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what's crack-a-lackin' brian tong here and welcome to the Apple bite for everything good and bad inside the world of Apple this week WWDC gets closer apple's next display tech and Apple shuts down the weed firm now let's get to it an apple has released the official schedule for their developer conference in their WWDC app with Apple's keynote taking place on Monday June the second at 10 a.m. Pacific time there's a lot of speculation for what we'll see out of WWDC but I don't expect it to be too Hardware heavy we know there will be a huge focus on OS 10 10.10 that should get a look and feel that aligns even more with iOS 7 with design elements and performance upgrades except they should keep away from the Hello Kitty colors now iOS 8 will have all the changes we've talked about like health book maps car play and more but Apple has kept its iPhone and other major Hardware events separate from WWDC the past few years in I expect it to be the same now I do think that we'll see speed bumps for the MacBook Pro line and the dark horse hardware that we might see is the new Apple TV it would make perfect sense since rumors have hinted at it gaining more apps and games and WWDC is the perfect place to announce that they're opening it up for devs my gut says we'll see no iPhones no eyewash is just no major Hardware until later this year and don't start crying now Chris that's right I'm talking to you all the Chris's since it's a common name but we will see the foundation that will drop hints for the hardware will be seen later this year I'll write a new report from Morgan Stanley predicts the next iPhone will finally bring an NFC chip to Apple's flagship phone Apple has already pursued Wi-Fi and Bluetooth for short communications like airdrop and ibeacons that we showed you in action at an NBA game but a recent Apple patent application showed off an NFC based I wallet that allows people to make purchases wirelessly through their phones using Wi-Fi or Bluetooth but also uses NFC to create a secure link now Apple recently began rolling out an upgrade to its retail store mobile payment systems with this new VeriFone point-of-sale device and check it out you've seen retail associates with them and it now has an NFC contact point right above the LCD screen so at the very least they'll have the infrastructure in place to support it if the next iPhone brings an NFC chip inside we also talked about the possibility of seeing a new Apple TV at WWDC and according to ours Technica Apple is moving forward to building their own content delivery network and is making deals with some of the largest ISPs in the u.s. to deliver Apple content to consumers Netflix did a similar thing by paying Verizon and Comcast and companies like Google Facebook Pandora and eBay are doing the same now by building their own CDN Apple can deliver iOS updates more reliably but also iTunes in the App Store content as well and that's a big thing to me you build your own content delivery network that behaves similarly like Netflix and it's definitely a stepping stone towards their Apple TV product which we might finally see at WWDC and now you see how the stuff all ties together now we reported about a patent application discovered by Apple Insider in February that features the Cupertino kids invention for integrating solar panels into touch sensing components like buttons or surfaces well the US Patent and Trademark Office recently granted Apple a modified version of it which now widens its scope to include transparent multi-touch screens and flexible displays you say I watch now light collected from around the touch screen would be bounced onto the rear-facing solar panels now we don't expect to see an iPhone 6s solar and it's not clear where we'll see this tech integrated if anywhere at all but this is just another look into how they're thinking all right let's check out the quick bytes in in a fun story all these rumors of an eye watch aren't the first time Apple actually made an attempt at a connected wristwatch an image from legendary industrial designer heart loot s leaners book called keep it simple the early design years of Apple shows off a wristband with 12 keys numbers 0 through 9 and a star and pound key paired with a headset with a single earpiece designed with an integrated microphone it's something that I would use and totally wear today the headset that is all right in for those of you who scour the App Store's top 10 the number one free app that shot up the charts by smoking the competition was weed firm and has been removed by Apple now the game centered around the marijuana business with the player being responsible for all aspects of growing and selling the green stuff now this hits home because a lot of you especially on YouTube comment that I look high when I do the show sometimes but it's only because I stayed up all night putting the show together for you I'm not high did you see that butterfly now the developer Manitoba games says it was removed to address a few maintenance issues or what we call suffering from the munchies but later said the removal was entirely Apple's decision now there's been no word whether people in Colorado and Washington have even noticed the game has been taken down so good Apple bad apple you know what I'm gonna let you guys decide let me know why and if I like what you say then you could win one of these four MacBook Pro Retina smart shell cases from my friends at spec and it's just a coincidence that the 13-inch ones are green so send me your emails to the Apple byte at cnn.com or tweet me at Brian Tong and I'll announce the winners next week that's gonna do for this week's show thanks so much for watching and we will catch you all next time for another bite of the Apple