For the United Way of Metropolitan Dallas’ upcoming OneUp The Vote campaign, it’s about securing digital awareness rather than fundraising dollars.
In the OneUp campaign, 14 social enterprises in the United Way’s GroundFloor program will vie for digital votes.
Beginning Tuesday through Oct.…
Tech Wildcatters held its second Gauntlet pitch day Wednesday at the House of Blues in Dallas.
Selery Fulfillment and Tech EdVentures were the first startups to reach graduate status in the Dallas-based accelerator’s milestone-driven Gauntlet program, which launched earlier this year. …
Nawkr, the Dallas startup founded by Angel and Eric Armendariz, has expanded to include groups.
The smartphone app, which uses location-based technology to browse the profiles of people nearby who are similar to you. You can then browse those profiles and build a network with those people that you find interesting.…
We’ve all seen them, cracked pavement on highways that make unsightly and hard to drive on.
A civil engineering professor at the University of Texas at Arlington has received a $1.2 million contract from the Texas Department of Transportation to implement a system that would improve the sub-base repair of roadways, reducing cracking and improving maintenance in the process.…
Success in today’s digital world requires many things. Having the right mission, vision, and ability to deliver on that vision is imperative.
But, that’s not enough.
In the digital space, it takes more than just code. To create a truly high-quality, consistent product, you’ve got to work across an organization, uniting and inspiring teams in the process, to create a product that provides value to end users and to your organization.…
Legendary Cowboys Quarterback and DFW real estate executive Roger Staubach knows about concussions first hand from his playing days in high school, college and with the Cowboys.
Concussions have become a major issue for football players, as the NFL has had to pay a settlement with former players, many of whom suffered from chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE).…
Appliances, wood floors, salons, and French makeup counters have fueled a turnaround at J.C. Penney, according to Mike Amend, executive vice president of Omnichannel at the Plano-based retailer.
It’s been a rollercoaster ride in recent years, but these changes plus rapid growth in cyberspace have the company prepared for the future, Amend said during his keynote talk at Retail’s Digital Summit in downtown Dallas, this week.…
Dallas entrepreneur Julie Fox, and her husband Mike, are pretty popular among the golfers at the Ryder Cup golf tournament in Chaska, Minn. And it’s not because they’re such big golf fans, which they are, but rather the carload of Julie’s cinnamon-vanilla bean and cacao-coconut treats they toted up there for the players, this week.…
Allen ISD students will have even more space to explore science, technology, engineering, art, and math in the district’s new facility than originally planned.
On Monday, the district’s board of trustees voted to permit the purchase of almost 10 acres of land adjacent to the 16-acre STEAM center site, according to the Allen American. …
From learning how to weave creativity into your company’s culture at Signposts of Innovation to browsing pieces at the Cottonwood Art Festival, here are events to enjoy the fall weather and boost your career in the next week.
THURSDAY, SEPT. 29
LEATHERWORKING BASICS — 7 to 8:30 p.m.…
Fort Worth-based American Airlines on Thursday announced that it has retained the boutique investment bank, Ocean Park, to assist it with evaluating alternative jet fuels and to identify which companies and technologies are most promising.
In a release, American (Nasdaq: AAL) said that Ocean Park will bring its expertise in the renewable fuels industry.…
Jason Jordan, an author and recognized expert on sales management, will be speaking on topics covered in his book, the groundbreaking Cracking the Sales Management Code (McGraw-Hill, 2012). The free Oct. 13 forum at The University of Texas at Dallas Naveen Jindal School of Management will cover metrics that matter when managing a sales team.…
Smartphones are kind of like photo mausoleums. Well, at least the camera part.
We take photos by the dozens, OK, probably hundreds, but what happens to them?
The best ones are posted to social media accounts for all to see, but the rest just clog up the storage on our phones or remain as a digital file suspended forever in time on our cloud accounts. …
Dallas-based AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) intends to make its online streaming service, DirecTV Now, the main video platform within three to five years, Bloomberg reported.
Citing sources, Bloomberg said that AT&T, the largest pay-TV provider in the U.S., has been working for more than a year to construct as video-delivery system capable of carrying multiple live feeds to its broadband-connected customers.…
What do you think of this mission statement? “To organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful.”
Does it sound like it belongs to a for-profit or a nonprofit?
Some of you may recognize it, yet, others may be surprised to know it belongs to Google.…
From movie experiences to real estate showings, virtual reality is being integrated across an array of industries. Now, researchers at the Center for BrainHealth at the University of Texas at Dallas have found the technology can help children with high-functioning autism improve social skills. …
The latest in virtual reality technology was on full display at the Retail Innovation Lounge event this week.
Strapping on the HTC Vive goggle and ear phones immediately placed users inside a fully interactive digital kitchen.
Then, they grabbed the hand controllers and, with a little practice, could start picking up an apple or grab a beer that’s on the counter.…
Brick and mortar stores have been at odds with e-commerce for a decade or more but recent technological advances could change the retail sector.
That’s not to say that the pain for major retail stores will end. The evolution could be painful for many as the new reality sets in, but retail will survive.…
On Tuesday, Dallas-based Archeio Technologies unveiled its oil and gas software that gives oil and gas operators access to search, manage, and analyze oilfield data for thousands of wells across North America.
The software startup company, founded by Rex Womble and Chetan Chouhan in 2015, said it recognized the critical need for a new generation of well file software in the petroleum industry and has spent the past year developing and raising $1 million through seed funding and VC backing, according to a news release. …
Dallas-based RoboKind has designed a new humanoid robot, named Jett, with African-American likeness to help bridge the diversity gap in K-12 STEM education and the projected STEM employment deficit.
“Our mission is to enable students, no matter their age or background, to take full advantage of opportunities in STEM,” CEO and founder of RoboKind Fred Margolin said in a news release.…
