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Arlington Gets $1.7M to Integrate Autonomous Vehicles into Via Rideshare Program
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.
by Sandra Engelland |
Mar 13, 2020
Chollampel and her staff strive to improve the day-to-day experience of 73 million annual passengers at the world's fourth-busiest airport.
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by David Kirkpatrick |
Mar 13, 2020
Blue Box Air—which recently made the decision to relocate its headquarters to North Texas, and will officially move next week—has a patented process to combat COVID-19 in HVAC systems.
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by David Kirkpatrick |
Mar 12, 2020
CellAntenna already has a history with one of its new Plano neighbors: It recently became a member of the Ericsson Industry Connect Program to deliver support services for the Ericsson private cellular network.
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Lori Beer is the Global Chief Information Officer of JPMorgan Chase & Co. That means she's responsible for the company's technology systems and infrastructure worldwide. [Photo: Courtesy JPMorgan]
JPMorgan’s Global CIO Talks Emerging Tech, Top Talent, and Honing in on DFW
by Alex Edwards | Mar 11, 2020
Plano houses one of JPMorgan Chase's top technology centers. We talked with the firm's global CIO, Lori Beer, who says the region is critical to the company's strategy—and so is its technology talent.
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by Sandra Engelland |
Mar 11, 2020
Both micro-donation platforms allow users to take leftover change from a purchase and give it to their favorite cause. But, with the acquisition, Flourish Change will add the SEO power of RoundUp to extend its reach to more nonprofits and donors, targeting socially conscientious and social media savvy millenials.
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by Quincy Preston |
Mar 11, 2020
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: Toyota's autonomous driving systems using aerial vehicles, Amazon's camera-level image processing, Futurewei's noise cancellation system, Intuit's lean parsing (a natural language processing system), Knightscope's autonomous data machines and systems, Philip Morris's emulsified flavorants in tobacco-derived lipids, SMU's method for machine learning and classifying data, and Walmart's automated vehicle loading.
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by David Kirkpatrick |
Mar 11, 2020
The "fiercely digital" online energy marketplace wants to help businesses make smarter energy decisions.
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Josh Smith, CEO and co-founder of Solovis. [Photo: Courtesy Solovis]
Nasdaq Acquires Irving-based Fintech Startup Solovis
by David Kirkpatrick | Mar 10, 2020
Solovis, founded to help asset allocators make better investment decisions, will be available through Nasdaq’s eVestment group, broadening eVestment’s capabilities. Solovis, which grew by 300 percent in 2018, will continue to operate out of its offices in Irving.
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by Sandra Engelland |
Mar 9, 2020
UT Southwestern Medical Center and international collaborators found that a protein produced by the human immune system could inhibit several coronaviruses, including the one behind the current outbreak.
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by Tara Nieuwesteeg and Quincy Preston |
Mar 6, 2020
Here’s where to meet the like-minded to talk tech and start stuff in Dallas-Fort Worth.
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by Maddie Preston |
Mar 6, 2020
UT Dallas' School of Arts, Technology, and Emerging Communication (ATEC) is unveiling its modular sculptural installation tomorrow. The 30-foot-long installation—made of steel, LED lighting, and projections—will be housed in the Richardson Innovation Quarter (aka The IQ).
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Mobile Workforce: Mitel’s New Virtual Tool Provides Real-Time Collaboration for Remote Teams
by David Kirkpatrick | Mar 5, 2020
The virtual workspace—which comes at a time when businesses are implementing remote work policies—aims to help people collaborate as if they are in the same room. Around the globe or across town.
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by Quincy Preston |
Mar 5, 2020
The new innovator awards honored companies that are helping make Fort Worth a "Best Places for Families." Here are the winners.
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by David Kirkpatrick |
Mar 5, 2020
Zabo was founded to solve what it calls one of the most critical, missing pieces of infrastructure: an API that connects to the landscape of cryptocurrency accounts and wallets.
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by Kathryn Chavez |
Mar 4, 2020
Texas is one of the largest state beneficiaries from the economic activity generated by avocado imports—the small, package-less fruit contributed $3.4 billion to the U.S. GDP in 2017 alone. And through the brand's new "living lab,” it hopes to expand its impressive penetration in the market—and reinvent every established marketing rule along the way.
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