Apple is no stranger to secret projects. A few years ago, when I worked for a large (> $25 billion in revenue) software company, we were approached by Apple to

Apple is no stranger to secret projects. A few years ago, when I worked for a large (> $25 billion in revenue) software company, we were approached by Apple to be part of a beta program for a new API feature. Their requirement was that no more than 4 people in our entire company could know about it, which made it really awkward for the lone Engineer in the loop since even his manager didn't know what he was doing.