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Plano-Based Zackat Labs Launches Wearable Heat Stress and Gas Monitoring Device
by Sandra Engelland | May 12, 2026
The W3 wearable device continuously monitors a worker's core body temperature, heart rate variability, and other indicators of fatigue and dehydration, transforming them into "clear, objective warnings" before the worker reaches a critical threshold, Zackat Labs said.
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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by Quincy Preston |
Apr 22, 2026
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 8 for patent activity out of 250 metros for the week of March 24 with a total of 171 patents granted.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Apr 15, 2026
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 9 for patent activity out of 250 metros for the week of March 17 with a total of 140 patents granted.
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Alexander Graham Bell, in a still from AT&T's "150 Year" brand video released to mark the 150th anniversary of the first telephone call. [Screenshot: AT&T via YouTube]
The Last Word: AT&T on the Famous First Words That Launched an Industry 150 Years Ago
by Quincy Preston | Mar 11, 2026
The company is celebrating with a free pop-up museum at the AT&T Discovery District in downtown Dallas — and a $250 billion bet on what comes next.
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by Sandra Engelland |
Mar 10, 2026
The investment focuses on three strategic areas: deploying always-on connectivity, investing in the workforce, and innovating to secure and advance America's connected economy. The company said that the current tax and regulatory environment are the most conducive to such investment in decades.
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by Sandra Engelland |
Feb 3, 2026
The investment "will create good-paying jobs, boost U.S. connectivity, and bring the benefits of high-speed connections to more communities across the country,” said AT&T Chairman and CEO John Stankey.
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by David Seeley |
Jan 5, 2026
The move to Legacy Drive in Plano will shift the company from a skyscraper-focused HQ to a more sprawling, suburban-like campus. AT&T has been headquartered in downtown Dallas since 2008.
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Sensori, co-founded by Shanna Watkins Pearre, Darean Rhodes, and Ashlyn Knox (far left), and The Blueprint University, an entrepreneurship hub founded by Kaila Cherie Wright (far right), are among five finalists in AT&T's 2025 Small Business Contest. Also pictured: Bold Crumb House (Detroit), Nourish + Bloom Market (Fayetteville, Georgia), and SOJO Coffee Company (Los Angeles). [Composite image: DI Studio; Sources: berya113/istock, photos courtesy of AT&T.]
Two Dallas Startups Named Finalists in National AT&T Small Business Contest
by Quincy Preston | Nov 25, 2025
Sensori and The Blueprint University are among five finalists selected from more than 11,000 applicants nationwide. The $50,000 grand prize winner will be announced in January.
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by Lance Murray |
Nov 4, 2025
Francisco Maella, the former CEO and CTO of Dobson Fiber, succeeds Gigapower's founding CEO, Bill Hogg. Since its 2022 launch, Gigapower has connected more than 150 municipalities to high-speed broadband across nine states, including Alabama, Arizona, Florida, Nevada, New Mexico, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Minnesota.
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by Quincy Preston |
Oct 7, 2025
At the Global Mission Summit on Oct. 8–10, leaders and innovators are rethinking business—where purpose is infrastructure, profit fuels impact, and legacy means leaving more than returns behind. Behind it are investor Michael Moe and Dallas developer Mike Hoque, and their newly formed Global Mission Institute.
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by David Seeley |
Sep 16, 2025
Now being tested by a handful of customers in North Texas, AT&T's new AI "digital receptionist" answers calls with a "natural, responsive" human-like voice. Powered by multiple LLMs, it hangs up on robocallers, patches urgent calls straight through, and provides a live transcript so customers can "pick up" a call at any time.
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Ziosk CTO Jacob Feinstein [Photo: LinkedIn]
Restaurant Pay-at-Table Platform Ziosk Names Former AT&T Exec as Its New CTO
by Lance Murray | Aug 13, 2025
Jacob Feinstein will oversee Ziosk's engineering organization and play a key role in scaling the company's technology platform while advancing its mission to enhance the guest experience in hospitality.
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by Lance Murray |
Jul 1, 2025
Toni Broberg will lead Gigapower’s strategic engagement with local, state, and external stakeholders and support its broadband infrastructure expansion and public policy initiatives.
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by David Seeley |
Jun 24, 2025
With "Y'all Street" gaining momentum by the day, now there's a way to buy into nearly 200 Texas companies with a single ETF. And dozens of North Texas companies are included in TEXN, BlackRock's new exchange-traded fund.
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by Lance Murray |
Jun 11, 2025
The acquisition represents a significant step in LevelBlue's growth strategy by adding deep cyber and high-tech IP litigation consulting expertise and world-class incident response capabilities to its expanding global portfolio, the company said.
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