ROYAL OAK - IoT Tech Connect, originally scheduled for October, has been rescheduled for April 11-12. Co-producer Rick Beckers, CEO of CloudTech1, said marketing budgets were already spent and although a lot of companies are interested in attending, they suggested the event get moved to 2018. The new dates for the IoT Tech Connect conference
ROYAL OAK - How are traditional business lenders anticipating changes in the banking industry to accommodate emerging technologies like autonomous vehicles? Mark Brant, Market President at First Community Bank, answers some of these questions in an interview conducted by Keith Brophy, State Director of the Michigan Small Business Development Center. Brophy explores with Brant what
ROYAL OAK - A vending machine company in Wisconsin shocked the world when it said on Aug. 1 it will embed an RFID chip in the hands of employees who volunteer to pay for snacks, log into the building and other ID tag type digital information. Dan Lohrmann, Chief Strategist & Chief Security Officer at
ROYAL OAK - DroneLaw.Pro Founder Enrico Schaefer discusses the FCC’s plans to automate Air Traffic Control for drone flights at 50 airports this fall, including Pellston. He also updates the latest trends for drones, including drones outside the United States crop dusting fields. He also shares news about upcoming commercial drone shows that are a must-attend
ROYAL OAK – On M2 TechCast Monday Aug. 7, Warner Norcross & Judd Partner Norbert Kugele will talk about geofencing, a technique for HR recruitment which automatically collects data from user’s cellphones within a specific region for the purpose of targeted advertising. Although geofencing is becoming more widely used for recruiting, companies that use this technology will need
ROYAL OAK - If you have a business that wants to migrate to the cloud, how do you take the first steps? Microsoft has selected a group of partners, including Red Level, and has provided the funding for the assessment to the tune of from $3,000 to $7,000 to pay Red Level's consulting fees. That’s
ROYAL OAK - What’s the coolest place to be for kids in metro Detroit this summer? Why the Michigan Science Center, says Tonya Matthews, Chief Creativity Officer and CEO for the MiSci. With exhibits and events for children and adults of all ages, including its all-new STEM Playground, she says MiSci is the perfect place
ROYAL OAK - What is the powertrain of the future? Will it be all electric? Hybrids? The answer is we don’t know the answer, Auto industry expert David Cole, chairman of Auto Harvest, explains in this edition of M2 TechCast. The battery remains the Achilles Heel for auto electrification, he said. A solid state battery
DETROIT - Vince Chmielewski, the president and founder of Visual Compass of Ann Arbor (formerly VCWebdesign in Ypsilanti, MI), joins Internet Advisor to talk about the future of self-driving cars and the impact that they will have on our culture as well as our means of transportation. What are some of the biggest changes coming and when will they hit? Insurance,
ROYAL OAK - TechStak is about bringing insight, educational awareness and experts to small businesses, so says founder Nicol Pasuit. On this segment of M2 TechCast, Nicol interviewed Candace Chapman, ContentOro vice president of Marketing and Sales, who talks about how her company offers web sites digital content to attract more readers through a five-step
