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Demystifying Private Investigators: Facts About Detectives

There is something intriguing about Houston private investigators like Gradoni & Associates. Perhaps it is because Hollywood has glorified private investigators, depicting them as superheroes who spend countless hours tracking down bad guys, …

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Texas DWI Laws & The Open Container Statute

The Open Container Statute In Texas, DWI laws state that it's illegal to have an open container of alcohol in a vehicle at any time. It doesn't matter if it's the driver or a passenger, or whether the vehicle is in transit at the time. It is still a …

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A General Look at Auto Accidents in Texas

The state of Texas is the second largest in the U.S.behind Alaska in the North West and has an area the size of 268,820 square miles (696,200 km2). As of 2015 Texas had about 21.4 million vehicles & ranks 40th on vehicle per 1000 people at 720 …

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Microsoft Is Testing Azure IoT Platform From The Stratosphere March 9, 2016
Microsoft is attempting to pull off a rare feat that may be hard for its competitors to emulate. The team at Microsoft Research is deploying a balloon in the stratosphere loaded with sensors and cameras, which is connected to the Azure IoT platform. The balloon will send real-time telemetry along […]
Janakiram MSV, Contributor
Intuit Announces Sale Of QuickBase Low-Code Platform March 8, 2016
Low-code platforms like QuickBase empower a wide range of people with little to no programming skills â€“ known as â€˜citizen developersâ€™ â€“ to build enterprise-class applications that run on mobile, desktop, or web. Such applications can meet the needs of the business quickly and efficiently, and can be an important part of how transformed IT […]
Jason Bloomberg, Contributor

Houston Texans: The Five Worst Losses of the Bill O'Brien Era September 18, 2018
Shocking. Disgraceful. Deplorable. Dreadful. These are all adjectives that Ive seen describing the Texans' 20-17 loss to the Tennessee Titans on Sunday afternoon. There are even those out there contending that the loss, which occurred at the hands of a Titans team missing its four most important offensive players, is...
Sean Pendergast
5 Vegetarian Dishes to Eat Right Now Houston September 18, 2018
From a dish prominently featuring mock meat at a high-brow Galleria restaurant to a creative sandwich that combines avocado toast, burrata and a croissant, here is your irregularly scheduled reminder that vegetarian food is delicious too. Vegetarian chicken from Yauatcha: More than one eyebrow at the table was raised when...
Erika Kwee
Rockets Suffer Another Defensive Loss with Retirement of Bzdelik September 18, 2018
Between the 2016-17 and 2017-18 seasons for the Rockets, they went from a mediocre defensive team to one of the league's best. Yes, they added Chris Paul and P.J. Tucker and Luc Mbah a Moute, but at the core was the instruction and scheme of associate coach Jeff Bzdelik. While...
Jeff Balke