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RevTech Portfolio Startup Xenio Brings Online Metrics to Brick and Mortar Retailers

by | Oct 10, 2018
The company uses precision real-time positioning inside retail locations to track customers’ behavior and provide user data around shopper metrics and engagement.
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Innovative Spaces: Take a (Photo) Tour of Dallas’ First Hostel in Deep Ellum
by | Oct 9, 2018
As hostel veterans Collin Ballard and Kent Roth looked at doing their next city, Dallas was the logical step. And Deep Ellum is "blowing up," they say, making it the perfect home for the boutique hostel concept.
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UNT Entrepreneurship Center Partners with New Angel Investment Group
by | Oct 9, 2018
The Denton Angel Investment Group—founded by successful corporate executives and entrepreneurs—was created to support local early-stage ventures.
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TXMPA Impact Awards To Honor Dallas Film, TV Productions
by | Oct 9, 2018
Some of the biggest names in Texas entertainment will be recognized this Saturday at the third annual TXMPA Impact Awards event.
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Sneakers are Getting a New Angle

by | Oct 8, 2018
Whoever said sneakers are only meant for feet hasn't met the creators of Sole Stacks—unique displays that allow sneaker collectors to show off their shoes.
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ICYMI: What’s New and Next in Dallas-Fort Worth This Week
by | Oct 6, 2018
Your briefing on the innovation, ideas, and impact driving business and culture in North Texas.
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Global Sports Architecture, Design Firm Populous Opens New Dallas Office
by | Oct 3, 2018
Populous is growing its global footprint, and hopes its new Dallas office will enhance those efforts in the southern United States as well as Central and South America.
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From BuzzBallz to BuzzTallz, This Adult Beverage Line is Growing
by | Oct 2, 2018
Literally. The newly announced wine cocktails, BuzzTallz, are just a little different (and a little taller) than the company's signature spherical shape.
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Role Models “Find Their Inner Rebel” at RebelCon 2018

by | Oct 2, 2018
Did you miss this inaugural tech conference in Dallas last weekend? No worries, because we learned that plans for 2019 are already in the works.
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Reimagined Crow Museum of Asian Art Opens With ‘Clouds and Chaos’
by | Sep 28, 2018
The newly renovated museum will open its doors to downtown Dallas with a Jacob Hashimoto exhibit and a gallery opening on Sept. 28.
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By the Numbers: Tech Roots Give DFW the Edge in UX/UI Boom
by | Sep 28, 2018
The user experience sector is exploding in Dallas-Fort Worth. That's a good pairing with the region's history as a high-tech hotbed.
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Resource Guide for designers, creatives, and UX/UI pros in Dallas Fort Worth.
Creative Vault: Your Guide to Resources for Designers and UX/UI Pros in DFW
by | Sep 27, 2018
There are plenty of area associations, events, organizations, and educational institutions to help designers brainstorm, commiserate, learn, and hone their skills. Here's a resource guide to get you started.
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Cassini Nazir is the director of design and research for the ArtSciLab at the University of Texas at Dallas. [Photo: UTD]

Societal Urgency: UTD’s Cassini Nazir on the First-Person Experience

by | Sep 27, 2018
It would make sense that the best education in user-experience would involve a first-person experience. It's about finding needs and figuring out how to fill them.
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The University of Texas at Dallas School of Arts, Technology, and Emerging Communication (ATEC) program. [Photo: UTD]
A Look Into the Future: Industry Leaders Say Universities Provide UX Firepower
by | Sep 27, 2018
From developing autonomous trucks to incorporating science and the arts, universities in Dallas-Fort Worth are churning out UX-perts
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Spacee founder Skip Howard wrote the code for the computer vision technology that allows individuals to interact with surfaces, which display information in response. [Photo: Spacee]
XR: 4 North Texas Companies ‘Extend the Experience’
by | Sep 26, 2018
In a service economy, winners will be companies who can best anticipate customer needs and can provide the best customer experience. Enter Extended Reality: Here are some DFW companies making bets on its future.
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Norm Cox was on the Xerox team that literally built the desktop environment we use every day. [Sources: Norm Cox, Alexey-Bezrodny/iStockphoto]
The Iconoclast:
North Texas’ Norm Cox and a Legacy in Design
by | Sep 24, 2018
Tap a menu on your smartphone to pay for your coffee, or edit a Word doc. Either way, you can think of Norm Cox. The North Texan was on the Xerox team that developed the graphical interface that we still use today.
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