Month: October 2019

Phoenix Hospitality Startup Off to a ‘Qwick’ Start in the Dallas Market

by | Oct 31, 2019
Qwick calls Dallas-Fort Worth an "obvious choice" for its expansion, citing the regions hospitality ecosystem, high number of venues, and low unemployment rate.
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Frito-Lay Boosts Its Southern Dallas Commitment With $1M Grant
by | Oct 31, 2019
The funding backs the expansion of Southern Dallas Thrives, which provides healthy meals, quality childcare, career opportunities, and college preparation.
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Follow the Money: Eyevance Raises $30M, Sanara MedTech Gets $10M, Tyler Technologies Makes Acquisition
by | Oct 31, 2019
In this weekly roundup of funding, merger, and acquisition activity, you'll also find news from teleCalm, Crestline Investors, Powerhouse, Trend Micro, and more.
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AgileCamp: Toyota Connected North America Sponsors Business Process Conference

AgileCamp 2019 is coming to Irving tomorrow for a one-day industry forum on innovation, design, development, and leadership.
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Paul Levatino Named Executive Producer of EarthxFilm
Levatino, who previously worked with Erykah Badu and Poo-Pourri's Suzy Batiz, is now part of the EarthxFilm team.
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Data Economy: DE-CIX Dallas ‘Neutral Exchange’ is Among Top 20 in the U.S.
by | Oct 30, 2019
Deutscher Commercial Internet Exchange (DE-CIX) in Dallas is the first truly neutral Internet Exchange in the region. Neutrality guarantees networks can be reached from different data center operators with just one cross connect.
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UT Dallas is Bringing Interactive Technology to its Rocky Horror Production
by | Oct 30, 2019
UTD said it will be the first theater in Texas—and possibly the first university theater anywhere—to incorporate LED wristbands into the iconic “The Rocky Horror Show.”
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Dallas Invents: 126 Patents Granted for Week of Oct. 22

by | Oct 30, 2019
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 13 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: University of Washington's cough detecting methods and devices for detecting coughs, Advanced Micro Devices' temperature-aware task scheduling and proactive power management, Cyber adAPT's cyber threat attenuation using multi-source threat data analysism, DFB Soria's delivery of drug nanoparticles , Ecotomic Group's furniture manufacturing system with on-demand production, Raytheon Company's detection system for detecting changes to circuitry, Retina Foundation of the Southwest's two-layer ocular implant, and Accudata Technologies' system for providing additional information to called parties.
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Catalyst Sites: How These North Texas Locations Could Change the Trajectory of the Region
by | Oct 29, 2019
From Legacy West to Hidden Ridge, and AllianceTexas to Texas Live!, Dallas-Fort Worth is home to a number of real estate sites—completed and under development—making a big impact.
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InspireMore Brings Joy to the Masses Through its Positive Media Platform
by | Oct 29, 2019
Dallas-based media startup InspireMore highlights only uplifting content through its website and daily newsletter.
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Texas Instruments Gives UT Dallas a $5M Gift for Early Career Faculty Endowment
by | Oct 29, 2019
The Texas Instruments Early Career Award in Electrical and Computer Engineering is aimed at helping to attract and retain promising scholars with the potential to become leaders in new and emerging research fields. 
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DI People: Boeing Global Services, Six Flags Entertainment, Michaels Make CEO Announcements

by | Oct 29, 2019
In this weekly roundup of leadership and executive moves by Dallas-Fort Worth companies and organizations, you’ll also find news from Critical Start, OrderMyGear, EarthXFilm, Sally Beauty Holdings, Hill+Knowlton, and KidKraft.
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Architecture Firm Page Extends 34K-SF Lease in Historic Downtown Dallas Building
by | Oct 28, 2019
The energy, amenities, and recruiting benefits in downtown were factors in the global architecture and engineering firm keeping its headquarters at the Mercantile National Bank Building.
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Silicon Valley Company Announces Dallas Technology Innovation Center
by | Oct 28, 2019
Tavant is growing its fintech services in Dallas with the launch of a new tech center focused on product development and next-gen digital experiences.
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Bulleit Uses Next-Gen Technology and a Dallas Artist to 3D Print Sneakers
by | Oct 28, 2019
Bulleit Frontier Whiskey celebrated the launch of its limited-edition 3D printed sneakers in Dallas, which were created in collaboration with local artist Kyle Steed.
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