ANN ARBOR - ArborBike, Ann Arbor's bike share program, will celebrate its full system launch June 5 with 14 stations and 125 bicycles throughout the downtown and university campus areas. The ribbon-cutting ceremony will take place in the quad located at South University and East University at 11:30 am. Like other bike share programs,
SHANGHAI - Automakers head to Shanghai for the inaugural CES Asia, as Chevrolet rolls out CarPlay and Android Auto to 14 of its models in 2016. Apple and Google can breathe a sigh of relief, as GM confirmed last week that Apple CarPlay and Android Auto will come as standard across the majority of 2016
EAST LANSING - A $400,000 cash gift will honor one of the world's foremost authorities on pattern recognition, computer vision, and biometric recognition with the creation of an endowed fund in his name at Michigan State University. The Anil K. Jain Endowed Graduate Fellowship is an anonymous gift from an international businessman who was
NOVI - The Fifth Third Bank Michigan State Fair has forged an exciting new partnership with Marvel Apps of Royal Oak and its free CARROT PASSmobile app for iPhone and Android that uses beacon technology to offer financial rewards for living an active lifestyle. Participating businesses reward patrons for the number of steps they take
SINGAPORE - More than 112 million non-smartphoneconnected devices (mobile PCs, tablets and mobile hot spot devices) will be sold worldwide in 2015, up 5.6 percent from last year, as demand for ubiquitous Internet access for mobile, social and information drives greater adoption, a new report contends. "Mobile access is not just about smartphones," said
TROY - Nominations for the automotive industry award to recognize achievements in vehicle lightweighting has been extended to June 26. Sponsored by Altair and the Center for Automotive Research (CAR), the judging committee, comprised of industry and academia thought leaders, elected to extend the nomination deadline to allow pending and interested suppliers and OEMs additional
DEARBORN - Information Systems Resources announced that it has earned certifications from multiple industry groups based on meeting rigorous standards. ISR processes more than two million pounds of unneeded electronicSs on an annual basis. They specialize in providing complete cradle-to-grave IT asset management services including front-end procurement, warehousing, equipment staging, software image management, asset tagging,
STAMFORD, Conn. - In the first quarter of 2015, worldwide server shipments grew 13 percent year over year, while revenue increased 17.9 percent from the first quarter of 2014, according to Gartner Inc. "The first quarter of 2015 was a particularly strong start to the year, with the strongest shipment growth since the third
ANN ARBOR - MITechNews.Com and the Mobile Technology Association of Michigan (MTAM) have agreed to a content partnership where each organization will promote the other's content including news articles, podcasts, event listings and more in their respective digital publications. MTAM becomes the eighth content partner to join the fast -growing MITechNews.com media group. Others include:
DETROIT - Job growth in the Detroit metro area is moderately above the U.S. average through the first three months of 2015. On a year-ago basis, Detroit added jobs at a 2.4 percent rate in March, while the U.S. as a whole added jobs at a 2.2 percent rate, Comerica reported. A key support to