ROCHESTER HILLS - To stay competitive in today’s high-tech business world, Small to Medium Businesses (SMBs) need to keep their IT network up and running. But hiring a Chief Information Officer (CIO) can be beyond many SMBs’ budgets. CIOs can command salaries well over $150,000 a year. Instead of investing heavily in a CIO, organizations
DETROIT - A group of community-minded people in Detroit are focusing this summer on how to solve policing problems, certainly a hot topic with violence raging across the country between police and the citizens they have been hired to serve and protect. Design Action Lab, a free program focused on community-driven problem solving, and Bamboo
SAN FRANCISCO - Pokeman Go isn’t the only breakout Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality success this year. Early stage Venture Capitalists and corporations invested a record $2 billion into AR/VR startups in the last 12 months, despite the fact the market is still in its earliest stages. As the fourth wave of platform change (after PC, online and mobile)
LANSING - The Michigan Economic Development Corporation approved five projects through Michigan Tech’s Michigan Translational Research and Commercialization program, which supports the acceleration of commercially viable applied advanced material technologies developed by university researchers. An 11-member oversight committee consisting of venture capitalists, materials experts from various fields and successful entrepreneurs reviewed each project and approved
STAMFORD - Worldwide PC shipments declined 5.2 percent from the second quarter of 2015, the seventh consecutive quarter of PC shipment declines. But Gartner analysts contend the market is showing signs of improvement. All regions except North America experienced a PC shipment decline. The Latin America region was still very weak largely because of political
ANN ARBOR - University of Michigan researchers and their partners predict that western Lake Erie will experience a less severe harmful algal bloom in 2016 than last year's record-setting event. The outlook reflects less discharge from the Maumee River and a return to an average nutrient runoff into the lake. The 2016 bloom is expected
ANN ARBOR - Nearly every state and metro area in the United States saw real wage gains in 2015 compared to 2014, up 2.9 percent nationally. Michigan was above the national average at 3.1 percent, and ranked 15th nationally when all industries (private and government) are included and 12th for the private sector. This information
DETROIT - Despite The BRexit vote in Great Briton to leave the European Union, the Southeast Michigan Purchasing Managers Index dipped slightly once again in June 2016, the second straight month of decline. The good news is the three-month average remained steady at a robust 60.5. A PMI above 50 is considered an indication of
DETROIT - Wayne State University President M. Roy Wilson has accepted an offer to serve on the Advisory Committee to the Director for the National Institutes of Health. The director, Francis Collins, “oversees the work of the largest supporter of biomedical research in the world, spanning the spectrum from basic to clinical research,” according to
NOVI - This it the perfect combination of enjoying a good meal, meeting cool people and learning things that will help you grow your business. Motor City Connect Live meetings were never designed as something you HAD to do. They are something you WANT to do. On Tuesday July 12, you'll enjoy the vibe from
