September 9, 2020 Omnitracs, the Dallas-based fleet management company whose technology is used in 1.1 million vehicles, is buying video-based trucking safety company SmartDrive in a deal valued at $450 million. SmartDrive’s software provides truck drivers greater safety through video-based analytics. The company has collected footage of and analyzed 350 million risky-driving events that Omnitracs […]
September 9, 2020 As art museums and galleries across Dallas-Fort Worth cautiously reopened their halls over the summer with limited capacity and new social distancing rules, the Perot Museum of Nature and Science faced a bigger challenge. How does an interactive, hands-on museum operate in a post COVID world? The answers seems to be thinner […]
September 10, 2020 Toyota, which has its North American headquarters in Plano, has added eight new partnerships to its Technician Training & Education Network, including the new Collin College Technical Campus in Allen. The T-TEN program partners with 44 schools and organizations to offer students the opportunity to earn degrees and certificates that comply with […]
September 9, 2020 Texans receiving unemployment benefits who qualified for an extra $300 in weekly jobless payments issued by the Trump administration will no longer receive the additional funds after claims from last week are paid, according to the Texas Workforce Commission. The agency, which processes unemployment claims, said in a news release Wednesday afternoon […]
September 9, 2020 Last month, local nonprofit organization Venture Dallas made a big announcement: In the wake of COVD-19, its second annual event had been reimagined as a month-long experience that’s “not your typical virtual conference.” Venture Dallas 2020, held from Sept. 15 to Oct. 18, will connect founders and investors through a curated networking […]
September 9, 2020 Dallas County reported 376 additional positive coronavirus cases Wednesday, along with nine new deaths. Of those newly reported cases, 168 came from the state’s reporting system, including 58 from September, 91 from August and 19 from July. The rest were reported directly to the county’s health department. Six of the latest victims […]
September 9, 2020 United Parcel Service said Wednesday it plans to hire more than 100,000 extra workers to help handle an increase in packages during the holiday season. UPS said Wednesday that it expects a record peak season. Online shopping has been growing for years, and the pandemic has given it an extra boost as […]
September 9, 2020 Amazon is on a hiring spree. In the latest sign of how it’s prospering while others are faltering during the pandemic, Amazon said Wednesday it is seeking to bring aboard 33,000 people for corporate and tech roles in the next few months. It’s the largest number of job openings it’s had at […]
September 7, 2020 The state of Texas reported 2,057 new cases of the novel coronavirus Monday afternoon, and officials said that 20 more people died. There have been 640,370 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 13,492 deaths since tracking began in March. In Dallas County, health officials reported 261 confirmed cases of COVID-19, bringing the countywide […]
September 9, 2020 Attorney General Ken Paxton today warned Texans about scammers sending text messages that include a false package delivery notice and a fraudulent link. The text messages in question usually claim that a package is pending delivery and requests the recipient to “claim ownership” by providing their credit card and personal information. Any […]