WASHINGTON, D.C. - Small business owners support government investments in clean energy and believe such investments have an important role in creating jobs and boosting the economy, according to an opinion poll of 600 small business owners in six states released Tuesday by Small Business Majority. The poll, conducted by Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research, found
ANN ARBOR - Nine Michigan companies recently received investments from the Michigan Pre-Seed Capital Fund, totaling more than $2 million. So far in the program, 72 companies have received seed funding totaling more than $16 milion. ?The Michigan Pre-Seed Capital Fund is helping businesses across the state bring their innovative products to market,? said Skip
DETROIT - Kicking off the SAE 2012 World Congress in Detroit, GE's Jeffrey Immelt said that the main impediments to achieving a robust smart grid for EVs are not technology-related, but rather business-process issues. Key among the 10 ideas for business and country competitiveness that General Electric?s Chairman and CEO shared to open the SAE
DETROIT - Mean total cash compensation for U.S. mobility professionals climbed from $105,800 in 2010 to $115,200 - an 8.9 percent increase ? the second biannual salary survey by SAE International reported Tuesday. The good news for engineers and related technical professionals is that employment prospects and salaries have improved for the majority in the
DETROIT - Mark Little, Senior Vice President & Director of GE Global Research, predicts big advances in EV technologies and in the ability to distribute power to and from vehicles and the grid. The shift to electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids heralds a major change for automotive technologies, one that will ripple out to many
TRAVERSE CITY - 3CX and Appia Communications have successfully completed test to integrate the 3CX Trunk Phone System with Appia's Internet telephony services for voice calls. "Appia offers three different ways to benefit from 3CX PBX software - use our 3CX enabled hassle free hosted VoIP Appia Cubed offering, locate your own 3CX server in
ANN ARBOR ? The University of Michigan is one of four universities nationwide that will make web-based courses available at no cost through the coursera.org website. U-M joins Princeton University, the University of Pennsylvania and Stanford. In the coming months, at least seven U-M professors will offer free online courses on such diverse topics as
CUPERTINO, Ca. - After a brief hiatus, the long-standing rumor that Apple will employ more metal in the iPhone, has made a return - and even taken a new twist. Citing unnamed industry sources, Korean news site ETnews says Apple will use Liquidmetal technology for the next iPhone, which the outlet boldly claims will be
GRANDVILLE - Trivalent Group will co-host Cloud Computing with Office 365, a workshop highlighting the productivity benefits of Office 365 for the business community April 26. Presented in partnership with the Grandville/Jenison Chamber of Commerce, the workshop will provide valuable information on how organizations can utilize Cloud Computing with Office 365 to lower operating costs
ANN ARBOR ? Servant Systems, a software solutions provider to international franchise systems, has landed another major contract ? to integrate and implement Domino?s Pizza Pulse Franchise Office and Pulse Polling systems for 25 Domino?s stores in the United Kingdom. Servant Systems has implemented the Domino?s software for other multi-unit franchisees in Britain, in other