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COVID-19 Relief: Communities Foundation Receives $1M From Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas for PPE, Child Care, and Seniors
by Quincy Preston | Apr 22, 2020
The $1 million donation will be provided through BCBSTX's newly created COVID-19 Collaborative Grant Fund. The donation grant will help provide personal protective equipment to first responders as well as help them with child care costs across the state and assist seniors.
by Alex Edwards |
Apr 22, 2020
Jacobs' newly released Climate Action Plan shows that the Dallas-based firm hopes to achieve 100 percent renewable energy and net zero carbon for its operations and business travel this year.
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by Alex Edwards |
Apr 22, 2020
OYO, which has its U.S. headquarters in Uptown, has seen a 21 percent increase in long-term stays during the pandemic. Here's how it plans to keep those guests safe (while social distancing).
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by Quincy Preston |
Apr 21, 2020
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: 7-Eleven's sensor mapping to a global coordinate system using a marker grid, Bank of America's information security in data transfers by using decoy data, Overhead Door's remote transmission of barrier status, Purewine's treatment of beverages to reduce the effects of noxious constituents, Siemens Healthcare's liver disease assessment in medical imaging, SoftLayer's method for customer discount management, and TMGCore's robot for a liquid immersion cooling system.
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Emmitt Smith to Lead Dallas Regional Chamber in Connecting Workers Impacted by COVID-19 to Jobs
by Alex Edwards | Apr 20, 2020
Dallas entrepreneur, businessman, philanthropist, and former professional football star Emmitt Smith will serve as the DRC's ambassador for its “Connecting Displaced Workers to Jobs” platform.
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by Alex Edwards |
Apr 20, 2020
Though not entirely free of the economic effects caused by the pandemic, Plano-based Tyler Technologies has continued to serve government entities. In fact, it's forging ahead. Tyler now serves Texas' 20 largest counties and is moving forward with a four-stage plan to roll out one of its solutions across the U.S.
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by Lauren Hawkins |
Apr 16, 2020
The Coronavirus Response and Recovery Fund—which in March came together in under a week—aims to tackle both urgent and long-term needs in North Texas, including those affecting education, income, and health.
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by Alex Edwards |
Apr 16, 2020
This Saturday, anyone in Dallas County is required to wear a mask to essential businesses. The work these local companies are doing is more important now than ever.
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Dallas‑Area Firms Join Forces for Smarter Healthcare Supply Chain
by Quincy Preston | Apr 16, 2020
Together, Vizient and One Network Enterprises intend to get essential supplies into the right hands, faster. It could be a match made in supply chain heaven.
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by Quincy Preston |
Apr 16, 2020
Flexibility for future growth—and a location that will help recruit tech talent—was key to Digital Matrix System's decision-making. Hiring could center on business development, software engineering, and decision science.
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by Quincy Preston |
Apr 15, 2020
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: 7-Eleven's training for a machine learning algorithm to determine customer purchases, Apple's control channel for UE power saving, Bank of America's multi-biometric-factor IoT secured network, Blacktop Plus' therapeutic elastic sports tape, Capital One's visual inspection support using extended reality, National Presort's high-speed print-and-apply label applicator, and Siemens Healthcare's atlas-based contouring of organs at risk for radiation therapy.
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by Alex Edwards |
Apr 15, 2020
In the wake of the COVID-19 quarantine, Match has launched an in-app video tool, virtual events, and dating hotline.
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Three Tech Companies Merge to Deliver a ‘Digital Nirvana’ to Large Enterprises
by Alex Edwards | Apr 15, 2020
CollabNet VersionOne, XebiaLabs, and Arxan Technologies are transforming into Plano-based Digital.ai. The new software company says it's the first to "provide end-to-end intelligent value stream management, software delivery, and application security in a unified platform."
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by Alex Edwards |
Apr 14, 2020
Motivity Labs, which has U.S. headquarters in Irving, is merging with JNIT to bring the power of innovation labs to Fortune 500 organizations.
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by Alex Edwards |
Apr 14, 2020
Coppell-based Peak Nanosystems, known for taking nanotechnology out of the lab and into the real world, is expanding its optical product development.
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by Quincy Preston |
Apr 14, 2020
Catapult, which specializes in preventive health checkups through remote clinics and telehealth options, wants to help connect people to nearby coronavirus testing sites.
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