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Forces for Good: Toyota, Mary Kay, BOK Financial, and More Contribute to COVID-19 Relief

by | May 5, 2020
In our latest roundup of Dallas-Fort Worth companies helping local communities during the coronavirus pandemic, you'll also read about Leon Bridges, Lime, the Dallas Institute, TWU, and more.
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Deep Ellum-based MedCAD Goes Live With its PPE Shop
by | May 5, 2020
MedCAD is on a mission to innovate personal protective equipment. Now, some of its products are available online.
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Study Says: Dallas Biotech’s Antimicrobial Coating Linked with Health Care-Associated Infection Reduction
by | May 4, 2020
Last month, Allied BioScience received capital from Lydia Partners to scale its operations and meet a surging demand.
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DI People: Meritize, OYO, Texas Capital Bank, and More Make Moves
by | May 1, 2020
In this weekly roundup of executive moves in North Texas, you'll also find news from TechFW, TYME Bank, Oakview Capital Management, and the Environmental Protection Agency Region 6.
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BAL Law Firm Introduces Ellie, a First-of-its-Kind Immigration Chatbot

by | Apr 29, 2020
Richardson-based Berry Appleman & Leiden LLP has launched a natural language processing tool to help clients better understand complex immigration concepts.
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Dallas Invents: 139 Patents Granted for Week of April 14
by | Apr 29, 2020
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: Capital One's method for deploying and versioning machine learning models, Dell's multi-threaded text affinity analyzer for text and sentiment analytics, DePuy Synthes Products' porous implant materials, Hypergrid's cloud computing scoring systems, Intuit's automated access of tax documents for preparing an electronic return, Panacea Quantum Leap's device for extracting water from the environment, Textron's tiltrotor aircraft having interchangeable payload modules, Toyota's traffic signal learning and optimization, and USAA's systems for gamification.
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Linear Labs’ Smart Electric Motor is Now Available to Entrepreneurs, Makers, and Small Businesses
by | Apr 28, 2020
"The Honey Badger"—a motor named for its attitude, strength, tenacity, and good looks—is now available to anyone, even those looking to experiment at home. CEO Brad Hunstable says it's the company's way of pushing the limits of ingenuity and paying back the next generation of inventors.
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Cyberstates Report: Dallas-Fort Worth Lands in Top 10 for Net Tech Employment
by | Apr 28, 2020
A new analysis from CompTIA puts the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metro No. 7 for total net tech employment and No. 6 for tech employment gains.
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Study: Bottle Rocket Finds Quick Service Restaurants Remain In Demand

by | Apr 27, 2020
Among other findings researched following the COVID-19 outbreak, the Addison-headquartered company found that more than a third of customers will rely heavily on quick service restaurants in the coming weeks.
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The COVID-19 Pandemic Exposes Inequalities Between Havers and Doers
by | Apr 23, 2020
"Each role is vital to the American economy. But the disparity between the haver and doer roles shouldn’t represent the difference between life and death," writes Mandy Price.
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From left, University of Texas at Dallas and SMU. [Photos: UTD, Andrew Smith; SMU, courtesy]
Solution Fund: UT Dallas and SMU Partner With RevTech on Higher Ed (SAFE) Schools Challenge
by | Apr 23, 2020
The COVID-19 mission, should you choose to accept it: To create a low-risk campus environment that could exist after state and local executive orders related to the pandemic have expired.
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COVID-19 Response: North Texas Companies Make Donations, Launch New Programs, and Support First Responders
by | Apr 23, 2020
See how Dallas-Fort Worth-headquartered companies—Greyhound, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas, Hari Mari, Dickey’s, MyndVR, and more—are helping local communities during the coronavirus pandemic.
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RevTech Awards $40,000 in Impact Grants to 8 Dallas-Area Startups and Nonprofits

by | Apr 22, 2020
RevTech expects the grants to deliver more than $1.5 million of community impact. Recipients include Cafe Momentum, COOKED-19, Cooklist, among others with a mission to lift up the city of Dallas.
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Hotels in COVID-19: OYO Sees Rise in Long-Term Stays, Offers Rooms to Healthcare Workers
by | Apr 22, 2020
OYO, which has its U.S. headquarters in Uptown, has seen a 21 percent increase in long-term stays during the pandemic. Here's how it plans to keep those guests safe (while social distancing).
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Dallas Invents: 171 Patents Granted for Week of April 7
by | Apr 21, 2020
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: 7-Eleven's sensor mapping to a global coordinate system using a marker grid, Bank of America's information security in data transfers by using decoy data, Overhead Door's remote transmission of barrier status, Purewine's treatment of beverages to reduce the effects of noxious constituents, Siemens Healthcare's liver disease assessment in medical imaging, SoftLayer's method for customer discount management, and TMGCore's robot for a liquid immersion cooling system.
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A Custom Medical Device Company in Deep Ellum is Prototyping Better PPE to Fight COVID-19
by | Apr 21, 2020
"This mask technology is very, very old," MedCAD's CEO says. "This is an opportunity to innovate."
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