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Apple's latest hire is Patrick Pruniaux, the sales director of LVMH's TAG Heuer, which also happens to own the Hublot and Zenith luxury brands.

Alex Hsieh was the lead software developer for the advanced Atlas wrist band, which promised to go beyond basic step tracking.

Apple wants to conduct real-world tests of the iWatch in professional conditioning environments, while also scoring some early endorsements.

One of the patents envisions a smartphone responding to data sent by various sensors coming from either the iPhone or other wearable devices, or both.

Apple will procure iWatch components Quanta, LG and Heptagon which will be taking care of the chassis, screen and internal sensors, respectively.

If Apple says their customers to use the Health app, a big chunk of them [users] will be happy to do so. In comparison, Samsung apps are everything but popular.

Other usual-for-these-kind-of-devices sensors will also come included, enabling calorie consumption, blood oxygen level and sleep activity tracking.

The Cupertino-based giant has just entered the healthcare market with a platform and mobile app of its own. Can they revolutionize the entire industry?

If earlier rumors are to be believed, Healthbook will work in tandem with the iWatch to allow users to keep track of their activities.

According to the Telegraph.co.uk, six prominent experts in biomedicine will be moving to Cupertino, California for their iWatch gig.