News of a new partnership between Apple and Swiss watchmaker Swatch have surfaced recently, as speculation has it that Swatch might be involved in the design of the Apple iWatch.

Over a week ago, we covered the almost historic deal between IBM and Apple, an alliance big enough to shake Microsoft at its foundations, as well as other companies until now believed to be permanent fixture in the technology landscape. Today we cover another, less-known fact about this deal, and why it should come as no surprise.

The numbers are in for the iPad: this year’s sales fell short by a whopping 1.4 million units compared to last year’s earnings. Is Apple worried? Hardly.

Apple is set to release a new Mac beta OS on Thursday, July 24.