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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…
Apple TV Debate Continues
Just as we thought we could get to the end of the year without another flurry of Apple TV rumours we’ve unfortunately been scuppered by none other than Tim Cook himself. Last week Cook stated in a television interview for NBC that TV was an…
Low Volume Player
A few weeks back Microsoft CEO and chief ass Steve Ballmer was asked in an interview with the Wall Street Journal if he’d like Microsoft to evolve to Apple’s business model, that is to say would Microsoft enjoy being in control of both software and…
Cook Consolidates Senior Management Team
In a way we all liked to state how much of a mark Tim Cook was leaving upon Apple. Almost every move he made the writers and the bloggers would burst out into the open and exclaim about this was Tim leaving his legacy upon…
Apple Announces Q412 Revenue of $36 billion
Apple today announced financial results for its second fiscal quarter of 2012 which ran from July 1 until September 30. The Company posted revenue of $36 billion and net quarterly profit of $8.2 billion, or $8.67 per diluted share. These results compare to revenue of…
Ahead of Apple's Fourth Fiscal Quarter Results
On Thursday Apple will reveal its fiscal results for the fourth financial quarter of 2012 as well as the end of year figures. Once again Apple is expected to report a bumper quarter with a number of key product releases having occurred during the quarter.
Apple Releases iPad mini, Updates iPad
Apple today announced both the new iPad mini and a brand new updated version of the larger 9.7-inch iPad. Ahead of the announcement of the new iPads Apple took the opportunity to discuss iPad sales and related content. During the keynote CEO Tim Cook revealed…
Apple Updates iMac, Mac mini Goes Retina on 13-inch Pro
During today's event Apple released a slew of Mac updates updating the Mac mini, refreshing the iMac and releasing a brand new 13-inch MacBook Pro with Retina Display.
A Preview of Apple's iPad mini Event
Today is the day that Apple will show off its latest offering, with expectations resting on a smaller, thinner and lighter iPad. Invites went out last week to select members of the media inviting them to the California Theatre in San Jose for a special…
Mid-Cycle iPad Revision
So there we have it, we’ve got a date—October 23rd. Invitations with the inevitable subtle clues are yet to grace the inboxes of the select few that will stream into the very same auditorium that Steve Jobs took to the stage exactly 11 years ago…
Cook's Apple Continues to Calculate
Apple on Friday once again strayed into new territory. Since taking the helm as CEO of Apple there have been changes, Tim Cook is putting his mark on the company and leading the way he feels he should. Last week was no different as we…
iOS 6 Available to Download
Apple has today made the next major update to iOS available to download. iOS 6 which is available for the iPhone 5, 4, 4S, 3GS, iPad 3, 2, and the iPod touch 4th and 5th generation comes just two days ahead of the official release…