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O Canada: Dallas-Based Dickey’s Barbecue Pit is Going Global
by Blair Welch | Oct 31, 2018
The "largest barbecue chain in the world" is about to get even bigger with its first-time international expansions. It's blazing new trails, making capital investments in things like information technology, real estate, and logistics.
![Figures 37 and 38 from SanDisk's patent No. 10,110,805 show various embodiments of its head-mountable camera devices. [DI Composite. Source Images: USPTO]](https://s24806.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/SanDisks-patent-No.-10110805-360x203.png)
by Quincy Preston |
Oct 31, 2018
Patents were granted for SanDisk's head-mountable camera system, Intuit's script generation based on user actions, Verizon's targeted advertising, Gemmy's projection kaleidoscope, and Reata's methods to treat obesity.
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![HKS and the LINE team designed the U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis to reflect the culture, climate and context of its city — drawing inspiration from ice formations on nearby St. Anthony’s Falls and Scandinavian design such as Viking longboats. [Image: HKS]](https://s24806.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/US-Bank-Stadium-360x203.jpg)
Building With Data: How HKS’ LINE Innovation Team Drives Change Using Algorithms, Creativity, Nature
by Dave Moore |
Oct 30, 2018
Dallas-based HKS' LINE — short for "Laboratory for INtense Exploration" — is a collection of researchers, designers, and architects who solve design puzzles and test theories that lead to real world solutions.
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by David Kirkpatrick |
Oct 30, 2018
The most recent funding round brings Playful’s total capital raised to $30 million for the 6-year-old company.
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DI People: Penney Names Interim CFO, Ebby Halliday Taps New CEO, Jacobs Appoints 3 Execs
by Lance Murray | Oct 30, 2018
Also, you’ll find leadership appointments and changes at SMU, the University of Texas at Dallas, Fears Nachawait, and Paradigm Tax Group in this roundup of people news in North Texas.
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by David Kirkpatrick |
Oct 29, 2018
With the Delivery Solutions 'last mile delivery management platform,' Total Wine & More employees will be able to deliver right to your door.
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by David Kirkpatrick |
Oct 29, 2018
Robots. Gamification. UX. CX. Blockchain in the kitchen. Tech trends of all kinds are on the radar for the National Restaurant Association's first summit in Dallas.
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by David Kirkpatrick |
Oct 27, 2018
From awards and accolades (Locavore, Health Wildcatters) to our weekly Top 10 (a tour of Facebook's Fort Worth data center) to our favorite read (ShangriLlama), here's your briefing on innovation, ideas, and impact in North Texas.
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First Look: The ‘World’s Largest Digital Festival’ DreamHack is Coming to Dallas in 2019
by Alex Edwards | Oct 26, 2018
From esports to cosplay to LAN, DreamHack has anything you can imagine for the digital generation. The 2019 festival and arena experience is expected to be the largest U.S. footprint yet — and, it's going to be in Dallas.
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by David Kirkpatrick |
Oct 25, 2018
On the grand opening weekend, the $10 million, 100,000-square-foot esports stadium will host the world’s best Counter-Strike
teams in the Esports Championship Series Finals.
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by Lance Murray |
Oct 25, 2018
You'll also find news from WiredScore, Jacobs Engineering, BNSF Railway and GE Transportation, as well as Bay Capital Ventures and Eyevance. Here are notable funding and acquisition deals with North Texas ties.
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by David Kirkpatrick |
Oct 24, 2018
The geographical diversity of the collective is by design to place a distributed team in influential markets—such as Dallas—allowing it to stay on top of innovation nationally, and even internationally.
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Left to right: Steve Wanta, Michelle Williams, Sara Vassar, Salah Boukadoum, Kate Knight, Matt Myers (front), Benjamin Vann (back), Michael Thomas [Photo: Michael Samples]
Collective Impact: ‘Tomorrow belongs to those who can hear it coming.’
by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report | Oct 24, 2018
Roundtable | Our panel talks about what we can do better, right now. In the final installment of the latest Dallas Innovates roundtable series, we look at systemic issues that still need to be addressed, and the areas ripe for innovation. The discussion closes with a look into the future.
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![Dallas flip-flop maker Hari Mari has a new patent for footwear with an enhanced toe post. [DI composite. Illustration source: USPTO.]](https://s24806.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Patent1016_HariMari-360x203.png)
by Quincy Preston |
Oct 24, 2018
Patents were granted for Verizon's auto suggestion in search, Hari Mari's footwear, Toyota's traffic signal indicator, Neu Robitics' drone, and Moneygram's emergency money transfer.
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by Lance Murray |
Oct 23, 2018
The firm has made Dallas one of its flagship markets, and said the raise follows a year of domestic and global expansion propelled by more commercial real estate firms prioritizing investment into their digital connectivity strategies.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Oct 23, 2018
What makes North Texas a place—or a potential place—for social innovation? In part two of our roundtable series, eight experts discuss how Dallas-Fort Worth may be a unique breeding ground for social good, what attracts (and keeps) talent in the nonprofit sector, and more.
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