PLYMOUTH - Comcast Business announced that for the second consecutive year the company will seek out the nation?s most innovative startup companies and entrepreneurs to compete in the Innovations 4 Entrepreneurs competition that provides $450,000 in technology investment nationwide. Two winners will be selected from the Comcast Business Heartland Region - Michigan, Indiana and Kentucky
GRAND RAPIDS ? A $10,000 crowdfunding campaign has been launched to support The Urban Institute For Contemporary Arts campaign to support a series of two to three public murals in downtown Grand Rapids. If UICA reaches its goal by March 18, the Michigan Economic Development Corp. will provide a $10,000 matching grant. The crowdfunding platform
NEW YORK ? The University of Michigan was ranked in a new survey as the No. 1 Public Ivy college ? a term coined by Richard Moll, an admission officer for Yale University, who believed that several public institutions were delivering an Ivy League collegiate experience at a public school price. Moll wrote a book
WASHINGTON DC - The US National Security Agency has figured out how to hide spying software deep within hard drives made by Western Digital, Seagate, Toshiba and other top manufacturers, giving the agency the means to eavesdrop on the majority of the world's computers, according to cyber researchers and former operatives. That long-sought and closely
LANSING ? Michigan House Appropriations Chair Rep. Al Pscholka and Rep. Mike McCready on Thursday introduced legislation that would fast-track the end of the Venture Michigan Fund, used to invest in Venture Capital companies that then invest in Michigan early-stage companies. The bills, HB 4195 and HB 4196 , would save $150 million by ending
NEW YORK - A national survey that looked at worker moods on state economies found that Michigan was tied for third place in terms of having a good job market. The survey, conducted through 2014 by the Gallup organization, found Michigan tied with Utah and Iowa as third in terms of states with the best
LANSING - Michigan?s electric providers are on track to meet the 10 percent renewable energy requirements standard, said the Michigan Public Service Commission Friday. In its fifth annual report on the implementation of the state?s renewable energy standard and its cost effectiveness, the MPSC estimated renewable energy percentage reached 7.8 percent, up from 5.4 percent
TROY ? MITechNews.Com readers and listeners of the Internet Advisor on WJR 760 Radio In Detroit can save 10 percent on registering for the Third Annual Great Lakes Business Intelligence (BI) and Big Data Summit scheduled for Thursday, March 26 at the Somerset Inn Hotel of Troy. The Summit is expected to bring together an
ROYAL OAK ? The next IT in the D's Third Thursday event is scheduled for Feb. 19 at Blackfinn?s pub where you can enjoy a casual networking social for Information Technology professionals in metro Detroit. You?ll get a chance to meet show co-hosts David Phillips, Bob Waltenspiel and Jeff Mackey. MITechNews.Com Editor and Publisher Mike
LANSING - Michigan?s higher education institutions must play a more central role if the state is to achieve an economic transformation, according to a report released Thursday by Business Leaders for Michigan. ?As our overall economy becomes more knowledge-based, we?re seeing a growing demand for both more skilled and highly-educated workers and a greater reliance