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DTE Energy Foundation Gives $80,000 To Eight Charities, Including Three For Veterans

DETROIT – The DTE Energy Foundation has awarded eight Michigan-based nonprofits each a $10,000 grant and the option for DTE employee volunteers including three focused on Veterans. The Your Cause, Your Choice contest is one way the company is demonstrating its commitment to community investment and development, committing energy to the community and building upon

By |2021-08-10T11:23:46-04:00August 10th, 2021|New Products, New Products / Contracts|

Pontiac High School Awarded Workforce Grant to Enhance Its Welding Education Program

MIAMI – Pontiac High School has received $15,000 a grant from the AWS Foundation to purchase welding equipment for four new welding booths. The AWS Foundation is dedicated to increasing the welding workforce by providing Welding Workforce Grant funding to secondary, post-secondary and welder training facilities that seek to enhance and improve their welding education

By |2021-08-03T16:33:59-04:00August 3rd, 2021|New Products, New Products / Contracts|

Report: Half Of SAP Customers Said Remote Work Largest Driver Of Employee Experience Strategy

LIVONIA – Workforce Software released a report that looked at human experiences with SAP customers that showed more than half (54%) of respondents indicated that an increase in remote work caused by the pandemic was their largest driver of employee experience strategy. The report also showed other factors including major organizational change (31%), increased competition

By |2021-08-03T15:32:45-04:00August 3rd, 2021|New Products, New Products / Contracts, Software|

MEDC Provides $275,000 Grant To Promote Industry 4.0 In Northern Michigan

TRAVERSE CITY — Awareness and use of the latest manufacturing technology is getting a boost in northwest lower Michigan from a $275,000 Michigan Economic Development Corporation grant. The Northwest Industry 4.0 Consortium received the grant to further the awareness and integration of Industry 4.0 practices in the region. The Consortium members are the Alliance for

By |2021-07-27T09:10:36-04:00July 27th, 2021|New Products, New Products / Contracts|

Alexa Gets New Name And New Masculine And Celebrity Voices

SEATTLE - The digital assistant I've always called Alexa has a new name option -- Ziggy -- and a new, masculine-sounding voice to either pair with "Ziggy" or not. You're free to mix -- and remix -- those options however you want, since there are separate settings for voice and wake word (and one isn't linked

By |2021-07-27T07:14:40-04:00July 26th, 2021|New Products, New Products / Contracts|

Samsung’s New Foldables Smart Phones Arrive Unpacked Aug. 11

SAN FRANCISCO - Samsung's ready to update its foldable devices. The company on Tuesday said it will host a virtual Unpacked event on Aug. 11, where it's expected to show off less expensive foldables that aim to move the devices beyond niche products. The company sent invites to reporters, saying its virtual keynote will take

By |2021-07-25T12:59:27-04:00July 25th, 2021|New Products, New Products / Contracts|

Event: Data Privacy Rules For Selling Internationally Aug. 3

DETROIT - Did you know that the European Union’s comprehensive data privacy rules, the General Data Protection Regulation or GDPR, can apply to U.S. companies and that your company could be subject to investigations or fines, even if you don’t think you’re doing business in the EU? Join the International Trade Administration’s U.S. Commercial Service and Ann Arbor

By |2021-07-20T12:23:39-04:00July 17th, 2021|New Products, New Products / Contracts|

Automation Alley 2021 Tech Report Available On Redesigned Website

TROY - Automation Alley’s 2021 Tech Report, now available, was prepared with support from Automation Alley’s Industry 4.0 academic and corporate partners and highlights several real-world Industry 4.0 success stories and features executive summaries and action items on the most pressing Industry 4.0 topics for small and medium-sized enterprises, including: Holistic Industry 4.0 Adoption AI,

By |2021-07-08T18:53:14-04:00July 8th, 2021|Featured, New Products, New Products / Contracts|

T-Mobile Provides West Michigan Towns With 5G Service

BELLEVUE, Wash.—Officials at the wireless carrier T-Mobile announced areas in and around the city of Bangor and the village of Decatur, both located in southwest Michigan’s Van Buren County, have access to 5G service. The Michigan towns were among 81 cities and towns across the country that received 5G service. T-Mobile said the new service

By |2021-07-09T14:44:04-04:00July 6th, 2021|ESD, New Products, New Products / Contracts|

Community Hub Moving Into Former Lucky’s Market In Ann Arbor

ANN ARBOR – More than a year after Lucky’s Market closed its doors, residents finally have the answer to the question everyone’s been asking: What will replace the neighborhood market? Prentice4M announced on Wednesday that it will be developing the space into 4M City Club, a community hub that will feature coworking and event space, a

By |2021-06-22T17:02:09-04:00June 22nd, 2021|New Products|