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D Magazine
Local demand for computing-related jobs is sure to grow, even as automation wipes out some positions. Here's a look at how students are being prepared for the workforce.
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MIT Technology Review
Urban centers around the world increasingly drip with technology. But as a hack over the weekend reminds us, city officials mustn't forget that cybersecurity is a critical part of adding smarts to the urban environment. On Friday night, residents of Dallas struggled to get as much sleep as they might have liked. At around 11:40 p.m., the city's hurricane warning system sounded: 156 emergency sirens, all screaming out in unison.
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Tech Titans
Tim Vanderham is the Chief Technology Officer and head of product development for the Tax and Accounting division at Thomson Reuters. Tim leads the global team responsible for technology strategy and product delivery, with a focus on new generation platforms, product integrations and business system consolidations for all Tax and Accounting software, including ONESOURCE, Ultra Tax CS and Checkpoint.
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Dallas Business Journal
The Metroplex might not birth the Snapchats or Ubers of the world, but tech in the region continues to shine when it comes to one important metric: jobs.
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Dallas Business Journal
Dallas' fast-growing cybersecurity space is getting richer. The managed security firm Armor announced that it has landed $89 million in equity financing, led by Singapore Technologies Telemedia.
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Dallas Innovates
REVTECH has raised $1 million to boost early-stage startups focused on retail innovation, according to D CEO's Danielle Abril.
It's the largest fund yet for the 5-year-old Dallas retail technology accelerator. With the capital, REVTECH plans to make six pre-accelerator investments and as many as 12 post-accelerator investments, according to a release.
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CBS DFW
In Richardson, a robot is reporting for its first day on the job.
Dallas lawn care startup, Robin has installed 50 robotic lawnmowers in North Texas, with plans to roll out 50 to 100 more every month.
"We've been running a lawn care business for the last 2 years. It's grown very quickly to 6,000 customers. We see this as an opportunity to create a more reliable experience for our customers," says Co-Founder and CEO Justin Crandall.
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D Magazine
This is, admittedly, years and years away. Probably. But Elon Musk's so-called Hyperloop technology is picking up steam here in Texas. As sister site Dallas Innovates reports, the Dallas-based Hyperloop Texas team is one of 35 semifinalists nationwide that's lobbying to be the test site for technology that could zip passengers from Dallas to Houston in a half hour.
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Fast Company
"Mirror mirror on the wall, who has the darkest under-eye circles of them all?"
When the Evil Queen summoned the magic mirror, the face staring back at her told her what she wanted to hear: She was the fairest of them all. Not a puffy peeper in sight.
Modern-day versions of that interactive mirror in stores and in our homes are much more honest.
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Interior Design
A wunderkind of 3-D printing, Leandro Rolon led his firm, DeFacto, in a successful attempt to break a Guinness World Record for the largest 3-D printed structure. His 13-by-36-foot RISE Pavilion—a collaboration with RISE, a Beijing institution that teaches English to children — was composed of almost 5,000 biodegradable polymer blocks.
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Entrepreneur
If there's one universal truth about productivity, it's that not everything works for everyone.
Maybe you like to wake up at 5 a.m., go through your entire email inbox, organize your desk and get cracking on your to-do list. Or, maybe you prefer to wake up at 8 a.m., hit the gym, scan your emails without responding to any and eat a leisurely breakfast while brainstorming before getting started on "real" work.
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