LANSING - The number of telephone lines continued to decline in Michigan last year, but the proportion of those controlled by competitors increased slightly, the Public Service Commission said in its annual report on competition in the industry released Monday. The report said there were 4.9 million telephone lines in the state in 2007, down
TROY - Jim Townsend, executive director, tourism economic development council of the Detroit Metro Convention & Visitors Bureau, will brief Automation Alley members June 4 on what companies are doing to build the Detroit brand and how you can use elements of the campaign in your marketing materials. Detroit has been rebranded and tourism numbers
MACKINAC ISLAND - With the Detroit Auto Dealers threatening to pull the North American International Auto Show from Detroit if Cobo Hall is not expanded soon, Southeast Michigan leaders agreed Friday to ad urgency to their deliberations. But they didn�??t come up with a framework to accomplish the task. Though the four leaders agreed the
MACKINAC ISLAND - Several of the proposals Governor Jennifer Granholm has made in the past three years have bogged down in the Legislature, so Friday she asked members of the Detroit Regional Chamber to help her get those issues moving. In one case she offered a direct payback for that help. Though she did not
DETROIT - Dan Mulhern, First Gentleman for the State of Michigan, will honor finalists and winners of the Midwest Collaboration and Corporate Commitment To Michigan awards June 4 at the Midwest Technology Leaders cocktail reception at the Detroit MGM Grand Hotel. The Midwest Collaboration Award honors partnerships between Midwest companies and local individuals or groups
ROCHESTER HIILLS - Trubiquity (formerly Autoweb), a leader in business process automation and global data exchange software for the automotive, aerospace and consumer goods industries, has named PDS Technology Company Ltd. as its first sales partner in China. PDS, one of the largest resellers of engineering design software in Southwest China, will provide sales, service
CUPERTINO, Ca. - Apple has taken a shine to using solar cells in its mobile devices. A patent application, unearthered by MacRumors.com, describes technology to integrate solar cells into portable devices. The named inventors of the patent application are Apple employees, some of whom are iPod engineers. Using small solar panels to charge portable devices
TROY - Dassault Syst??mes has rolled out V6, a next generation PLM 2.0 platform and solution set. Unveiled in January, this sixth generation version was conceived in tight collaboration with industry leaders and leverages the success of DS brands and V5 PLM. V6 harnesses the power of Web 2.0, Web 3D and Dassault Syst??mes�?? previous
STERLING HEIGHTS - Women in Defense will host a meet, greet and eat on June 3 with Cynthia Pepper, Senior Director of Major Gifts and Planned Giving for United Way for Southeastern Michigan, who will discuss how a dynamic group of women harnessed their collective philanthropic resources and delivered swift results; improving the lives of
WASHINGTON DC - A proposed federal law that would slap extensive regulations on technology companies doing business in China and other nations deemed to be unreasonably "Internet-restricting" is facing an uncertain future due to opposition from the Bush administration and telecommunications providers. The House of Representatives bill says that search engines, Web e-mail services, and