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Dallas Invents: 153 Patents Granted for Week of Aug. 20

by | Aug 28, 2019
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 10 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: Malibu Boats' adjustable surf wake system that lets a rider enhance the wake of a boat, Audi's system to detect and predict movement of a vehicle occupant, AT&T's augmented reality shopping displays, IBM's cognitive analysis for healing an IT system, and Bank of America's system to allow secure access to a virtual credential.
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DI People: Crossmark Holdings, J.C. Penney, Work Shield Make Executive Announcements
by | Aug 27, 2019
You’ll also find news from Comstock Resources, Trinity Hunt Partners, Fiesta Restaurant Group, United Way of Metropolitan Dallas, Locke Lord, Velvet Taco, and Mary Kay in this roundup of executive and leadership moves in North Texas.
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Real Estate Tech Firms Door.com and Curbio Nail Down a New Partnership in Dallas
by | Aug 27, 2019
By offering pre-sale renovations, the technology companies intend to make putting your home on the market faster, easier, and more profitable for the sellers.
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SML RFID Expands, Extends Plano HQ Lease, Opens New Retail Ideation Space
by | Aug 26, 2019
The ideation space allows retailers and brand owners to experience and test some of SML’s latest technologies and developments. 
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Get to Know Me: Data, Personalization, and Privacy

by | Aug 26, 2019
Fight #5 of Digital Fight Club puts Andy Chen, SVP of +1 Labs at Match Group, and Mike Orren, chief product officer at The Dallas Morning News and president at Belo Business Intelligence, against each other.
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Midlothian ISD Invests in Entrepreneurial Students’ Futures
by | Aug 23, 2019
The INCubatoredu program will be available to Midlothian freshmen and sophomores this fall and will open to all high schoolers in August 2020.
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Follow the Money: CoveMark Invests in Lamb Producer; Software Provider Dairy.com Acquired
by | Aug 22, 2019
You’ll also find news from Jacobs, Buchanan Technologies, Vistra Energy, Ambit Energy, Signify Health, Integrity Marketing, OGsys, and Jack Herod Trucking in this roundup of funding, merger, and acquisition activity involving companies in North Texas.
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Synthetic Reality: Does Real Even Matter?
by | Aug 22, 2019
For Fight #4 of Digital Fight Club, Farrukh Malik, CEO of Roomored, will go up against Steve Nix, CEO of ForwardXP.
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Dallas Invents: 168 Patents Granted for Week of Aug. 13

by | Aug 21, 2019
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 10 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: Toyota's methods for determining user frustration with voice control, AmerisourceBergen's pharmaceutical management and tracking, AT&T's apparatus for enriching metadata via a network, Encryptics' digital rights management of documents, IBM's secure medication delivery, Med Hab's dual case for fall detection device, MWD-IP Holdings' nuclear waste storage and monitoring, ShockWatch's wireless environmental sensor, and Varidesk's leaning chair.
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DI People: Rug Doctor, Critical Start, and Infogroup Make Leadership Announcements
by | Aug 20, 2019
You’ll also find news from Meeting Professionals International, Varsity Brands, Atmos Energy, CSW Industrials, the Texas Women’s Foundation, and the Denton Chamber of Commerce in this roundup of executive and leadership moves by companies and organizations in North Texas.
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Silence: To Digitally Disconnect or Not
by | Aug 20, 2019
Meet the Fighters for the third round of Digital Fight Club: Jennifer Zientz, head of clinical services at the Center for BrainHealth, versus Michelle Adams, founder and president at Marketing Brainology.
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Dallas-Fort Worth No. 1 in Attracting Migrating Millennials, JLL Snapshot Reports
by | Aug 19, 2019
Data shows job opportunities, cost of living, and quality of life are top draws for millennials looking to change locations.
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Photo Recap: Health Wildcatters Hosts its Second Hackathon

by | Aug 16, 2019
The Texas Healthcare Challenge gives healthcare consumers the opportunity to find new innovations to systems that might be broken. After the teams went head-to-head with their solutions, a total prize package valued at more than $360K was awarded.
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The Rankings Are In: Rapidly Rising Revenues Put DFW Companies on National Lists
by | Aug 16, 2019
These high-performing North Texas companies are being recognized on the Inc. 5000 and the Fortune 100 lists for business growth.
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Secure Me: Digital Safety Across the Ecosystem
by | Aug 16, 2019
The Fighters for Digital Fight Club's second Fight are Lee Harrison, CEO of Thru, versus Stephen Ellis, CTO of Plymouth AI.
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Follow the Money: Belluscura Raises $2.7M, Systum Gets $10.7M; Diodes Plans $428M Acquisition
by | Aug 15, 2019
You’ll also find news about deals totaling at least $202 million, including Systum, Green Brick Partners, TPG, Curbio, The Pursuant Group, Sabre, Rent-A-Center, and ECi Software Solutions in this roundup of funding, mergers, and acquisitions involving companies with interests in North Texas.
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