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ROYAL OAK - If you want your kids to enjoy some really cool tech stuff, you’re going to want to bring them to the Michigan Science Center for the Holidays. Charles Gibson, Director of Innovation and Outreach, talks about the 1001 Inventions exhibit, free with general admission. It highlights a thousand years of innovations brought
ROYAL OAK - The Pignataro twins, Michael and Steven, talk about Joomla, eCommerce, Content Marketing, Automated Marketing, Search Engine Optimization and a project they are working on with Stephen Sadler called igniteCast. The Pignatoros work out of Battle Creek. Their company is called corePHP and provide robust products such as paGO Commerce, WordPress for Joomla!
ROYAL OAK - BuyMichiganNow.Com, celebrating its 10th anniversary, is offering a Christmas shopping guide for products made in Michigan. Founder Lisa Diggs joins M2 Techcast co-hosts Mike Brennan and Matt Roush to talk about her passion project and provide some great last-minute gift ideas for those who want to support Michigan businesses. From her website:
ROYAL OAK - On M2 TechCast Dec. 11, Tember Shea from Inforum’s inGAGE program will talk women in technology. Glenn Stevens from MICHAuto will talk about new reports that show Michigan has 2,200 auto R&D centers. Rick Beckers will provide some exciting news about the IoT TechConnect event in April. Then Red Level’s Patrick Dooley will
ANN ARBOR - CampGig.Com, a summer camp staffing solution, won first prize and a purse of $25,000 at Ann Arbor SPARK’s Entrepreneur Boot Camp, while Breath of Life was runner-up and took home $10,000. The winners were selected by a panel of experts, based on the business’ investor pitch. Boot Camp is designed for entrepreneurs
GRAND RAPIDS - The West Michigan economy looks strong for the new year, according to a Grand Valley State University expert. "We are heading into 2018 with a full head of steam," said Brian G. Long, director of Supply Management Research in the Seidman College of Business. "I don't see anything on the horizon that will trip
DETROIT - On Wednesday, MICHauto, an economic development initiative of the Detroit Regional Chamber, published a new study that reveals more than 2,200 automotive research, design, engineering, testing and validation facilities are in Michigan - up from 375, cited previously. Chamber President and CEO Sandy Baruah, in an interview, said he wasn’t sure where the
LANSING - It’s hard to believe, but Black Friday, Small Business Saturday and Cyber Monday have already come and gone, kicking off the 2017 holiday shopping season. While many of us are already feeling overwhelmed with finding the perfect gifts for friends and family, navigating the politics of office gift giving can add even more
ANN ARBOR - U.S. Rep. Sandy Levin, who announced that he won't seek re-election in 2018, will join the University of Michigan's Ford School of Public Policy as a Distinguished Policymaker in Residence in January 2019. Levin, a Democrat from Royal Oak, served in the House for 34 years. He chaired the powerful House Ways
ROYAL OAK - On M2 TechCast Monday Dec. 4, Tech248 Manager Irene Spanos will interview Xu Chen of ORBBEC, a 3D camera-computer maker. Tonya Matthews, PhD, CEO of the Michigan Science Center will tell you all about fun tech stuff to do over the Holidays. Lisa Diggs, founder of BuyMichiganNow, will promote her Michigan-Made Gift
