ANN ARBOR - Lakeside Software has acquired an R&D facility in Ann Arbor to accelerate the company's growth by making it easier to hire top technical talent from the Ann Arbor metropolitan area. Lakeside's corporate headquarters will remain in Bloomfield Hills. In March 2011 the company received a Michigan Economic Growth Authority tax credit to
ANN ARBOR - The Automated Imaging Association has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Korean Machine Vision Industrial Association, a year-old trade association representing machine vision in Korea. ?We are delighted to be collaborating with KMVIA in our mutual efforts to advance the understanding and use of imaging and vision technologies,? said Jeff Burnstein,
SOUTHFIELD - TiE Detroit announce the launch of its Healthcare Special Interest Group with an event called Entrepreneurship in Healthcare December 15 at the Westin-Southfield. In the era of Healthcare Reform, stakeholders of the healthcare industry are expected to witness varying degrees of impact that could reshape their identity during the next decade. The Patient
DEARBORN ? The MIT Enterprise Forum Great Lakes Chapter will host a technical demonstration Dec. 8 that will show how the iPad and Tablet computer market has changed publishing. In addition, Adobe, WoodWing and Asyling Digital Media Solutions will present and provide technical demonstrations for the iPad and Tablet market. Thursday, December 8, 3-6 p.m.
DETROIT - Sino Ambassadors signed a deal to set up two venture capital funds with the Hanson Group, a major Chinese conglomerate, to invest in Cleantech companies with ready-to-market products. Hanson will then produce and sell the products in China while also providing capital to scale up operations here. Hanson is a massive real estate
KALAMAZOO - NephRx Corporation Wednesday announced the issuance of U.S. patent for its novel peptide NX002, which currently is in preclinical development for the treatment of oral mucositis and other diseases of the gastrointestinal tract. This new patent follows an NX002 patent for inflammatory bowel disease issued earlier this year. Previously, NephRx reported that NX002
SHELBY TOWNSHIP ? Mobile, web and game application developers listen up. EyeWyre Software Studios is looking to hire full-time application developers. EyeWyre Software Studios provides custom software consulting and development services for desktop, web and mobile platforms. EyeWyre develops and sells its own software products. Their products include robotics and micro-controller simulators, games and productivity
AUBURN HILLS - Plex Systems Inc., provider of Plex Online, Cloud ERP for manufacturers, Wednesday announced a webinar for the aerospace manufacturing industry, Jump-Start Your Rev. C Compliance, on Dec. 14. Presented by independent aerospace expert Francis Charbonneau, the webinar will explain how the broad scope of changes coming with AS9100:2009 Rev. C will affect
LIVONIA - The expanding auto industry will need to add about 190,000 jobs by 2015, most in the parts sector, and the majority will be employed in Michigan. The news came Tuesday during a conference hosted by the Center for Automotive Research. U.S. auto employment is about 590,000 including 130,000 in Michigan, said Kristin Dziczek,
SAN FRANCISCO - Android continues to outpace iOS as the top smartphone OS, but Apple remains the dominant manufacturer of handsets. Google's mobile OS captured a 42.8 percent share of smartphone subscribers in the third quarter, according to the latest stats from Nielsen. That left Apple's iOS in second place with 28.3 percent, CNET News.Com