SAN FRANCISCO - Android tablets collectively overtook the iPad last year, research firm Gartner said Monday, fueled by a 127 percent surge in worldwide sales. Android tablet sales jumped to 120.9 million in 2013 to snag a global market share of 61.9 percent, up from sales of 53.3 million and a 45.8 percent share in
WASHINGTON DC - The US government's representative to the Supreme Court filed a brief Monday arguing that Aereo, the service streaming broadcast TV over the Web that set up shop in metro Detroit last fall, is violating copyright law, but that doesn't mean all cloud-storage services should be put under the same scrutiny. In an
BOSTON - This news should surprise no one, but worldwide personal computer sales are expected to decline from 315.1 million last year to 295.9 million this year and only 291.7 million in 2018. This news come from the IDC?s Worldwide Quarterly PC Tracker report released Tuesday. PC shipments across the world fell by 9.8 percent
ANN ARBOR - Merit Network announced Wednesday the completion of several upgrades to its statewide, fiber-optic backbone. The upgrades bolster critical paths on Merit's core network to better support bandwidth exchange between Members and improve the flow of traffic to key interconnection points with Internet2, the Tier 1 Internet and content providers. "Our Members continue
DETROIT - The Southeast Michigan Purchasing Managers Index for February dipped to 47.3, down from 52.3 in January. A PMI value above 50 generally suggests economic growth. A PMI index value below 50 generally suggests economic slowing. ?Though the southeastern Michigan economy has slowed a bit, there?s no reason to believe that this is a
DETROIT - Michele Grimm, interim director of Wayne State University's Transfer Student Success Center and associate professor of biomedical engineering, just may be one of Michigan?s most active and successful science, technology, engineering and mathematics supporters and advocates. Her track record is like a guidebook for service to STEM fields; her work is paving the
LANSING ? Two Michigan entrepreneurial groups became one last month when MIQuest was announced ? the merger of the Small Business of Michigan Foundation and the Great Lakes Entrepreneur?s Quest. Now their combined mission is to make Michigan one of the top states for entrepreneurs in the country. SBAM President Rob Fowler said the Foundation
NEW YORK ? Over the next five years to 2019, IBISWorld projects that 3D Printer Manufacturing Industry revenue will grow at an average annual rate of 15.7 percent to top $3 billion, up from 1.4 billion in the five years ended 2014. While industry revenue decreased 10.5 percent in 2009 due to recession related declines
TROY -Have you registered for the Automation Alley Technology Industry Outlook Luncheon March 27 at the Troy Marriott? Don?t miss this opportunity to network over lunch with high-level members of Southeast Michigan?s technology business community, and learn what the future holds for our region's innovation-led industries. For decades, Southeast Michigan has been known as the
LANSING - Charlie Moret, who is the Managing Director, Technology-Based Entrepreneurship at TechTown in Detroit, has been selected by the Michigan Economic Development Corp. to manage the Michigan Pre-Seed Fund, which has been the purview of Ann Arbor SPARK since its inception. Paula Sorrell, MEDC Vice President Entrepreneurship, Innovation & Venture Capital, made the announcement