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Protean: All The Cards In Your Wallet, On One Smart Card

July 6, 2012

Protean hopes to market a smart card that can emulate any card in your wallet directly to consumers by this winter.

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Inside Detroit’s Growing Startup Scene

June 26, 2012

Detroit is well known for being the home of the American automobile industry, a rich local history, and rap music star Eminem. But insiders and, increasingly, a wider audience nationwide say the city is also home to a thriving startup scene.

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Crowdsourced Jukebox Startup Raises $1.2 Million

June 13, 2012

A startup with a novel twist on the classic jukeboxes that are now often left to decay in greasy spoons and dive bars has raised $1.2 million in a seed round.

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GoMobile.Pro: Monetizing Virtual Space, And Breaking Out Of The Walled Garden

June 5, 2012

Two entrepreneurs and veteran event planners want to create a virtual space, made possible by increasingly common smartphone use, for attendees, expo vendors and tradeshow managers that exists simultaneously with a physical conference.

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Recharge Your Cell Phone With A Tea Candle

June 4, 2012

Tellurex, a Michigan based tech company, has unveiled a new gadget that harnesses the power of a five cent candle to provide LED lighting and a small amount of charge within a USB connectable battery.

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PlayThru: A Gaming Alternative To CAPTCHA Bot Checks

May 22, 2012

Would you rather decipher random illegible letters or make digital pancakes? This week Detroit-based company Are You a Human announced PlayThru, its fun alternative to headache inducing CAPTCHA technology.

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University Of Michigan Study Finds Texting To Be More Truthful

May 18, 2012

A recent study funded by the National Science Foundation revealed that text messages often provide more open and straightforward responses than those given through voice communication.

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Fetchnotes: The Simple Note Taking App

May 4, 2012

Fetchnotes is a handy note taking mobile app that wants to quickly capture those brilliant moments before you forget them. The free app covers everything from to-do lists to in-the-moment.

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New Army Research Facility Is Its “Greenest Lab Complex” Ever

April 15, 2012

The U.S. Army has opened a 30,000 square-foot facility this week specifically to develop green vehicle technologies. The lab is located right outside the former motor capitol of the world.

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Editorial

Remember: When Google Made Us Stupid?

January 4, 2012

It was a seminal piece. “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” (The Atlantic ). I remember when it came out. With the lightning fast, never ending stream of bits, bytes, text,.