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Month: March 2020
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AT&T Launches $10M Fund to Provide Home Learning Resources During COVID-19
by Lance Murray | Mar 23, 2020
The effort starts with a $1 million donation to the Khan Foundation, which will give teachers, parents, and students online educational materials.
by Quincy Preston |
Mar 23, 2020
A new United Way Metropolitan Dallas Coronavirus Response and Recover Fund—seeded at $1.2M—came together in less than a week. We talk with UWMD's Susan Hoff about what it took, how the fund works, and what's next.
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by Quincy Preston |
Mar 20, 2020
Hubert Zajicek wants to tap the strong innovation community in North Texas to share know-how, combat shortages, and come up with new solutions during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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by Lance Murray |
Mar 20, 2020
Check out our weekly roundup on research and development activities by North Texas organizations to stay up-to-date on the important work.
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Everlywell founder and CEO Julia Cheek with "Shark" Lori Greiner, who invested a $1 million line of credit in the company. [Image: Courtesy Everlywell]
Dallas Native’s Everlywell Releases First At-Home COVID-19 Test Rollout
by Lauren Hawkins | Mar 20, 2020
Everlywell is the first U.S. company to offer at-home COVID-19 tests, which people can order online starting on March 23.
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by Lance Murray |
Mar 20, 2020
We spoke with David Aspinall about his plans as the information technology consultancy company's new CEO—and a possible North Texas expansion.
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by Lance Murray |
Mar 20, 2020
Last year, McKinney-based VOMO and Sony Pictures launched the "Be a Neighbor" campaign to encourage Americans to live out Mister Rogers' legacy through volunteerism. In light of the coronavirus pandemic, VOMO has redirected—Be a Neighbor is now a free volunteer management platform for any organization around the world to help out.
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by Alex Edwards |
Mar 20, 2020
During a time of COVID-19 social distancing, these local startups wanted a way for the North Texas community to grow together—literally.
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Follow the Money: Predictive Fitness Nets Almost $800K, Jacobs Completes Nuclear Acquisition
by Lance Murray | Mar 19, 2020
In this weekly roundup of funding, merger, and acquisition acitivity involving companies in North Texas, you'll also find news from StackPath, MedProperties, Naya Ventures, and Charter Health Care Group.
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by Lance Murray |
Mar 18, 2020
The initiative is the brainchild of business leaders Anurag Jain and Patrick Brandt.
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by Lauren Hawkins |
Mar 18, 2020
Among the American Advertising Federation of Dallas' 2020 American Advertising Awards winners are The Richards Group, Toyota, SMU, and UNT. Check out some of the award-winning campaigns.
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by Quincy Preston |
Mar 18, 2020
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include Linear Labs's method and apparatus for power generation, ATT Mobility's adaptive rate of congestion indicator to enhance intelligent traffic steering, Bank of America's augmented reality dynamic authentication, D4D Technologies'dental CAD/CAM application with real-time detail highlighting on 3D models, Geodynamics' preventing downhole airlock device and method, Good Sportsman Marketing's reconfigurable hunting blind, Rain Bird's volumetric budget-based irrigation control, Siemens Healthcare's deep learning-based bone removal in computed tomography angiography, and Swipejobs' job matching application, method, and system.
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Q+A: Here’s What an Edge Computing Startup is Doing in the Wake of Coronavirus
by Quincy Preston and Alex Edwards | Mar 18, 2020
Coronavirus is changing the way people do business. But for companies like Dallas-based StackPath, they can make a difference for those that are struggling to start working remotely.
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by Alex Edwards |
Mar 17, 2020
Blue Box Air, which has a patented process for sanitizing commercial HVAC systems, expects to hire 30-50 employees to work out of its new headquarters in Deep Ellum over the next year.
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by Lance Murray |
Mar 17, 2020
In this weekly roundup of executive and leadership moves by North Texas companies and organizations, you'll also find news from Keurig Dr Pepper, JLL, Work Shield, Balekian Hayes, and more.
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by Lance Murray |
Mar 17, 2020
Arlington was the first city in the nation to convert its entire mass transit operation into what's called micro-transit. Its new service will include a wheelchair-accessible vehicle and could let UT Arlington students ride for free.
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