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The patent describes a head-mountable device that "can be used as a virtual reality (VR) system, an augmented reality (AR) system, and/or a mixed reality (MR) system," with built-in connection points that let users add or swap accessories without tools. Fig. 1 shows a (rotated) top view of the headset alongside an accessory device that snaps in at its end portions. Dallas-based Leah M. Cohen is the local inventor named on the patent. [Composite illustration: Sources, U.S. Patent No. 12596254-B2, Fig. 1; DI Studio]
Patented: Apple’s Head-Mountable Device With Connectable Accessories—and More North Texas Inventive Activity
by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report | May 6, 2026
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 10 for patent activity out of 250 metros for the week of April 7 with a total of 108 patents granted.
by Quincy Preston |
Oct 23, 2025
Now in its seventh year, the annual D CEO and Dallas Innovates awards honor innovators shaping the future of North Texas.
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by David Seeley |
Sep 30, 2025
The Hunt Energy Enterprises spinout—which closed a $7.5 million Pre-Series A funding round in February—said the new plant will commercialize its technology for "a cleaner and more economical battery future" for EV's and energy storage.
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by David Seeley |
Aug 7, 2025
As it announced a new $100 billion commitment to manufacturing in America Monday—for a planned total of $600 billion over the next four years—Apple said a lot of that money will be spent in Sherman, 60 miles north of Dallas. Its partners there include Texas Instruments, GlobalWafers America, and Coherent, which makes the lasers that enable FaceID on iPhones and iPads.
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An employee monitors a wafer transfer at one of Texas Instruments’ 300mm semiconductor fabs in Sherman, Texas, SM1. [Photo: Texas Instruments]
Texas Instruments To Invest Over $60B to Manufacture ‘Billions’ of Semiconductors in North Texas and Utah
by Lance Murray | Jun 18, 2025
Dallas-based TI said it's working with the Trump administration to expand its U.S. foundational semiconductor manufacturing capacity at its "fab" plants in Richardson and Sherman in North Texas, as well as in Lehi, Utah. Combined, TI’s new manufacturing mega-sites will support more than 60,000 U.S. jobs, the company said.
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![From left: Calvin Carter, Derek Wilson, and Bob Bennett, the founders of Dallas Opportunity Partners, a new Dallas-based investment platform. [Photo: Michael Samples]](https://s24806.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/DallasOpportunityPartners-970_MNS5714-fullsize-360x203.jpg)
by Quincy Preston |
Mar 25, 2025
Founded by seasoned entrepreneurs and family office investors Calvin Carter, Derek Wilson, and Bob Bennett, Dallas Opportunity Partners taps decades-deep local relationships to provide flexible, strategic access to North Texas deals. It's the investment platform they wanted but couldn't find—so they built it.
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by Lance Murray |
Dec 13, 2024
Katie Schuck comes to the role at Visit Dallas from Georgia after more than eight years with the Savannah Regional Film Commission, a division of the Savannah Economic Development Authority. Her movie credits include location scouting for Marvel's "Captain America: Brave New World."
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by Lance Murray |
Nov 15, 2024
Molly Ward spent seven years developing clean energy and sustainability programs and projects at Apple before coming to Dallas-based Divcon.
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Apple Executive Joins Board of Irving’s Neovia Logistics
by Lance Murray | Mar 8, 2024
Irving-based global contract logistics provider Neovia Logistics has appointed Apple executive Gerard Macken to its board of directors.
According to Neovia, Macken has held a variety of executive leadership positions overseeing logistics and supply chains, most recently as senior director, Worldwide Logistics and Supply Chain for Apple.
“Gerard brings a wealth of industry experience, know-how, and expertise to Neovia,” Board Chairman Carlos Rodriguez said in a statement, adding that Macken “will be a tremendous asset to the board and the company’s executive leadership team” as Neovia continues its focus on growth and expanding its global customer base....
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by Lance Murray |
Oct 12, 2023
Fort Worth-based PMG has acquired Dallas-based Camelot Strategic Marketing & Media, one of the largest independent agency buyers of video, OTT, and CTV, and leaders across business and marketing transformation for more than 40 years....
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by Quincy Preston |
Sep 15, 2023
Investor and tech pioneer Steve Case, best known as the co-founder and former CEO of AOL, made this call to action yesterday while visiting North Texas at Dallas Startup Week in Frisco. The pandemic "created an opening that's a unique, maybe even once-in-a-lifetime, kind of opportunity," he added.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Jun 6, 2023
Texas still reigns as the state hosting the most Fortune 500 companies. Plus, this year's list breaks a glass ceiling with 52 women at the helm of Fortune 500 companies.
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Finisar II-VI [File photo: Apple]
Finisar Considers $3 Billion Semiconductor Expansion Project in Sherman
by Quincy Preston | Dec 7, 2022
A new plant, an expansion to its current 76-acre site, would produce wafers for semiconductor chips and create 700 jobs.
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Maintenance Marketplace Startup Stellar Has Eyes on ‘Next Phase of Growth’ With New Name and New CTO
by Kevin Cummings |
Oct 20, 2022
Dallas-based Stellar connects contractors with property managers in the single-family rental market. With $15M in funding to date, it's punching up its tech with new CTO Renaud Casanova—whose Silicon Valley background includes stints with Facebook and the San Francisco 49ers.
"We're on a continued trajectory to build world-class software to power one of the market’s top managed maintenance marketplaces," says Founder and CEO Dustin Marx.
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by Kevin Cummings |
Jun 27, 2022
Beating out potential sites in Ohio and South Korea, the city of Sherman was selected today by GlobiTech for a new $5 billion, 3.2 million-square-foot silicon wafer facility. The plant could eventually produce more than 1 million silicon wafers monthly when production begins by 2025.
It's Sherman's second big manufacturing win in a month. Just weeks ago, Texas Instruments broke ground in the city on new semiconductor wafer fabrication plants with a potential $30 billion investment.
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by Kevin Cummings |
May 17, 2022
Dallas-based STEMuli was founded by CEO Taylor Shead to create a gamified 'metaverse' where kids can earn tokens and have fun while they learn. Piloted since last summer at Dallas Hybrid Prep, it's given both remote and in-class learning an avatar-packed boost.
Now, with a new $3.25 million seed funding round, STEMuli aims to expand its metaverse platform in schools nationally.
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