Mark Tullis
Mark is Co-founder/Editor of TechBuzz News. From Ogden, UT, Mark attended WSU, BYU, and Tufts. He has been involved in tech, media, publishing since the 80s.
The Plan for "The Point" On August 10, 2021, the Point of the Mountain State Land Authority released the framework plan for The Point—the much-anticipated 600 acre mixed use development straddling Bluffdale and Draper at the current site of the Utah State Prison. Widely seen as one
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In Ecuador a tiny frog—the Hyalinobatrachium yaku species to be exact—possesses a most unusual attribute: it’s skin is completely transparent. You can see its organs including its beating heart. The frog has nothing to hide. You can gauge the health of the frog from the outside by
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Danish Shipping Giant Maersk Acquires Utah-based Visible Supply Chain Management for $838 Million Maersk, the world’s largest container shipping company, announced today it is acquiring Utah-based Visible Supply Chain Management, a logistics company with fulfillment centers in Salt Lake City and Hurricane, Utah, and in other states, including Colorado,
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CEO Cydni Tetro closes one of the largest woman-led funding rounds, and definitely Utah's largest. The raise will accelerate the ecommerce company’s mission-driven acquisition strategy and enhance the technology of its digitally-native platform. Today, August 4, 2021, Brandless announced it has raised $118 million in equity and
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Three IPOs: Owlet, Traeger Grills, and Instructure It has been a good week for Utah IPOs. On July 28, 2021, Lehi-based Owlet rang the NYSE bell as a new public company. At the same time the company announced a major milestone: 1 million babies have been monitored by the company&
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Instructure Begins Trading on the NYSE On Thursday, July 22nd, Salt Lake City based Instructure rang the bell at the New York Stock Exchange as they began trading under the INST ticker symbol. At the time of this publishing, the stock is down -4.29% to $20.08 per share,
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Derek Miller, President of the Salt Lake Chamber, wrote an opinion piece in Deseret News in May called, “Can Silicon Slopes Avoid becoming the Next Silicon Valley?” The editorial staff at TechBuzz News found his ideas intriguing and asked him to elaborate. In our interview, Miller explained why Utah should
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Pluralsight Acquires A Cloud Guru for $2 Billion Pluralsight has completed its acquisition of A Cloud Guru for $2 billion, as reported by Startup Daily on July 9, 2021. Based in London, A Cloud Guru is an online instructional platform offering courses to prepare users to take certification exams for
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