FLINT - Kettering University hosted industry leaders from 24 companies across Michigan at the inaugural Unleash the Intrapreneur conference on June 3 in the Campus Center. An Intrapreneur is a person who works from within an organization to bring value to the company by recognizing and championing opportunities for innovation and growth. "The goal of
LANSING - The Department of Environmental Quality released its plan to improve water quality and uses over the next 30 years, and is now seeking feedback to be sure the plan accurately captures resident's needs, Office of the Great Lakes Director Jon Allan said Tuesday. Because addressing water issues is a long-term agenda, Allan said
LANSING - A bill that would phase out the state's film incentive program was significantly broadened Tuesday to repeal statutory authority for the Michigan Film Office, which long predates the state's 2008 foray into using tax credits to attract productions to the state, as well as the Film Advisory Council. The change clearly concerned the
ANN ARBOR - A new crowdfunding campaign is aimed at helping transform a vacant 3,200 square foot building on the Detroit Community Schools campus into the Brightmoor Maker Space, a place for youth and adults to build their creative making skills and incubate business ideas. The project was launched on the Michigan-based crowdfunding platform
HOLLAND - Sixty percent of the West Michigan companies Paragon Recruiting polled in its latest survey said they planned to increase their IT staffing in the second half of 2015 - none of the companies polled said they plan to decrease their IT staffs. The semi-annual survey also showed three fourths also said they plan
MARSHALL - Universite Laval from Quebec, Canada, achieved 2,098 miles per gallon with its student-designed and built vehicle that met the strict SAE Supermileage competition criteria of a single occupant, and a one-cylinder, four-cycle engine. Two other college teams achieved more than 1,000 mpg in the 36th annual competition, held last week at the Eaton
GRAND RAPIDS - Michigan Mobile Musings podcast focuses on Women in Mobile and Wireless Tech with Janette Phillips, Director of Business Development, Chrysalis Global; Chairperson, MTAM 'Women in Mobile Tech' Advisory Council and Kim Green-Kerr, Regional Vice-president, Sprint Business http://www.blogtalkradio.com/mtam/2015/06/10/women-in-mobile-tech
DETROIT - July 29 is the official date for the distribution of Microsoft's next major OS: Windows 10. Ed Rudel will lead the discussion on some Frequently Asked Questions about the Windows 10 upgrade, in particular what the heck that mysterious white window in your System Tray means! Microsoft Windows 10 Frequently Ask Questions How
DETROIT - Cal Carson will have the rumored highlights of what has typically been Apple's "really big show," the 2015 World Wide Developers Conference, this coming week. Will Apple TV finally get the makeover it has desperately needed? Will the world catch the beat of Apple's uber music service? What new tricks will appear in
FERNDALE - We had an incredibly packed house for June 8's live broadcast, and we've got events booked out through September, there are a few blog entries you should catch up on, you can win a $100 Amazon gift card by helping us out with our advertisers, and in case you weren't at our event