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Apple posts $74.6 billion in revenue, $18 billion in profit for Q1 2015 financial report

It was a good quarter for Apple. Per 9to5Mac, Apple announced its Q1 2015 earnings results today, the company reporting US$74.6 billion in revenue and earning US$18 billion in profit during the three-month period. The results showed a gross margin of 39.9 percent compared to 37.9 percent in the year-ago quarter. International sales accounted for […]

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Analysts highlight extremely strong iPhone sales in China over last quarter

The Chinese marketplace apparently loves the iPhone 6. Per MacRumors and Financial Times, according to analysts from financial firm UBS, China accounted for 36 percent of iPhone shipments in the most recent quarter, compared to 24 percent for the U.S. The analysts also compared the numbers to 2013, noting that a year before China accounted […]

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Apple earnings estimates begin to come together

It’s impossible to say what Apple’s exact earnings will be until they’re announced on Tuesday, but the cool cats at Bloomberg are beginning to put some numbers together. Over on their Apple stock page, the current estimates are pointing towards 17 percent growth in revenue and net income boosted by holiday sales of devices like […]

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Software industry now officially bigger than Hollywood with Apple paying $10 billion to developers in 2014

It’s official: Software is now more profitable than Hollywood, baby. Per the results over at Asymco and the box office receipts over at Box Office Mojo, Apple’s App Store receipts outgrossed movie receipts in 2014. Apple paid US$10 billion to developers in calendar 2014. Additional statistics for the App store are as follows:

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Purported photos of 12-inch Retina Display MacBook Air lid surface

This could be the lid to a 12-inch Retina Display MacBook Air. Per 9to5Mac, iFanr has published a full gallery of what is claimed to be the lid and display for the upcoming 12-inch MacBook Air have been published by Japanese web site iFanr. The legitimacy of the photos has not been determined, but you […]