SAN FRANCISCO - Roku unveiled its first new set-top box in more than two years Tuesday, aiming to distinguish itself from bigger competitors by hawking streaming devices and nothing else. The Saratoga, California, company, which makes devices that connect your television to Internet video and music, also unveiled updates to the software that runs its
RESTON, VA - Apple ranked as the top smartphone manufacturer with 44.1 percent OEM market share, while Google Android led as the Number One smartphone platform with 51.7 percent platform market share. Facebook ranked as the top individual smartphone app. These statistics come from comScore, a global media measurement and analytics company, Tuesday released data
SAN FRANCISCO - What's better than one new Nexus smartphone? Two, if you're Google. The tech giant on Tuesday unveiled a pair of phones: the Nexus 5X from LG and the Nexus 6P from Huawei. The devices were shown off at a Google event in San Francisco. Both the Nexus 5X, which starts at $349, and
TROY - Altair bagged a big client Tuesday when the software modeling and visualization company announced a deal with Europe’s Airbus that will give its various divisions access to Altair’s HyperWorks Computer Aided Engineering software suite. The agreement extends to Airbus, Airbus Helicopters, and Airbus Defence & Space divisions, as well as of any other
TROY - Altair Wednesday announced that FluiDyna has joined the Altair Partner Alliance, adding nanoFluidX and ultraFluidX to its software portfolio. Both software bring new capabilities to HyperWorks customers. nanoFluidX is based on a particle-based method for fluid flow simulation, and ultraFluidX applies the Lattice Boltzmann Method to study external aerodynamics. Both technologies utilize graphics
PLYMOUTH - Advanced Purchasing Dynamics, the Purchasing Authority for manufacturers, Tuesday announced that it has expanded its footprint in the West region by opening an office in Los Angeles. The West region office will serve the manufacturing purchasing needs of customers in solar energy, aerospace, defense equipment manufacturing and more. Philip (Phil) Ideson is the head of
LANSING - Tourists will now be able to engage with Pure Michigan commercials to discover information about specific destinations with the video spots. The technology comes from Detroit-based Clickivated. When a scene of interest plays, users can click on the icon to the right of the screen and get immediate access to individual websites of
DETROIT - Join CDH on Sept. 24 from 4 to 7 pm for food, drinks and friends at a TechMash Detroit at its new downtown office on Woodward Ave. On tap will be various beers from B. Nektar meadery in Ferndale - for free. Event Information: 1500 Woodward Ave, Suite 400, Detroit, MI., 48226. Parking
TROY - Award finalists for the Automation Alley 15th Annual Awards Gala have been selected, and online voting will be open to the public until Sept. 18 to help determine a winner in each of five categories. Automation Alley, Michigan's largest technology business association, celebrates Southeast Michigan's thriving tech economy each year at its awards
GRAND RAPIDS - Dematic, a supplier of intra-logistics systems for factories, warehouses and distribution centers, has introduced a new order fulfillment solution, called AMCAP, which automates the palletizing of mixed cases. AMCAP - Automated Mixed Case Palletizing - is a high-performance case palletizing system designed to accommodate the growing need to assemble pallets more efficiently.
