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Apple sets a date to show off new software I'm Bridget Carey and this is your cnet update are you ready for another Apple event the Apple watch isn't even officially here yet but Apple has set the date for its next big event June eighth is the start of WWDC that's the conference for Apple developers it's when the company shows off new mobile and desktop software but we may also learn about the rumored paid music streaming service that Apple has been working on since it acquired beats music but it's not just a new music service Apple is also redesigning the main music app on iOS Apple released the preview version of iOS 8.4 to beta testers and with it the music app has a new layout for browsing your music or streaming iTunes radio meanwhile Apple is also making a bigger push into healthcare the company announced a partnership with IBM to help healthcare companies analyze patient data collected from the Apple watch IBM is using the computing power of Watson yes the same Watson made famous from jeopardy to create the Watson health cloud it'll store share and analyze patient data Apple will integrate wats and based programs into health kit and research kit and while IBM uses the cloud to improve health sodastream is using the cloud to improve bubbly beverages a new product called the SodaStream mix is coming out next year and it'll allow you to carbonate any liquid at home you can't do that with today's SodaStream machines if you try to carbonate anything besides water it could break the machine and create a mess because it's only calculated to make water fizzy but this new version can recalibrate itself for different liquids and it can download the programming over the internet when it comes out in 2016 you may be able to add some sparkle to that wine at home the internet connection also makes it so you can share your settings and concoctions with friends in other news it seems some details of Google's upcoming wireless service have leaked out a report from android police describes details of a leaked app called Project Phi it acts as a control hub for your google airless plan you could pay bills check data use typical stuff for managing a plan but the app also includes a way to pause or suspend your service or close your account so you could sign up and change an account without ever needing to go to any store it's all within the app the code also suggests that you would pay for data by the gigabyte and calls and texts would be free in the US google has officially said it is working on such a service perhaps we'll learn more next month during Google's Developers Conference on May 28th it's just a week before apple's event that your tech news update for more head to cnet com from our studios in New York I'm Bridget Carey