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BOSTON - Retailers know the Internet of Things (IoT) is coming and will bring significant changes. Dealing with these changes, well, that they haven’t figured out yet. A new study from RSR Research (“The Internet of Things in Retail – Great Expectations”) 42 percent of surveyed retailers strongly agree and another 38 percent agree that
DETROIT - Which IoT platforms are competing with Apple and Google? Which are the most popular cloud APIs? Does mobile, IoT or cloud development pay better? These are just some of the questions that our friends at VisionMobile tackle in their latest Developer Economics research. Developers can take their 10-minute National Trends survey and help
SOUTHFIELD - Students from elementary through high school will demonstrate their ability to design, program and build autonomous (self-driving) robots at Lawrence Technological University’s RoboParade on Oct. 24 in the Expo Center on the South Campus of Macomb Community College in Warren. The event is free and open to the public. This year’s parade theme
ANN ARBOR - Merit Network, a nonprofit corporation owned and governed by Michigan's public universities, and Duo Security, a cloud-based access security provider protecting the world’s largest and fastest-growing companies, today announces that they have partnered to help higher education, K-12 and its members stop data breaches and phishing attacks using two-factor authentication. “We’re proud
LANSING - News that Michigan's unemployment rate fell to 5 percent in September, putting it below the national unemployment rate for the first time in 15 years, brought plenty of cheers Wednesday. The national unemployment rate in September was 5.1 percent. In the past year, the unemployment rate has fallen from 6.7 percent, and employment
LANSING - Wednesday was meant to be a cooling off day following Tuesday's impasse on talks to generate $1.2 billion in new funds for roads, but instead the disputes continued. Senate Majority Leader Arlan Meekhof (R-West Olive) said he was surprised at remarks by House Minority Leader Tim Greimel (D-Auburn Hills) on road funding talks and how a proposal
LANSING - The state has reached tentative agreements with its bargaining units on new contracts for state employees. Two unions - the Michigan Corrections Organization and the Michigan State Employees Association - confirmed Wednesday the major aspects of the tentative deals between the state and their unions: a one-year contract for wages and health care
EAST LANSING - Diamonds may be a girl's best friend, but they are also used for industrial purposes and will be "grown" in a laboratory housed at Michigan State University’s College of Engineering, thanks to a $5 million investment by MSU and corporate partner Fraunhofer USA. The facility – to be known as the MSU-Fraunhofer
SOUTHFIELD — On Oct. 20, local and national panelists from the Federal Reserve, Wayne State University College of Engineering, Innovation Accelerator Foundation and more will explore how leading edge technologies, such as 3D printing and connected and automated products, will transform Michigan’s world of work and business. The Workforce Intelligence Network will also unveil a
EAST LANSING - A new $1 million relationship between Michigan State University and ExxonMobil will expand research designed to progress the fundamental science required to advance algae-based fuels. David Kramer, MSU’s John Hannah Distinguished Professor in Photosynthesis and Bioenergetics at the MSU-DOE Plant and Research Laboratory, says the overall goal of the partnership is to
