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Match Group Invests $100M in Map-Based Cruising Platform Sniffies, With Path to Full Ownership
by Quincy Preston | Apr 30, 2026
The Dallas-based dating company is backing the fast-growing app—which Reuters called a Grindr rival—with an option to acquire it outright, part of an investment approach Match says it has used before, including with Hinge.
by David Seeley |
Apr 30, 2026
The U.S. Army asset-tracking award follows Plano-based Geoforce's January acquisition of Phoenix's AssetLink Global, a pioneer in secure satellite- and cellular-enabled asset tracking and sensor integration.
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by Sandra Engelland |
Apr 29, 2026
“By combining Intel’s expertise with our AI-first solutions and global delivery capability, we're helping manufacturers achieve new levels of operational agility and efficiency," said FPT Americas CEO Hoan Nguyen.
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by Sandra Engelland |
Apr 29, 2026
Phase I of Grand Park—which the mayor called a "20-year overnight success story"—will feature an amphitheater, shade structures, an orchard, and the three-acre Arrowhead Pond, Frisco's first city water attraction activated for recreation.
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The all-new TI-84 Evo isn't just an upgrade, TI says, but "an EVOlution." [Photo: Texas Instruments]
Dallas-Based TI Launches Its Most Advanced TI‑84 Evo Graphing Calculator Ever
by David Seeley | Apr 29, 2026
Texas Instruments invented the world's first handheld electronic calculator prototype in 1967. This week, it launched a new graphing calculator "built to meet the demands of today's math classroom" and to grow with students from middle school algebra all the way through college and future STEM careers.
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by David Seeley |
Apr 29, 2026
The design of AT&T's new headquarters is very different from its current skyscraper-focused home in the AT&T Discovery District in downtown Dallas. But one note of verticality will be unmistakeable: a looming tower lit in AT&T-branded blue and crowned by a technology-packed globe-like structure evoking the AT&T logo.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Apr 29, 2026
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 10 for patent activity out of 250 metros for the week of March 31 with a total of 110 patents granted.
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by Sandra Engelland |
Apr 28, 2026
The new executives—Chief Investment Officer Louis Hsu, Chief Product and Strategy Officer Kristen Mirabella, and Chief Compliance Officer Cynthia Jackson—bring with them extensive experience at such leading financial institutions as Goldman Sachs, Schwab, U.S. Bank, BlackRock, and Grayscale, the firm said.
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The key phrase, “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness” from the Declaration of Independence appears on the aircraft. [Photo: Southwest]
Southwest Airlines Unveils Plane Celebrating America’s 250th Anniversary
by Sandra Engelland | Apr 28, 2026
Independence One will officially join the fleet on Wednesday with a flight from the airline's hometown in Dallas to Philadelphia, the birthplace of the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution.
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by Sandra Engelland |
Apr 28, 2026
With a facility three times larger than Ziosk’s previous location, the Plano center offers autonomous working lines that can significantly accelerate processing speeds and quadruple its current product capacity, the company said.
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by David Seeley |
Apr 28, 2026
"Speed to power is the new moat," said Mousterian CEO Min Suh. His company aims to cross that moat by floating data centers on barges adjacent to power sources like water-cooled thermal plants. The goal: speeding development "from years to quarters" and turning on data hall capacity that's needed today.
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by Sandra Engelland |
Apr 24, 2026
Edward Sigmond—who served as chairman, president, and CEO of restaurant holding company Great American Food Chain since its 2003 founding—is stepping down with the merger. Green Matter CEO Joe H. Wicker Jr. is assuming the roles of CEO and chairman of the board of directors of the combined company.
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Texas Stock Exchange Strategic Advisor Jeb Hensarling, shown here speaking in October at the 2025 Venture Dallas conference. [Photo: Grant Miller Photography/Venture Dallas]
The Last Word: TXSE’s Jeb Hensarling on a $300M War Chest, ARK Listings, and a ‘Transfer Portal’ Flowing to Texas
by Quincy Preston | Apr 23, 2026
In a Bloomberg interview with Julie Fine, the former congressman laid out TXSE's timeline: trading this summer, listings in Q4, and first IPOs in Q1 2027.
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by Quincy Preston |
Apr 23, 2026
CRE platform BLDUP reported the $25 million West Dallas filing on April 17. Amazon CEO Andy Jassy calls Prime Air's drone delivery effort "a multi-year invention cycle," with test flights from the new paddock possible as early as August.
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by Sandra Engelland |
Apr 23, 2026
Alena Brenner will oversee all legal, risk management, government affairs, compliance, corporate social responsibility, and insurance functions for the Irving-based company, and serve as the primary legal advisor to the Builders FirstSource board.
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by Sandra Engelland |
Apr 23, 2026
Tyler Affolter will oversee Plano-based Diversified’s commercial organization, helping to boost growth across the company’s established media, collaboration, and digital signage businesses while utilizing core strengths to expand in broadcast and experiential AV.
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