Shopping startup steps into market

An online shopping community designed to connect shoppers with retailers is targeting the Grand Rapids market. Sydewalk in East Lansing launched yesterday as a resource...

IT firm doubles market presence

An IT firm has doubled its presence in the local market. Kalamazoo-based NuWave Technology Partners has relocated its Grand Rapids office into a 2,297-square-foot space...

Startup guards iPhones

A startup is developing the iPhone’s “new best friend.” Kloqe, an all aluminum, reception-friendly iPhone case, received a $5,000 investment last month from Start Garden,...

Clicking through basic elements of a website

The basics of a good website have changed over the years. When the Internet was an infant, it was enough to have basic text organized...

Start Garden invests $20K more in golf instruction

A mobile platform for golf instruction has secured $20,000 more in funding from Start Garden. Start Garden, the $15-million seed fund in Grand Rapids, approved...

Telecom company invests $200M in market

Over the last three years, a global telecom company has invested about $200 million in its networks that serve businesses and consumers in the...

GVSU’s $42 million science building under construction

A new research and science building is under construction at Grand Valley State University. GVSU is investing $42 million in a 151,000-square-foot science laboratory building...

Inside Track: Barrett matches preferences with his job for a ‘good life’

Jeff Barrett thrives on being an extrovert and forming relationships, yet he’s possibly best known for his Twitter handle. Barrett has earned various awards and...

Spectrum facility to promote research and program growth

A refurbished facility on the fringe of downtown will provide biomedical research space for tenants on the Medical Mile. Spectrum Health recently opened a newly...

Tech Trends proclaims 10 predictions

If the business community doesn’t prepare for future technologies, it’s going to get “Bieber-ed” just like Garth Brooks did. That’s the warning Keith Brophy, CEO...

Xerox subsidiary moves into university business park

A Xerox subsidiary is strengthening its relationship with a university by moving into its business park. Grand Rapids-based Michigan Office Solutions, an office technology company,...

Your hands on the future

The art of predicting which technology advances will have meaningful impacts on our lives has never been tougher. We live in an age where, from...

Tech Trends predicts future

The future of technology is coming downtown on Wednesday. The 13th annual Tech Trends event will be hosted by aimWest, a regional technology association, starting...

Facility will assist with drug development

A new facility in southwest Michigan is bringing in a particle accelerator to assist in drug development. MPI Research, inviCRO and 3D Imaging announced last...

FusionGRow earns $15K at Wege Prize

Undergraduate students from academic institutions in West Michigan tackled a wicked problem and were awarded cash prizes at the final showcase for the first...

Tech conference draws 4,000 educators

More than 4,000 tech-minded educators are coming to Grand Rapids next week. The 38th annual Conference for Educational Technology — which is the largest educational...

Software firm develops expansion

A custom software development firm is busy re-committing to a lakeshore town, expanding to the east — and hiring. Muskegon Hank Betten, the owner of Muskegon-based...

Empirical Bioscience elects genome-sequencing exec to board

Empirical Bioscience's newest board member has more than 18 years of experience in genome sequencing. Grand Rapids-based Empirical Bioscience, which recently changed its name from...

Health system implants new heart-monitoring device

A health care system's cardiologists are among the first in the state to help cardiac-arrhythmia patients with a new device recently approved by the...

ISP fills in wireless network

An Internet service provider is filling in its wireless broadband network. Grand Rapids-based Iserv said last month that it has installed broadband equipment on a...