Great Lakes Innovation and Technology Report
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The Great Lakes Innovation and Technology Report is a daily e-mail newsletter covering high-tech from a Michigan perspective. Written and edited by veteran Michigan journalist Matt Roush, GLITR covers hardware, software, the life sciences, advanced manufacturing, and green technologies. The e-newsletter arrives, free of charge, in your email inbox every weekday morning. Click the button at left to sign up now!
Tech Tour Day Eight: Kalamazoo, BC Shine
This is, after all, the town that gave the world pills that actually work, in the 19th Century. So I guess I shouldn’t be surprised at the endless inventiveness of the life sciences community in Kalamazoo.
Connect Michigan Releases Small Business Technology Report
A new report from the broadband advocacy group Connect Michigan indicates that Michigan small buisnesses that use broadband have revenues three times small businesses that don’t.
BLM Fiscal Scorecard Rates Government Fiscal Health
Business Leaders for Michigan, the statewide successor CEO organization to Detroit Renaissance, Thursday released the annual Michigan Fiscal Scorecard, “Assessing the Management of Michigan Governments.”
HL7 Launches New Membership Program and Webpage for Caregivers
Health Level Seven International, a developer of interoperability standards for healthcare IT, Thursday announced a pilot membership program and webpage to encourage clinician caregivers to participate in the process of developing standards for electronic health records.
TallUnited.com Debuts Group Buying Platform for Tall Clothing Deals
Royal Oak-based TallUnited.com Thursday announced the debut of its all-new group buying platform for tall clothing deals.
Digital Divas: EMU To Host Cybersecurity Workshop For Middle, High School Girls
Do you mind the gap? The Information Assurance Program at Eastern Michigan University does. The gap, in this case, is a career gap. It is the low ratio — 12 percent — of women making up the work force in the many available careers in IT, information assurance and cybersecurity.
Lawrence Tech Shares Gold Edison Award For Innovation
Lawrence Technological University and the 19 other colleges and universities that comprise the Kern Entrepreneurship Education Network were awarded a Gold Edison Award in the category of Collaborative Networks and Support at the Edison Awards 25th anniversary celebration on April 28 in New York City.
Ford Begins Taking Orders for C-Max Hybrid
Ford dealers are starting to place orders for the new 2013 Ford C-Max Hybrid.
Gale Digitizes Popular 20th Century Weekly For Students, Scholars
The historical archive of Liberty Magazine, long considered one of the greatest magazines in America, is now available in a digital format from Gale, a leading publisher of research and reference resources for libraries, schools and businesses and part of Cengage Learning.
Ovation, Comcast Sponsor Arts & Culture Trek Grant Program
At a screening of Ovation’s new original series Motor City Rising held at Detroit’s Cobo Center Thursday, Ovation and Comcast Cable jointly announced their co-sponsorship of a program that provides transportation grants to arts and cultural organizations for schools throughout the state of Michigan.
