-over-year. ?Smartphones accounted for 51.8 percent of mobile phone sales in the second quarter of 2013, resulting in