Archive: 2013
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Apple Reports Q413 Revenue of $37.5 billion, Profit $7.5bn
Apple today announced financial results for its fourth fiscal quarter of 2013 which ran from July 1, 2013 until September 30. Apple posted revenue of $37.5 billion and net quarterly profit of $7.5 billion, or $8.26 per diluted share. These results compare to revenue of…
The Future: Apple in China
The quiet season is behind us, it was the most prolonged period of quiet from Apple in terms of product releases that I’ve ever known. There’s nothing nefarious to read into; Apple is a company that absolutely loves patterns and consistency and there is no…
Apple Holds Strong with Q313 Revenue of $35.3 billion
Apple today announced financial results for its third fiscal quarter of 2013 which ran from January April 1, 2013 until June 30. Apple posted revenue of $35.3 billion and net quarterly profit of $6.9 billion, or $7.47 per diluted share. These results compare to revenue…
Thoughts on iOS 7. The Most Significant Update Since iPhone
It’s been the talk of the town for some months now. With the departure of Scott Forstall last year the rumours pointed towards a major new direction for iOS—led by none other than industrial design God and revered designer of the Jobs era, Jony Ive…
Meandering Thoughts on Dub Dub
It's the eve of WWDC 2013 and San Francisco is alive with developers, designers, and journalists pulling into the city in taxies and heading to the nearest bar to see friends. Friends that they probably only see once a year in person. It's a scene…
Apple Announces Q213 Revenue of $43.6bn
Apple today announced financial results for its second fiscal quarter of 2013 which ran from January 1 2013 until March 31. Apple posted revenue of $43.6 billion and net quarterly profit of $9.5 billion, or $10.09 per diluted share. These results compare to revenue of…
128GB iPad Release Contains a Message
Today Apple did something somewhat out of the norm for the company, despite being rumoured ahead of time Apple released a new model of the iPad today. But it didn't change anything apart from the storage capacity, offering a whopping 128GB of storage for a…
Apple Announces Record Breaking Quarterly Revenue of $54.5bn
Apple today announced financial results for its second fiscal quarter of 2013 which ran from October 1 until December 31. The Company posted revenue of $54.5 billion and net quarterly profit of $13.1 billion, or $13.81 per diluted share. These results compare to revenue of…
Sixty? Yes, Sixty.
You may recall that almost exactly one year ago I wrote a piece entitled The Forty Billion Dollar Quarter in which I riled in excitement about Apple’s upcoming announcement of what it had achieved in the previous fiscal quarter. I predicted dropped jaws across Wall…