PORTAGE ? Manatron, which provides integrated property tax and records management software for state and local governments, announced Tuesday that the Palm Beach County, Florida Tax Collector Offices are now live on the Manatron Government Revenue Management Tax Collection system and e-Government web portal. The new, web-based Manatron GRM installation replaces the office?s decades-old legacy
LIVONIA - TRW Automotive Holdings announced that its self-adaptive seat belt load limiting technology, capable of automatically adapting to different body sizes of passengers, has been shortlisted as an Automotive News PACE Award finalist. The winners will be announced on April 11, 2011. The Automotive News PACE Awards honor superior innovation, technological advancement and business
ANN ARBOR - Mass Times has recently selected Online Tech as their managed data center partner. The Mass Times ministry, based in Boston, manages MassTimes.Org a multi-language website that provides locations and worship times for over 110,000 churches worldwide. Catholics that are outside of their diocesan boundaries are able to search for mass times and
DETROIT ? There's another group in metro Detroit representing women who work in tech-related industries ? Girls In Tech Detroit. The national group has set up a Southeast Michigan chapter that will give women in the technology space more social networking among their peers. GIT Detroit focuses on collaboration, promotion, growth and success of women
ROCHESTER HILLS - Emission control technologies manufacturer Emitec has signed an agreement with Ford Performance Vehicles of Australia to supply low backpressure catalytic converters for their line of high performance vehicles powered by Ford?s new 5.0L Coyote V8 engine. The new catalyst technology uses a perforated, ultra-thin-foil metallic substrate designed to withstand the highest exhaust
TROY - Automation Alley announced Monday that eight companies from Southeast Michigan will participate in its first-ever domestic trade mission to the 27th Army Science Conference and Exhibition in Orlando, Florida, from November 29 - December 2. "The companies attending are a working example of Automation Alley's partnerships of business, government and educational institutions from
DETROIT ? Wayne State University's TechTown will disclose the details of its Thrive business accelerator model during its monthly First Friday networking event Nov. 5 at NextEnergy. "Over the summer, we purposefully turned everything upside down, setting aside the success we've experienced with training hundreds of entrepreneurs through programs such as SmartStart and FastTrac," said
GRAND RAPIDS ? The West Michigan Sustainable Business Forum is meeting Nov. 8 at Fountain Street Church where Liz McCormick and Bill Fluharty will present on a local initiative to explore urban agriculture and regional food systems, the topic recently explored by a newly created open source community learning platform called the Keller Futures Center.
ANN ARBOR ? Listen up entrepreneurs. Today, at 5 PM, is the deadline to apply for the Great Lakes Entrepreneur?s Quest business-plan competition. You only need apply. The business-plan executive summary is not due until December 17. Don't miss this chance to win thousands of dollars in prize money, plus the attention of angel investors
CUPERTINO - Apple has acknowledged a newly-discovered security flaw in the iPhone and is promising to offer a fix with next month's release of iOS 4.2. The new flaw allows someone to access the phone dialer on a locked iPhone by punching a certain sequence of buttons, thereby giving them the ability to make phone