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Follow the Money: Traxo Raises $499K, HM Dunn Nets $35M, Primoris Acquires Willbros

by | Jun 7, 2018
From travel technology to aerospace and infrastructure, here's a look at recent funding, mergers, and acquisitions involving companies and firms with North Texas ties.
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DriveAds turns semi-truck trailers into rolling billboards
DriveAds Inks Deal With Fleet Management Tech Leader Omnitracs
by | Jun 6, 2018
The DriveAds technology turns trailers into rolling billboards and monitors the demographics of eyeballs that see the advertising.
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DFW Welcomes First Freestanding Emergency Room at U.S. Airport
by | Jun 6, 2018
The 8,125-square-foot, first-of-its-kind ER at DFW Airport began accepting patients on June 1.
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Paycom to Relocate its Texas Operations Center to Grapevine
by | Jun 6, 2018
Paycom, a leader in payroll and HR technology with a cloud-based platform, will begin construction on its new Grapevine center in 2019.
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Concussions: Retired NFLers, Head Injury Patients May Benefit from New Brain Health Initiatives

by | Jun 5, 2018
A Syracuse, New York-based biosciences company bringing its innovative brain assessments to North Texas is just one example of the latest brain health initiatives in the area especially focused on the lasting consequences of concussions.
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DI People: Frito-Lay Exec Honored, Topgolf Names Division President, Burns & McDonnell Hires Automation Expert
by | Jun 5, 2018
From Fast Company honoring Jennifer Saenz to new top execs for Ben E. Keith Co., our roundup of personnel activity also includes a new hire at Topgolf.
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Coppell HS entrepreneurship class, INCubatoredu
Entrepreneurial Mindset: Local Schools Giving Young Students Tools to Create Their Own Businesses
by | Jun 5, 2018
Through INCubatoredu and similar educational programs, students are solving real-world problems with their own products and services.
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Leading National Fertility Clinic Opens New Center in DFW
by | Jun 4, 2018
The Colorado-based center will team up with a Frisco fertility institute to bring pioneering technology in reproductive medicine to North Texas.
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On Tap: Startup Crawl FW, Brazen DFW Launch & Network of the Future

Browse our curated selection of events to plan your next week — and beyond.
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S.M. Wright Project in South Dallas
S.M. Wright to Serve as Dallas’ First Smart City/Complete Street Test Site
by | Jun 1, 2018
A South Dallas neighborhood will undergo a makeover to make it more pedestrian friendly and incorporate new transportation technologies.
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Dallas Among Nation’s Best for Flexible Work Spaces, CBRE Says
by | Jun 1, 2018
Whether it's coworking or another form of flexible office environment, Dallas ranks highly among top U.S. cities.
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Follow the Money: AT&T Part of $10M Lumina Round, Retail Startup Raises $5.7M, Buffett Unit Buys Ebby Halliday
by | May 31, 2018
From tech giants to real estate and robot lawnmowers, here's a look at recent funding, mergers, and acquisitions involving companies and firms with North Texas ties.
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Volunteers Needed for Event Looking to Empower Future Game Developers

by | May 30, 2018
Thomson Reuters has teamed up with Girls Make Games for an event teaching girls more about the technology behind the gaming industry.
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An illustration from Micro-Gaming Ventures’ patent No. 9978218 depicts a method and system for micro-betting. The wager(s) can be managed and controlled remote from electronically placing the micro-bet(s) during a round of micro-betting, according to the patent documents. [Via USPTO]
Dallas Invents: 79 Patents Granted for Week of May 22
Patents granted include Micro-Gaming Ventures’ system for micro-betting, Toyota’s device for traffic light detection, Syntilla Medical’s implantable head-mounted neurostimulation system for head pain, and IBM’s caller identity-based security.
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Daseke Betting on Technology Ready for the Long Haul
by | May 29, 2018
The Addison-based trucking empire has outfitted its trucks with the latest technology, some of which goes beyond what you find in today’s higher-end consumer vehicles.
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From left: Farmer Brothers, Pilotworks, and La Moderna.
Innovative Spaces: The Food Industry in Dallas-Fort Worth
Dallas Innovates looks behind the scenes at some of DFW's industry players with unique operations in the food and beverage landscape. 
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