Taking The Pulse Of The Texas Technology Industry
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Taking The Pulse Of The Texas Technology Industry |
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 Tuesday, November 24, 2015 RadioShack Revives E-Commerce Site Ahead Of Black Friday Fort Worth-based electronics retailer RadioShack has quietly re-opened its e-commerce website, just ahead of Black Friday, as it looks to relaunch the company after its bankruptcy sale to Standard General. RadioShack, which had shuttered its online store in May, quietly started offering up many electronics items on its site, alongside (More info...) posted on Tuesday, November 24, 2015(Full story) Amazon's Jeff Bezos Sends Rocket To Space From West Texas Jeff Bezos, the founder and CEO of Amazon.com, has sent his first rocket into space from West Texas. Blue Origin, the commercial rocket startup backed by Bezos, said that it sent a rocket into space and back on Monday, in its first test launch to space. Blue Origin launched its New Shepard space vehicle to a planned test altitude of 329,839 feet (100.5 kilometers) before landing its re (More info...) posted on Tuesday, November 24, 2015(Full story) Mytable Expands To Austin Mytable, an on-demand, fresh cooked food service, which connects users with meals prepared by local chefs, recently has expanded into Austin, according to the company. The company, which is venture backed by Google Ventures, Arena Ventures, Eniac, Khosla Ventures, Greycroft Partners, and Mucker Capital, said it helps connect local chefs with consumers, who get fresh cooked, affordable meals. The company says it offers up a daily menu of meals from loca (More info...) posted on Tuesday, November 24, 2015(Full story) Former Austin Scientific Sold To Oregon Company Oxford Instruments - Austin--formerly known as Austin Scientific--which sells cryogenic pumps and equipment for the scientific research market, has been sold to Oregon-based Trillium US. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Oxford Instruments-Austin focuses on helium compression based vacuum and temperature management and control, which is used in scientific research labs. Trillium says it will combine an existing, 12,000 square foot facility it has in Nort (More info...) posted on Tuesday, November 24, 2015(Full story) Silicon Labs Buys Telegesis For $20M Austin-based Silicon Labs said late Monday that it has acquried UK-based Telegesis, a provider of ZigBee wireless modules. Silicon Labs said it will pay approximately $20M in cash for Telegesis, which it ssays will contribute approximately $8 to $10M in annual run-rate. Silicon Labs will hire approximately 20 Telegesis employees in the acquisition. Silicon Labs said the buy will help it accelerate its roadmap for ZigBee products. Telegesis was fo (More info...) posted on Tuesday, November 24, 2015(Full story) |
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