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TOCA and FC Dallas Youth Soccer Club Launch Player Development Partnership

by | Oct 18, 2023
As part of a multi-year deal, California-based TOCA will install its proprietary training technology in the UMB Bank Performance Center in Frisco, the home of FC Dallas Youth. The tech will be used for both professional player development as well as on-site evaluation for youth players, the partners said.
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The Last Word: Avara’s Emily Wickard on Leading the Fastest-Growing e-Commerce Business in the U.S.
by | Oct 18, 2023
in August, Dallas-based women’s fashion retailer Avara was ranked the No. 1 fastest-growing e-commerce business in the U.S. on the 2023 Inc. 5000 list. Achieving 1,089% three-year revenue growth, Wickard's company made the list for the second year in a row, Avara also ranked as the No. 4 fastest-growing women’s retailer in the nation and the 20th fastest-growing among Dallas-Fort Worth companies overall.
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Life Before Cell Phones? How AT&T’s Cellular Telephone Service Launch in 1983 Changed the World
Forty years ago this month, AT&T’s first cell service customer made his history-making call on the company's "1G"—or first generation—commercial cell network. What followed was a roller coaster of "fast, continuous innovation" that changed communications forever. And we're still on that ride.
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Patented: Worlds’ 3D Spatial Tracking and More North Texas Inventive Activity
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patents out of 250 metros with 152 patents granted for the week of Oct. 3. Patents granted include: Patents granted include: Amazon's techniques for synchronizing communication across devices, Beta Air's predicting degradation of a battery for use in an electric vehicle, Essilor Laboratories of America's anti-soiling coating for an ophthalmic lens, Intuit's document classification using signal processing, Lennox Industries' predictive temperature scheduling for a thermostat using machine learning, Luminator Holding's system and method for wireless control of signs, Mary Kay's stable vitamin C compositions, Molocar's asset location system and method of use, Noble House Home Furnishing's modular furniture with tool-free assembly, Physmodo's system and method for human motion detection and tracking, State Farm's method and system for identifying biometric characteristics using machine learning techniques, Toyota's 3D magnesium battery and method of making the same, and USAA's biometric authentication on push notification.
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Plano’s DZS Partners With French Telecom Orange on Next‑Gen Fiber Optics Pilot

The deal comes as DZS secured $29.7 million in new financing last month, fueling its fiber optic innovation and ability to meet surging consumer demand for multi-gigabit speeds.
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NSF-Backed UTA Scientists Work to Develop U.S. Supply of Rare Earth Metals
by | Oct 17, 2023
China dominates rare earth metals, controlling 60% of global production. A new $300K National Science Foundation grant enables a team of chemists, engineers, and materials scientists at UT Arlington to diversify and strengthen the U.S. supply chain.
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New York Firm Snaps Up Land Near DFW Airport for New 272K-SF Warehouse
by | Oct 17, 2023
New York-based GTIS Partners said the industrial location is one of the last remaining developable sites in the DFW Airport submarket. The company said its industrial portfolio recently reached $1 billion after warehouse acquisitions in Nashville and Charlotte.
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Walmart Opens Huge New Next-Gen Fulfillment Center in Lancaster
by | Oct 17, 2023
The new 1.5 million-square-foot, next-generation fulfillment center 15 miles south of Dallas will be home to roughly 1,000 Walmart associates, the company said. The center will combine people, technology, and machine learning to enable faster shipping and delivery.
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Report: Dallas-Based Gardenuity Cultivates $5.5M Seed Round, Sets Sights on $19B Wellness Market

by | Oct 17, 2023
Gardenuity—a high-tech gardening platform with a wellness mission—has harvested new capital to fuel growth, according to an Axios report. And its visibility is blooming nationwide thanks to recent inclusion in major media gift guides.
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Report: This ZIP Code in Frisco Is the No. 5 Hottest in the U.S. for Apartment Construction
by | Oct 17, 2023
Frisco's 75034 zip code was the No. 5 hottest zip code in the U.S. for apartment construction from 2018 to 2022, according to a new report from RentCafe. Check out the other hottest apartment-construction zip codes in Dallas-Fort Worth.
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First Look: Ritz-Carlton Dallas Unveils Multi-Million-Dollar Renovation
by | Oct 17, 2023
One of only two 2023 Forbes Five-Star hotels in all of Texas, the Ritz-Carlton in Uptown Dallas isn't resting on its laurels. Today the hotel unveiled the results of a multi-million-dollar "reimagination"—with enhanced design touches in everything from its guest rooms and suites to its 12K-SF spa to tailor-made fragrances in the lobby.
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Pickleball Kingdom Is Coming to Plano with 15 Indoor Courts
by | Oct 16, 2023
Pickleball Kingdom is joining a hot list of other pickleball venues coming to North Texas, including Pickle and Social in Frisco, Picklemall in Dallas, and The Picklr in Dallas and Fort Worth. Additional Pickleball Kingdom facilities are slated for Keller and other North Texas locations.
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‘Conversations With Champions’: Sports Titans Hunt, Nowitzki to Headline Venture Dallas Summit

by | Oct 16, 2023
The NFL and NBA icons—Clark Hunt and Dirk Nowitzki—will kick off and wrap up discussions on innovation and investment. They add to an "impressive speaker lineup" including Nextdoor Co-Founder Nirav Tolia and other trailblazing speakers. Here's the full roster.
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Caterpillar Appoints New COO and Names New Chief Sustainability & Strategy Officer
by | Oct 16, 2023
Irving-based Caterpiller has appointed Joseph E. Creed, group president of its Energy & Transportation division, to the newly created position of chief operating officer. George Moubayed, current SVP of Enterprise Strategy, has been named to the additional role of chief sustainability and strategy officer.
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A Hospital Is Helping Kids To Perform Heart Transplants in Frisco (Sort Of)
by | Oct 16, 2023
Scanning someone's brain with an MRI machine may not seem like child's play. But kids will have the opportunity to do that and much more—on mannequins, that is—at a new Children's Health Hospital experience at KidZania Dallas in Frisco.
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Capital One’s Accelerator Program Shifts Auto Industry Founders—and Winners—Into High Gear
by | Oct 16, 2023
Program for building connections, becoming capital-ready culminates with pitches and prizes at Dallas Startup Week.
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