LANSING - The 30 percent of Michigan households with access to high-speed Internet but don't use it are an untapped source of economic development, especially in rural communities, according to a Public Service Commission report on broadband planning released at a press event Thursday. "To us, that highlights something of a low-hanging-fruit opportunity," said Brian
LANSING - Historic and controversial changes to Michigan teacher tenure cleared the Legislature on Thursday night as it wrapped up a dizzying first six months of the term with a final round of major action on items like the health insurance claims tax, pig hunting and bad driver fees. With the conclusion of voting in
NEW YORK - Microsoft took the beta tag off Office 365, launching the product at a New York City event Tuesday hosted by Chief Executive Steve Ballmer. The new product is the software giant's effort to bring Web functionality to its widely used desktop applications as well as server products that are found primarily in
ANN ARBOR - Merit Network, Inc. is pleased to announce today the selection of seven Michigan-based contractors that will perform outside plant construction for Merit's Round 1 REACH-3MC broadband stimulus project. As part of the Round 1 REACH-3MC project, Merit will construct 1,017 miles of open-access, advanced fiber-optic infrastructure through rural and underserved communities in
LANSING - A proposed new map for the state's 14 U.S. House seats won party-line approval Tuesday evening from the Senate Redistricting Committee, setting the stage for final action on redistricting for the congressional and state legislative districts. With no changes made by the committee to the congressional plan, final passage of HB 4780 is
WASHINGTON DC - The U.S. Supreme Court Tuesday reaffirmed the principle that the First Amendment protects free speech in the digital age, rejecting a 2005 California law that severely restricted the sale of "violent" video games to minors. The statute had been blocked from taking effect by lower court rulings in suits brought by industry
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Ca. - Google Android chief Andy Rubin tweeted today that "over 500,000 Android devices" are now activated each day around the world. Moreover, he said that activations are growing at a rate of 4.4 percent week-over-week. That figure becomes more significant when one considers that just last month at Google's I/O Conference, the
WASHINGTON - The United States Supreme Court said the state of California cannot ban the rental or sale of violent videogames to children. The high court on Monday agreed with a federal court's decision to throw out California's ban on the sale or rental of violent videogames to minors. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of
DETROIT - The Michigan Council of Women in Technology Foundation Wednesday awarded nine women in various stages of their academic or professional careers with laptop stipends and scholarships. Now in its ninth year, the competition received 86 applications. This year?s scholarship winners are: Rasmeet Singh (hometown: Sterling Heights) Beth Hadley (hometown: Novi) Erica Green (hometown:
LANSING - A new "economic competitiveness benchmarking report" released Monday by a group that backed many of Gov. Rick Snyder's early economic moves finds that the state's climate for doing business has improved. However, Business Leaders for Michigan, the expanded statewide version of the CEO group Detroit Renaissance, contends that Michigan?s competitiveness with other states