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Apple News: Apple Trying To Poach Swiss Watchmakers To Build iWatch Apple is reportedly trying to lure top Swiss watchmakers away from luxury brands in its efforts to build an iWatch. Jean-Claude Biver, president of luxury brand LVMH’s watches and jewellery division, claims that Apple has tried to recruit staff from his Hublot brand, along with employees from several other top Swiss watchmakers. “Apple has contacted some of my employees…

Apple News: iPhone 6 release date in September, but 5.5-inch phablet delayed Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) is starting production on the iPhone 6. Japan’s biggest business daily ‘newspaper’ says so, telling us their ‘sources’ now ‘expect’ the device to be ‘likely’ released in ‘September.’ Cupertino has apparently decided on two screen sizes, both bigger than the current generation. However, the larger of the two has been delayed until… uhhh… squirrel! Your humble…

Apple News: Check Out This Mac OS X 10.10 Concept With An iOS 7 Inspired Design There have been speculations that the next version of Mac OS X, which is supposedly going to be named Syrah, will feature a flatter UI similar to iOS 7. Early reports suggested that Mac OS X 10.10 will be an iOS and OS X merger, but it was later reported that won’t happen. Here’s…

Apple News: Apple Engineer Recalls the iPhone’s Birth In February 2005, Apple’s then chief executive, Steve Jobs, gave senior software engineer Greg Christie an ultimatum. Mr. Christie’s team had been struggling for months to lay out the software vision for what would become the iPhone as well as how the parts would work together. Now, Mr. Jobs said the team had two weeks or he would assign the project to…

Apple News: Apple Granted 44 Patents: See iPhone-Hearing Aid Features, Dual Image Sensor Systems & Two Designs from the Late Steve Jobs The US Patent and Trademark Office officially published a series of 44 newly granted patents for Apple Inc. today. In this particular report we cover a dual image sensor system, hearing aid features for a future iPhone, scrolling features like Cover Flow and two design patents that credit…