MOUNTAIN VIEW - Google is set to unveil a new feature to Gmail designed to make it easier and faster for users to share media and status updates with friends, according to the Wall Street Journal. Sources told the Journal that Google could launch the new feature, which aims to make its Gmail email application
ANN ARBOR - Republican gubernatorial candidate and Ann Arbor technology venture capitalist Rick Snyder's "tough nerd" ad has helped his campaign spark interest among the general public and helped bring focus to his status outside of the "professional politicians that have done damage to the state," staff members told reporters Monday. And they defended the
LANSING - A few bucks charged on rental cars picked up near Michigan airports could be a way to finance the state's Pure Michigan campaign, Gov. Jennifer Granholm said over the weekend. Speaking on Detroit WDIV TV's "Flashpoint," Granholm said the tourism community identified the rental car fee as one way to address the loss
LANSING - While most business and community leaders were in agreement with Gov. Jennifer Granholm's State of the State address on Wednesday, especially its optimistic but somber tone and its focus on helping entrepreneurs, the speech seemed more symbolic than revealing, they said. They said with her major reforms revealed last Friday and her budget
LANSING - Michigan is fully committed down the difficult path of renewal and rebirth, having endured some of the most heart-wrenching and painful economic times in history, and it will continue to a newly diversified economy to replace the industrial economy that has gone, Gov. Jennifer Granholm said Wednesday in her final State of the
DETROIT - TechTown will host its monthly First Friday networking event on February 5 from 4 to 6 p.m. at its new incubator facility, the former Dalgleish Cadillac building, featuring a panel discussion that will showcase entrepreneurs in its SmartStart program. Five entrepreneurs from the business accelerator program will share their stories of success, what
DETROIT ? Michael O'Neil of Detroit Logistics in Detroit is one of five SmartStart entrepreneurs featured on Feb. 5 at Wayne State University's TechTown's First Friday networking event. These entrepreneurs will discuss what they've learned in the business incubator program. To listen, click on MITechNews.JenesysGroup.Com a>>
LANSING - The Michigan House overwhelmingly passed legislation Tuesday ending the health care benefits lawmakers receive once they reach age 55, but Democrats backed away from earlier statements that the bill would affect those currently serving. Instead, in passing HB 4194 on a 103-1 vote, the bill would end the benefits for people starting with
ROCHESTER HILLS - MichiganMall.com announced a partnership Tuesday with Workfly, a community Incubator in Pontiac, creating one central location for businesses to post and update Facebook, Linkedin, Twitter accounts and YouTube presentations. "MichiganMall.com, working with Workfly will complete the full circle approach to connect local, county and state into one nicely wrapped social media package",
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama rolled out a proposed $30 billion small-business lending program Tuesday, the next in a series of administration efforts to jump-start hiring by the nation's small businesses. The program, which Obama will detail at an appearance in Nashua, N.H., Tuesday, would invest $30 billion from the government's Troubled Asset Relief Program