Articles tagged: Tech Beat
Tech Beat: Internet startup Seelio closes nearly $1 million in funding to give students Web portfolios
Posted: May 20, 2013In the month leading up to the Michigan Growth Capital Symposium, Ann Arbor startups have been attracting a number of venture capital investments. Web-based startup Seelio, short for “see my portfolio,” is one of four ... Read more »
Tech Beat: Ann Arbor startup Larky helps app users track member discounts
Posted: Apr 12, 2013Larky is the brainchild of Gregg Hammerman and Andrew Bank, who were frustrated by their inability to use discounts they were due from being members of organizations or using certain credit cards. Read more »
Tech Beat: University of Michigan startup AlertWatch raises $1M pending FDA approval
Posted: Apr 05, 2013As hospitals become digitized, there is increasing demand for software that can take newly available patient information and make it useful for doctors and nurses in operating rooms and intensive care units. Read more »
Tech Beat With Gallery and Video: Students at Michigan hackathon develop wide range of websites and apps
Posted: Feb 05, 2013From a website that tells you where to eat to a "living" robot, students at the MHacks "hackathon" came up with 126 projects, the most ever at a student-run event. Read more »
Crains Detroit: Ann Arbor startup companies take top prizes in state business plan competition
Posted: Feb 04, 2013Ann Arbor companies won first place in multiple categories at the Michigan business plan competition put on by Great Lakes Entrepreneur’s Quest Thursday night according to a report from Crain’s Detroit Business. Read more »
Tech Beat: University of Michigan to host more than 400 students for major 'hackathon'
Posted: Jan 25, 2013Many college students are no strangers to pulling all-nighters, but “Hackathons” take that experience to a whole new level. The MHacks Hackathon, presented by student groups Michigan Hackers and MPowered, will attract 500 students from ... Read more »
Tech Beat: Ann Arbor startup creates wireless hardware chip that could revolutionize the 'Internet of things'
Posted: Jan 17, 2013For years, amateur hackers and software developers have been able to manipulate computers and the Internet to do their bidding. Now, Ann Arbor-based Pinoccio is on the cutting edge of bringing that ability to physical devices. Read more »
Tech Beat: New co-CEO structure presents challenges and opportunity as data center operator Online Tech continues expansion
Posted: Jan 10, 2013At Online Tech's data centers they like to have pairs of everything from generators to cooling systems. As of this week, the company can add two CEOs to the list. Read more »
Tech Beat: New company uses advanced video software for surprising results
Posted: Dec 21, 2012It’s been said that necessity is the mother of invention — but sometimes the father is happy coincidence. While it’s a strange combination, Russell Conard’s passion for bird watching and talent for computer science led ... Read more »
Tech Beat: New tech-toy startup going to Kickstarter to keep iBuku pets in stock
Posted: Dec 09, 2012Instead of throwing away their old iPhones or selling them back for pennies on the dollar, the co-founders of tech toy startup Arbor Cube developed an app and a case that can make the old phones into children’s toys. Read more »
Tech Beat: Michigan ranks 3rd in national study of high-tech job growth
Posted: Dec 08, 2012A recent report by California-based high-tech industry group Engine Advocacy ranked Michigan third in the nation for high tech job growth in 2010-11. The report showed Michigan’s 6.9 percent growth in high-tech employment comfortably beating ... Read more »
Tech Beat: FuturTech Conference at Michigan Union will focus on digital convergence, showcase startups
Posted: Dec 06, 2012Students at the University of Michigan Ross School of Business may not take engineering classes or learn how to program the latest computer chips, but that doesn’t mean that they aren’t interested in technology. Business ... Read more »
Tech Beat: Ann Arbor's LLamasoft represents Michigan on national list of growing tech companies
Posted: Nov 16, 2012Deoittle & Touche LLP named Ann Arbor-based supply chain software firm LLamasoft No. 216 on its list of the fastest growing technology, media, telecommunications, live sciences and clean tech companies in America. Read more »
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