technology

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
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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Follow the money concept [Illustration: Sergey Khakimullin/istockphoto]
Follow the Money: Caris Raises $150M, Meritize Gets $13.2M, iDonate Secures $10M, BenefitMall Buys Phoenix Firm
by | Oct 4, 2018
From Dallas investor Carl Sparks and 7-Eleven Ventures to Conversable and Hospice Source, here are notable funding and acquisition deals with North Texas ties.
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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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Compass
RE Tech Firm Compass Enters Fort Worth, Announces $400M Series F
by | Sep 27, 2018
Fort Worth joins Dallas this year as a new market for Compass' $4B residential real estate platform.
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RevTech Ventures

New name, new growth: RevTech Accelerator Becomes RevTech Ventures

by | Sep 25, 2018
The rebranding is aimed at better reflecting RevTech's year-round nature in supporting early-stage startups in the retail sector.
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Scientel
Summit: Experts Talk Balancing Realities With ‘Gee-Whiz Tech’ for Smarter Cities
by | Sep 22, 2018
At the North Texas Smart Cities Summit, IT specialists, engineers, public officials, and civil servants pondered the possibilities and perils of smart city technology that's ever closer to becoming commonplace. Dave Moore has the takeaway.
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funding
Follow the Money: Select Milk Nets $12M, Actuate Therapeutics Raises $4M, Valify Acquires Tech Firm
by | Sep 20, 2018
From Sunfinity to Forte Payment Systems to Mode Transportation, here are some of the deals involving companies and investors with North Texas ties.
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Haxiot
IoT Startup Haxiot Launches Platform, Eyes Series A Funding
by | Sep 19, 2018
Demand for low-cost and low-power-consumption wireless tech is exploding in enterprise and industrial IoT — and Haxiot has the first device-to-cloud solution, according to COO Youyi Kitson.
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Edge tensor

Distracted Driving: EdgeTensor’s AI Tech Keeps Drivers on the Alert

by | Sep 18, 2018
The “edge” in EdgeTensor comes from its use of Edge computing to drive the Dallas-based startup's technology.
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A drawing from Virtuix Holdings Patent No. 10,065,114 shows an example embodiment of a haptic feedback device. The newly granted patent is for a haptic glove for use in a virtual environment.
Dallas Invents: 76 Patents Granted for Week of Sept. 4
Patents granted include Sherwin-Williams' color display system; Virtuix Holdings' haptic glove for use in a virtual environment; Astrapi's method for communicating using polynomial-based signals; and Barefoot Networks' hash table storing reduced search key.
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AirGig
Solving the Digital Divide via Power Lines: AT&T Says Project AirGig Could Do It
by | Sep 10, 2018
Technology breakthroughs — born at AT&T Labs two years ago — use the power grid to deliver broadband internet. Now Project AirGig is closer to commercial deployment to bring superfast internet to suburban and rural areas
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A diagram from Capital One Services’ Patent No. 10062177 for the placement of augmented reality objects using a guide marker. [Illustration: Patent No. 10062177, Fig 1A, USPTO]
Dallas Invents: 104 Patents Granted for Week of Aug. 28
Patents granted include Toyota’s vision assist systems, iWear Holdings’ methods for sending messages wirelessly from a garment, Galderma’s acne treatments, and Capital One’s placement of augmented reality objects.
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