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Apple posts $45.4 billion in revenue, $8.7 billion profit in Q3 2017 financial report

Apple’s financial returns are in for the third quarter of 2017, the company boasting an $8.7 billon profit and $45.4 billion in revenue on strong iPhone, iPad and Mac sales. The company offered the following highlights in its conference call with analysts: Apple has surpassed 1.2 billion cumulative iPhones sold, and the iPhone 7 series […]

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Apple’s market share grows in Q4 2016 following launch of MacBook Pro with Touch Bar

Apple apparently gained some market share in the fourth quarter of 2016 thanks to the refreshed MacBook Pro with the Touch Bar built in. The latest data from research firms Gartner and IDC show Apple gaining ground in the PC industry, despite the market continuing to slow as a whole. IDC’s new data shows that […]

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Report shows Apple taking 92% of smartphone industry profits on 20% market share

There’s market share and there’s profits. And Apple seems to be gobbling up 92 percent of the latter. A report released by Canaccord Genuity indicate that Apple takes 92 percent of the profits for the entire smartphone industry despite accounting for only 20% of sales.

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Microsoft cuts support, but XP still going strong

Support for the aging Windows XP operating system was dropped as of April 8th, but according to web traffic monitoring, the OS still held a little over 25% of the market share. While that number continues to drop, those same stats show XP to be second only to Windows 7 (nearly 50%) among the list […]

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Apple releases Q3 2013 numbers, cites $35.3 billion in revenue, $6.9 billion profit

There wasn’t massive growth, but the numbers were still good. Per Macworld, Apple reported sales of US$35.3 billion, with net profit at US$6.9 billion for its third fiscal quarter. That translated to earnings of US$7.47 per diluted share. Appleā€™s revenue marked a record for the June quarter, ticking up 1 percent from the $35 billion […]