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",
AUBURN HILLS ? ERP software provider Plex Systems said its total revenue grew 14 percent in 2009 over 2008, and its profitability by 21 percent year-over-year. But the private company declined to disclose figures for revenue and profitability. The company also announced that 29 new customers chose Plex Online, the leading software as a service
LANSING ? Gov. Jennifer Granholm unveiled a reform plan Friday with a major focus on curbing the cost of state employees' retirement and health insurance benefits that, in concert with legislative reform proposals, indicates 2010 could see the long-anticipated reshaping of government. In the first of what she said would be three major speeches in
DETROIT - Toyota says it has a fix for its sticking gas pedals, the government approved it, and the company is sending repair kits to dealers. But Toyota's problems are far from over. The Detroit News reports that the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration raised concerns over sticking throttles in 2007, but Toyota said there
WASHINGTON DC - Washington wants to know: Why can't technology protect consumers' privacy instead of violating it? The Federal Trade Commission met today in Berkeley, Calif., with corporate technology leaders and privacy advocates, challenging them to create ways to protect consumer privacy online. The FTC is encouraging technology companies like as Facebook and Apple to
LANSING - Officials in the administration of President Barack Obama and three Great Lakes governors, including Gov Jennifer Granholm, will meet to discuss the threat of the Asian carp to the Great Lakes on February 8. The summit will begin at 2:30 p.m. at the White House and include Nancy Sutley, chair of the White
LANSING - The Midwest received a substantial portion of the $8 billion in American Recovery and Redevelopment Act funds targeted to high-speed rail improvements, but Michigan saw only a small percentage of that under grants announced Thursday. The $40 million in grants to Michigan will make improvements to three rail stations across the state, but
CUPERTINO, Ca. - Apple's new tablet computer, to be unveiled by Steve Jobs Wednesday, holds a lot of promise for advertisers. The computer-maker has kept the new gadget under wraps, leaving consumers and marketers to speculate how they'll use it, Forbes magazine reported. But one thing is certain: The Apple tablet will offer a new
LANSING - Michigan saw some $1.15 billion more in the 2008-09 budget year because of early childhood education spending over the last 25 years, and those investments must continue to see those savings in the future, according to a report released Monday by the Early Childhood Investment Corporation. The report, by Wilder Research of St.
LANSING - Motorists would be banned from sending and reading text messages while driving under a bill passed Tuesday by the Senate after a passionate debate on whether to make the violation a primary or secondary offense. Senators narrowly rejected an amendment proposed by Sen. Bruce Patterson (R-Canton Twp.) to make the violation a primary