ANN ARBOR - The Desai Family Accelerator, a joint venture between the University of Michigan's Ross School of Business and the College of Engineering, on Thursday announced the six most-promising companies selected to participate in its inaugural cohort. More than 72 technology-based startups submitted applications. The six winners will move into the Accelerator and
HOWELL - Republican presidential candidate Texas U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz drew laughter from a crowd of nearly 500 people when he made a joke of Vice President Joe Biden's name, but then told reporters he was sympathetic to Biden following the death this week of the vice president's oldest son, Beau. Asked by a reporter
ANN ARBOR - Legislation allowing Detroit to contract with insurers to provide lower-cost auto insurance coverage to its residents with a limit on medical benefits of $250,000 for critical care cleared the Senate Insurance Committee on Wednesday and was broaden to enable several other cities to start a similar program. Under the substitute adopted for
LANSING - The Public Service Commission on Tuesday directed Consumers Energy Company to submit additional information on its proposed pilot solar distribution generation program and opened the public comment period on the initiative. The utility filed an application in May (Case U-17875) seeking approval of a pilot program including about 100 customers designed to promote
LANSING - Utilities would be allowed to spread the cost among ratepayers of improving and expanding natural gas infrastructure to unserved and underserved areas under a bill the House Energy Policy Committee debated Wednesday. Both Consumers Energy and DTE Energy spoke in support of HB 4303, which would permit the utilities to submit an Infrastructure
ANN ARBOR - Saturday is the Ann Arbor Mini Maker Faire at the Washtenaw Community College Morris Lawrence Building. There is no cost to attend, but everyone is asked to register. When you are at the faire, make sure to look down at the ground (or in front of you!) as you walk around. There
ANN ARBOR - Gas mileage of new vehicles sold in the U.S. was up last month - its highest mark since last August, according to researchers at the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute. Average fuel economy (window-sticker values) of cars, light trucks, vans and SUVs purchased in May was 25.5 mpg, up from 25.2
TROY - Automation Alley on Wednesday announced it has extended the registration deadline to June 10 for its #hack4detroit event, a 24-hour hackathon scheduled for Grand Circus Detroit on June 12 where the winning team can earn a $5,000 check. Participants in the upcoming #hack4detroit event will use the city of Detroit's new Open Data
ALLENDALE - Software developerBizStream is offering its fourth session of BizStream Academy, a summer coding bootcamp aimed towards those with a burgeoning interest in software development. The academy kicks off on June 12. This free program gives a crash course in HTML, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, AJAX and GitHub. The academy also offers an advance
NOVI - Dave Miller, the Chief Security Officer at Covisint, a B2B cloud company, says it is time to start thinking of cars as people. Give cars an identity. Make cars log into the cloud to collect updates, music, personal preferences, the lot. The big difference from today is credentials are not stored in