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The factory produces lenses using mostly automated machinery. [Photo: Rebeca Posadas-Nava]
Walmart’s Dallas Optical Facility Frames its Success With Glasses by the Tens of Thousands
by Dave Moore | Apr 10, 2019
Walmart's manufacturing plant located in the Stemmons Corridor looks a bit like a 1950s-era school building, but a look inside the facility reveals 320 full-time associates and a variety of robotic machines producing tens of thousands of custom-crafted eyeglasses each week.
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by Quincy Preston |
Apr 10, 2019
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: Velos Media's device for decoding a video bitstream; Apple's cylindrical compact computing system; State Farm's detection of anomalous computer behavior; Texas Instruments' estimation of time to collision in a computer vision system; USAA's monitoring systems and methods for personal safety; Toyota's smart necklace with stereo vision and onboard processing; and Watchguard's system for peer-to-peer operation of multiple recording devices
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by Lance Murray |
Apr 9, 2019
You’ll also find announcements from Associa, Tuesday Morning Corp., Lear Investment Management, Korn Ferry, and Addus HomeCare in this roundup of leadership and executive moves by companies with ties to North Texas.
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by Alex Edwards |
Apr 8, 2019
"For innovation, you’re kissing a lot of frogs to get to the good stuff," Scott Emmons said during a panel on scaling without stagnating. Hear from Emmons, Sean Minter, Sterling Ingui, Tarek Hoteit, and Charlie Lass on how corporations can remain on the bleeding edge of recognizing and integrating entrepreneurial talent.
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Trend Micro's tagline is that it's made cybersecurity an art form to secure your connected world. While threats may be ugly, cybersecurity can be beautiful. [Photo: via Trend Micro]
Trend Micro’s IoT Joint Venture Offers a New Approach to Tackling Weaknesses in Cybersecurity
by John Branch | Apr 8, 2019
Trend Micro, an IT security company with U.S. headquarters in Irving, has partnered with Moxa to launch TXOne Networks. The joint venture will focus on security needs present in Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) environments, including smart manufacturing, smart cities, smart energy, and more.
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by Lance Murray |
Apr 5, 2019
The organizations say the partnership is aimed at boosting innovation, deal flow, and company launches in North Texas.
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by Lance Murray |
Apr 4, 2019
The post-event platform offers a 360-degree view and the ability to zoom in and out. Where's Waldo? If he's in the room, you'll find him.
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by Lance Murray |
Apr 4, 2019
You’ll also find news from RevTech, Theatro, Glass-Media, Lavabit, BAG Corp., and FleetPride in this roundup of funding, merger, and acquisition activity involving companies and investors in North Texas.
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Dallas Invents: 116 Patents Granted for Week of March 26
by Quincy Preston | Apr 3, 2019
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 13 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include Google's proximity payment system environment response; Omnitrac's management of movable objects; Raytheon's methods for acquiring, launching, and guiding missiles to multiple targets; Samsung's techniques for millimeter-wave mobile communication; Slocum Geophysics' airborne geophysical exploration;; and more.
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by Alex Edwards |
Apr 2, 2019
To Craig Hall, entrepreneurship is hard work, stick-to-it-iveness, and being willing to, at times, have your head handed to you with lots of big mistakes. During DSW19, he reflects on his own personal experiences—and makes some recommendations about the future.
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by Lance Murray |
Apr 2, 2019
You’ll also find news about THEO Executive Group, Primoris Services, Green Brick Title, and Dougherty’s Pharmacy Inc. in this roundup of leadership and executive activity by companies in North Texas.
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by David Kirkpatrick |
Apr 1, 2019
Scottish Rite Hospital recently opened its second location, a gleaming new facility in Frisco that serves patients in the northern portion of Dallas-Fort Worth and is the home of the hospital’s sports medicine clinic.
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Follow the Money: Linear Labs Gets $4.5M; TIER REIT & Cousins Merger Creates $7B Company
by Lance Murray | Mar 28, 2019
You’ll also find news about Blue Racer Midstream, SureShot, SkyDefender, Allied Bioscience, Lantern Pharma, Akola Project, Mark Cuban, Siemens, KwikBoost, and Align Capital in this roundup of funding, merger, and acquisition activity involving investors and companies in North Texas.
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by Lance Murray |
Mar 28, 2019
Dallas ranks seventh in net tech employment and sixth in jobs added among 46 U.S. metropolitan statistical areas analyzed in CompTIA's Cyberstates 2019 guide.
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by Payton Potter |
Mar 28, 2019
You'll also find doctors urging scooter safety, and 'Birdeo + Limet,' a classic tale of romance, rivalry, and, yes, scooters.
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by Lance Murray |
Mar 28, 2019
Lyft had a busy week—first launching their scooters in Dallas, then a debuting a much-anticipated IPO on Wall Street that raised $2.34 billion Friday.
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