LOS ANGELES - Roddenberry Entertainment, the name behind Star Trek, announced this week a new partnership with Immersive Media, the company behind Google's Street View, to launch Roddenberry 360 degrees to be used on original content as well as outside projects. Roddenberry 360 degrees engages proprietary technology to produce groundbreaking entertainment incorporating 360 degrees
LANSING - A $300,000 state grant by the Michigan Strategic Fund will help an injection molding plant in Tallmadge Charter Township leverage a $14 million investment and create 54 jobs. So announced the Michigan Economic Development Corp. Wednesday. The receipient of the grant is Agape Plastics in Ottawa County, which specializes in custom injection molding
ANN ARBOR - Customers are less satisfied with fast food as their discretionary income improves and preferences shift in favor of quality over price, according to new data from the American Customer Satisfaction Index. Customer satisfaction with full-service restaurants holds steady at 82 on ACSI's 100-point scale, while fast food restaurants fall 3.8 percent
DETROIT - General Motors CEO Mary Barra joined 150 other Kettering University alumni, all GM employees, gathered for a special reception at the Renaissance Center in Detroit to celebrate and support a new scholarship fund for Kettering students on June 25. The General Motors Legacy Endowment at Kettering University is designed to provide scholarship
GRAND RAPIDS - This workshop will give the necessary tools to prepare for the October 2015 U.S. Customs Broker License Examination. Gain insights on organizing your study materials, receive hands-on instructions and practice with sample tests. You will also gain valuable assistance with classification, valuation and other key elements of the exam. The
GRAND RAPIDS - Trivalent Group announced Monday it has been named to The Channel Company's 2015 CRN Solution Provider 500. The annual list, spanning eight categories from hardware and software sales to managed IT services, recognizes the top revenue-generating technology integrators, MSPs and IT consultants in North America. Solution providers are ranked based on revenue,
GEORGETOWN TOWNSHIP - Automated Machine Systems Tuesday announced the construction of a 41,250 square foot manufacturing facility in the Georgetown Industrial Center. The company will invest $2 million dollars in the expansion project. Automated Machine Systems, a design and supply integrator providing automation, computerization, and software solutions has already experienced significant growth over this past
ANN ARBOR - Stout Systems will launch the first in a series of educational workshops geared towards Software Development Managers and those responsible for managing software projects. Each session will cover territory that, in many settings, everyone on the development team assumes is understood - but often is not - thereby creating a great deal
EGHAM, United Kingdom - Worldwide shipments of hybrid devices - portability, productivity and flexibility of touch and a keyboard - are on pace to reach 21.5 million units in 2015, an increase of 70 percent from 2014, according to Gartner Inc. Hybrid devices will account for 12 percent of total sales of mobile PCs in
DEWITT - Forensic Foundations Group, a forensic sciences consulting company, was profiled in the June National Association for the Self-Employed's Self-Informed magazine. John Collins Jr., president and founder, was featured in the Member Spotlight. Collins has been a local member of NASE since he launched his small business in 2013. Prior to launch Forensic Foundations