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Follow the Money: Aviation Software Maker EmpowerMX Raises $5M, Sun Holdings Acquires Taco Bueno

by | Nov 8, 2018
You’ll also find Fit Factory, The DEC @ Redbird, BayMark Health, and Blue Racer Midstream in this roundup of investment, merger, and acquisition activity by investors and companies with ties to North Texas.
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Dallas Invents: 137 Patents Granted for Week of Oct. 30
by | Nov 7, 2018
Patents were granted for Verizon's techniques for providing content recommendations, Toyota’s mist-generating apparatus, Kodiak Network’s VoIP denial-of-service protection mechanisms, and an unassigned wildfire alert system.
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Elbit Systems’ Military Gear May Seem Like Science Fiction, But It’s Real-World Tech
by | Nov 2, 2018
Elbit Systems' tech — such as its IronVision head-mounted display technology — allows military forces to be operational anywhere in the world, under any type of conditions.
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Follow the Money: Impact Shares Gets $1M from Rockefeller Foundation, Phynd Adds $4M in VC round

by | Oct 25, 2018
You'll also find news from WiredScore, Jacobs Engineering, BNSF Railway and GE Transportation, as well as Bay Capital Ventures and Eyevance. Here are notable funding and acquisition deals with North Texas ties.
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Dallas flip-flop maker Hari Mari has a new patent for footwear with an enhanced toe post. [DI composite. Illustration source: USPTO.]
Dallas Invents: 155 Patents Granted for Week of Oct. 16
by | Oct 24, 2018
Patents were granted for Verizon's auto suggestion in search, Hari Mari's footwear, Toyota's traffic signal indicator, Neu Robitics' drone, and Moneygram's emergency money transfer.
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DI People: Kimberly-Clark Names New Chief Executive, Lifeblue Taps New CEO
by | Oct 23, 2018
Also, you’ll find leadership appointments and changes at Weitzman, J&S Audio Visual, Cicero Group, LiftFund's Dallas/Fort Worth Women’s Business Center and PlainsCapital Bank in this roundup of people news in North Texas.
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Dallas Invents: 84 Patents Granted for Week of Oct. 9
by | Oct 17, 2018
Patents were granted for Triune IP's adaptive power control for energy harvesting, Reddy Ice's apparatus for storing and dispensing bagged ice, OraMetrix's Ortho treatment planning that uses a lip tracer, Dell's out-of-band beacon for securing IoT devices, and Essilor's self-healing hard coatings.
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Dallas Invents: 92 Patents Granted for Week of Oct. 2

by | Oct 10, 2018
Patents were granted for Apple's voltage regulator; Dell's distributed authorization; ROKA Sports' swimwear design & construction, iHeartMedia's listener survey tool; Shavelogic's razor tray; and more.
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How Tech Firm PRG Spotlights Megastars and Won an Emmy
(Hint: It’s an Art and a Science.)
by | Oct 8, 2018
Production Resource Group—a global tech provider with R&D operations here in Dallas—is one of five to be recognized at this year's Engineering Emmy Awards.
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JLL Acquires Addison-based Proptech Firm ValuD
by | Oct 8, 2018
The acquisition will allow JLL to provide clients with next-generation technology for real estate and property management.
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Access to Opportunity: Capital One’s Reimagine Communities Symposium
by | Oct 4, 2018
The panels centered around a core topic: harnessing technology to increase access to opportunity. If you couldn't make it, we rounded up key takeaways that could drive the region—and the country—forward.
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From left, moderator LaKendra Davis, AVP, Sales, AT&T Business with panelists Anne Chow, President, National Business, AT&T Business; Bozoma Saint John, CMO, Endeavor; and Camila Casale, SVP & CMO, Softtek US & Canada.

Women of Color in Business: A Latina’s Perspective

by | Oct 3, 2018
"A one-size-fits-all approach to advancing women often leaves women of color underserved and left behind," writes Camila Casale, SVP and CMO at Softtek.

Ultimately, making change happen is up to us, she says.
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A smart notification system can include a vehicle, a mobile communication device and a wearable processing device, according to a new patent granted to Toyota. An illustration from Toyota's patent No. 10,081,347 depicts a wearable processing device. [Fig. 3 via USPTO]
Dallas Invents: 69 Patents Granted for Week of Sept. 25
by | Oct 3, 2018
Patents granted include FedEx's method to service an electronic device, Toyota's smart notification systems for wearable devices, Bank of America's RFID activation, and McAfee's detection of malicious thread suspension.
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Role Models “Find Their Inner Rebel” at RebelCon 2018
by | Oct 2, 2018
Did you miss this inaugural tech conference in Dallas last weekend? No worries, because we learned that plans for 2019 are already in the works.
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A new home-buying startup called Bungalo aims to streamline the process while providing an experience akin to buying a certified pre-owned vehicle, minus the haggle. [Photo: Feverpitched/istockphoto]
House Flipping Bungalo Launches Dallas into Haggle-Free Homebuying
by | Sep 28, 2018
Backed by $1 billion in funding, Bungalo wants to bring homebuying into the 21st century. Here's how it works.
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