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:
NEW YORK - At the finals of the 2015 ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest, St. Petersburg National Research University of IT, Mechanics and Optics placed first, the only competitor to solve all the problems to win the contest. Second place went to Moscow State University, followed by the University of Tokyo in third place. Two
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
GRAND RAPIDS - As Michigan emerges from a tough and long winter, the state economy is improving, Comerica reported. While the strong dollar has started to hit manufacturers' export sales, vehicle demand remains firm and near its cyclical high, driving high-paying jobs in the region. Low gasoline prices will contribute to regional tourism, as fishing
PLYMOUTH - Comcast on Thursday offered the Southeast Michigan technology press a demo of its new remote control that allows customers to navigate tens of thousands of shows and movies on the X1 platform with their voice. The new Xfinity remote with voice control lets viewers search for networks, shows and movie, set DVR recordings,
SAN FRANCISCO - Sight Machine, developer of a manufacturing analytics platform, announced Tuesday that Inteva Products, a global automotive supplier of engineered components and systems, has selected its manufacturing analytics solution to deploy in Inteva factories. Inteva Products is a spin-off from Delphi and its headquarters is in Troy. Sight Machine is a start-up with