TechFlash: 5 things you need to know this week

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North Texas gaming and electronics retailers are extending their Cyber Monday sales this year.

Danielle Abril

Staff Writer- Dallas Business Journal

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The technology industry in North Texas is gearing up for a week of promoting innovation and electronics. Local startups and advocates will celebrate the opening and expansion of a Dallas co-working space, while big box gaming and electronics retailers are pumping up their sales for one of the busiest days for e-commerce. Take a look at this week's list.

• Fort Work, a Dallas co-working space, is celebrating its soft opening Monday, with its grand opening slated for January. The space, at 211 N. Ervay, occupies 20,000 square feet on the eighth and ninth floors of the building and features nearly 100 desks, event space, conference rooms and private offices. The space originally opened in 2012 off Arapaho Road and the Dallas North Tollway, occupying 2,500 square feet of space. The co-working space's new website with all updated information is expected to launch Monday night.
• Active Network is also celebrating its relocation from California to downtown Dallas this week. The software company, formerly based in San Diego, has already hired more than 400 people in North Texas since summer and plans to continue filling the 1,000-person office.
• Texas Instruments CEO Rich Templeton will give analysts and investors a clearer picture of the Dallas-based company's business outlook and growth strategies. Templeton is slated to serve as the keynote speaker at the Credit Suisse 2014 Annual Technology Conference in Scottsdale, Arizona on Tuesday.
• RadioShack Corp. is hoping its latest promotions will spur some traffic online and push it into the black. The Fort Worth-based electronics company redesigned its website last week and is offering free shipping on all online orders through Dec. 6. The company is touting 30 percent off tablets and 50 percent on no-contract phones, along with deals on headphones, portable audio devices and accessories for Cyber Monday. It also plans to introduce a new deal every day through Dec. 4.
• Similarly hoping to make the most of the increased online shopping traffic, GameStop Corp. is extending its Cyber Monday deals to last through the week. Deals will be applicable through Dec. 7 and will be available online and in its more than 4,200 stores. GameStop is touting deals on the Xbox One, new games and accessories and preowned consoles, games and electronics. Not all deals will be available all week.

Danielle covers technology, retail, restaurants and hospitality for the Dallas Business Journal. Subscribe to our new TechFlash email newsletter.