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The Digital Divide is Real. AT&T Commits $2 Billion To Bridge the Broadband Connectivity Gap
by Lauren Hawkins | Apr 14, 2021
Over the next three years, the Dallas-headquartered company plans to help more Americans get connected through a three-pronged plan.
by Alex Edwards |
Apr 14, 2021
Dallas-based Hunt Perovskite Technologies, part of Hunt Consolidated Inc, is one of the 22 selected for a new program from the DOE dedicated to making perovskite photovoltaic devices commercially available. If validated, the tech could make solar cells more efficient at a lower cost—but first, the projects have to overcome the issue of it being too unstable to commercially use.
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by Quincy Preston |
Apr 14, 2021
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: AT&T's smart cascading security functions for 6G or other next-gen network, Bank of America's blockchain-based unexpected data detection, Fevertag's livestock health monitoring system, GoVision's portable video screen, Signal One International's reverse diffusion desalination, The Nielsen Company's system to monitor mobile internet activity, UNT's fabrication of multi-level graded photonic super-crystals, and an unassigned system for timed pet entertainment.
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by Bella Pinera |
Apr 13, 2021
Through the Addison-based company's continuous air and surface disinfection products, bacteria, viruses, molds, and more can be eliminated indoors. This includes the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Now, the CASPR team wants the public to know they're here to help: They offer a multitude of solutions that solve whatever challenge may be existing within an indoor space. Leadership says it's "a very well kept secret,"—but they "don't want it to be to be a secret."
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AT&T Unveils a New Innovation Studio That Will Unlock the Power—and Potential Applications—of 5G
by Alex Edwards | Apr 8, 2021
Located in Plano, the 5G Innovation Studio will ideate, test, and validate various ways to use the revolutionary technology. It might sound futuristic, AT&T says, but that includes drone delivery and immersive holographic experiences.
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by Gloria Salinas, Managing Director, Economic Development, DRC |
Apr 7, 2021
Capital Factory, the most active early-stage investor in Texas, is proving the Texas tech trend is real. Last year, its Black in Tech Summit was the organization's first fully virtual event with record attendance and a $100,000 venture fund investment. The event returns this month in the same format.
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by Alexa Vickaryous |
Apr 7, 2021
Based out of Fort Worth, the newly appointed executives will help manage the combat aircraft—F-35 and F-35 Lightning—program.
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by Quincy Preston |
Apr 7, 2021
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: 7-Eleven's object tracking system, Akamai Technologies' cloud proxy autoconfiguration, Avodah's automated sign language translation, Capital One's system for assessing software risks, Corning's fiber optic connector parking device, Mary Kay's botanical formulations, McKesson's automated performance tuning of a data modeling platform, and Siemans' mesh generation system.
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This Fort Worth Startup Is Bringing Free Large-Scale Buying Power to SMBs and Entrepreneurs
by Alex Edwards | Apr 6, 2021
Founded in 2017, Legacy Purchasing Group wants to give collective buying power to the legions of small and medium businesses emerging from COVID. It’s a game-changer for its members, the company says. The savings can be reallocated to the core of the business.
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by Bella Pinera |
Apr 6, 2021
By adding the school scheduling solution to its organization, Tyler Technologies is bringing the platform to its 2,000 school district clients. The deal follows its previous acquisitions of NIC and DataSpec.
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Southern Dallas’ Redbird Mall Revitalization Brings Access, Talent, and Purchasing Power to the Area
by Gloria Salinas, Managing Director, Economic Development, DRC |
Apr 6, 2021
After launching Reimagine Redbird, the revitalization project of a historic 1975 mall in Southern Dallas, five years ago, the area now boasts 1,000 living wage call center jobs with Chime Solutions, Class A apartments at the Palladium Redbird, and The DEC@Redbird.
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by Alex Edwards |
Apr 5, 2021
Alkami, under the ticker symbol ALKT, is looking to raise $141 million by selling 6 million shares of its common stock at an expected price of $22-25 per share.
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Margo Posey
DFW Minority Supplier Development Council’s CEO Wants to Move Beyond Dialogue to Implement Real, Sustainable Change
by Sandra Engelland | Apr 5, 2021
Social injustice and racial wealth inequality are among the issues that continue to affect minority businesses. Here's how Margo Posey, president and CEO of the council, is bringing about action and leadership to improve outcomes—because this is "the new NOW."
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by Quincy Preston |
Apr 5, 2021
UT Dallas' program brings "together innovative ideas with entrepreneurial spirit" among the student body and the faculty. In its first decade, the Department of Bioengineering has delivered novel innovations in med tech and digital health," says Dr. Shalini Prasad.
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by Alex Edwards |
Apr 1, 2021
Dallas-based HEN Infrastructure, newly launched by Hunt Energy Network and Manulife Investment Management, will supply ERCOT with some 500MWs of distributed energy across the state. It's timely, given the recent winter freeze, but the deal has been in the works for years. That's because Hunt Energy Network CEO Pat Wood and his team see batteries as the wave of the future—"and the future is coming a little faster than we thought."
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by Quincy Preston |
Apr 1, 2021
Overhead Door Corporation, which invented the first "upward-acting door" in 1921 and the first electric garage door opener in 1925, is carrying on its long history of pioneering with the acquisition of Won-Door Corporation this week.
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