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Comcast To Provide Multi-Terabit Network Capabilities To Little Caesars Arena, The Detroit District

DETROIT – A multi-year technology partnership with Comcast will deliver multi-terabit network capabilities to Little Caesars Arena and the rest of The District Detroit, making it the largest, most technologically advanced mixed-use development in the United States.  Comcast, whose multi-year network investment in The District Detroit is upward of $11 million, will provide video, voice

By |2017-09-01T08:36:52-04:00September 1st, 2017|Featured, New Products / Contracts|
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David DeVries Named New DTMB Director, State Chief Information Officer

LANSING – David DeVries, the former U.S. Office of Personnel Management Chief Information Officer, is the state’s new Department of Technology, Management and Budget director and chief information officer. “David’s efforts to modernize aging IT infrastructure and improve cyber security at the federal level highlight his wealth of skills and experience that make him an excellent

By |2017-08-31T18:36:18-04:00August 31st, 2017|Featured, Politics|
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Oakland County Launches 1 Million Cups to Educate, Connect Local Entrepreneurs

PONTIAC - Oakland County on Sept. 13 will join a program founded by the Kauffman Foundation to provide free, weekly networking that is aimed at supporting startups on a grassroots level. The 1 Million Cups program is based on the notion that entrepreneurs network and discover solutions over a million cups of coffee. Beginning September

By |2017-08-29T03:21:19-04:00August 29th, 2017|Entrepreneurs, Featured|
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State Launches Platform To Connect Global Automotive, Mobility Audiences At NAIAS

DETROIT - There will be a new wrinkle at the North American International Auto Show in January. A business-to-business and business-to-industry connection platform, called AutoMobili-D, will showcase connected and autonomous vehicle development in Michigan. The announcement came Thursday from the NAIAS and the Michigan Economic Development Corp. “Last year was a great inaugural event of

By |2017-08-25T04:00:26-04:00August 25th, 2017|Autonomous Vehicles, Featured|
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U-M Study: Vroom Software Doubles Mobile Web Speed

ANN ARBOR - Despite that most web traffic today comes from smartphones and tablets, the mobile web remains inconveniently slow. Even on fast 4G networks, a page takes 14 seconds to load on average—an eternity in today's connected world. A team of computer science researchers at the University of Michigan and MIT has found a

By |2017-08-24T04:38:54-04:00August 24th, 2017|Featured|
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State Tax Breaks Propel $561 Million In New Investments For Flint, Lansing, Livonia

LANSING — More than $561 million in new investment with 1,500 jobs and two community revitalization projects are among projects approved Tuesday by the Michigan Strategic Fund. The projects include investments by Lear Corporation, LG Electronics and Penske Logistics that will generate a total of $158.8 million capital investments and create 1,130 jobs. * Southfield-based

By |2017-08-23T05:00:02-04:00August 23rd, 2017|Featured, New Products / Contracts|
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Comcast Connects More Than 13,000 Low-Income Detroiters Through Internet Essentials

DETROIT - On Wednesday, Comcast Corporation announced that its Internet Essentials program, the nation’s largest and most comprehensive high-speed Internet adoption program, has connected more than 13,000 low-income households benefitting more than 52,000 Detroiters.  Across Michigan, which ranks seventh among all states for Internet Essentials, 50,000 low-income households have been connected, benefitting nearly 200,000 Michiganders.

By |2017-08-23T05:13:51-04:00August 23rd, 2017|Featured, New Products / Contracts|
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West Michigan Venture-Backed Companies Contribute To Growth In Tech Startups

ANN ARBOR - In the last three years, there has been a 20 percent increase in the number of venture-capital-backed startups in Michigan, a new survey shows, with West Michigan companies making up a third of them. The seed, startup, early stage and growth companies represented equally with approximately a third in West Michigan at

By |2017-08-22T08:25:27-04:00August 22nd, 2017|Entrepreneurs, Featured|
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An Inside Look At Ford’s $1 Billion Bet On Argo AI

SAN JOSE, Ca. - Somewhere between the 14th and 15th floors in a concrete stairwell, Bryan Salesky pauses, searching for the right words to explain his mission for the foreseeable future. He wants to give cars the eyes, ears, and brains they need to operate without humans. And he wants to do it for Ford

By |2017-08-22T04:12:08-04:00August 22nd, 2017|Autonomous Vehicles, Featured, News|
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Baker College Receives NSF Grant To Boost Michigan’s Photonics Education

FLINT TOWNSHIP – Baker College has been awarded a National Science Foundation grant of nearly $512,000 to advance photonics and laser education at Baker College and in Michigan through June 2020. The goal, according to Anca Sala, Ph.D., Baker College dean of the College of Engineering, is to educate more students to become qualified photonics,

By |2017-08-22T03:57:25-04:00August 22nd, 2017|Featured, New Products / Contracts|
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