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Apple profits soar 77% on sales of 4+ million Macs and 16.24 million iPhones
Apple a short while ago released its Q1 2011 earnings and the results were stellar. Apple posted revenue of $26.74 billion and net profits of $6 billion – both company records. Highlighting just how fast Apple is growing, the company posted revenue of $15.68 billion with net profits of $3.38 billion in the year-ago […]
Continue reading...Apple on track to sell 4.3 million Macs during holiday quarter
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
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Despite the fact that the iPhone accounts for the bulk of Apple’s profits, Mac sales continue to grow quarter after quarter. John Paczkowski writes for All Things D: The latest domestic sales data from NPD shows Apple on pace to sell between 4.1 million and 4.3 million Macs in the December quarter. Which would make […]
Continue reading...iOS Internet share grows 216% in one year
Friday, December 3, 2010
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The vast majority of Internet traffic is still generated by PC’s these days, and while iOS internet share is insanely low by comparison, the year to year increase is astonishing – 216.3% to be exactly via NetApplications
Continue reading...New survey points to huge holiday shopping season for Apple
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
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This week kicks off the busiest shopping time of the year and Apple, surprise surprise, is poised to have a monster holiday quarter with its new lineup of Mac notebooks (why hello, MacBook Air) and, of course, it’s impressive lineup of iOS devices leading the way. According to a recent survey of 2,812 people, ChangeWave […]
Continue reading...Apple on pace to sell upwards of 4.3 million Macs this holiday quarter – Report
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
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Over the past few quarters, Apple has consistently set Mac sales records and the current holiday quarter may ultimately prove to be the Mac’s most successful yet. According to recent data compiled by the NPD group, Mac sales are trending up 20% year over year, a figure which puts Apple on pace to sell anywhere […]
Continue reading...Rogue Amoeba CEO Paul Kafasis talks about being on Apple’s OSX white list
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
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A while back, MacObserver conducted an engaging interviewwith Rogue Amoeba CEO Paul Kafasis. Rogue Amoeba is the company behind quality audio apps such as Audio Hijack Pro, Pulsar, Airfoil, and Nicecast, and the interview is especially worth reading because it provides a fresh perspective on Apple from a company still primarily focused on Mac development. There’s […]
Continue reading...Data indicates Apple on pace to sell upwards of 3.7 million Macs this quarter
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
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While stories about the iPhone and iPad generally occupy most of the Apple news cycle, the Mac continues to trudge along relatively unnoticed, amassing millions of units sold quarter after quarter. During the last quarter, Apple announced that it had sold over 3.47 million Macs, a new quarterly record and a 33% increase from the […]
Continue reading...Autodesk bringing AutoCAD back to the Mac
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
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The New York Times reports: In the latest sign of that comeback, Autodesk plans to announce on Tuesday that it is bringing its flagship AutoCAD design and engineering software to the Mac for the first time in nearly two decades. The return of AutoCAD to the Mac could help Apple sustain its momentum in the […]
Continue reading...Breaking down Apple’s record setting Mac sales
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
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Apple announced yesterday that it sold 3.47 million Macs during the quarter gone by, representing a “new quarterly record and a 33 percent unit increase over the year-ago quarter.” This achievement is all the more remarkable given that it took place during a non-holiday quarter. Breaking down the 3.47 million figure, Apple sold 1 million desktops […]
Continue reading...Apple delivers blockbuster earnings, again
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Apple today reported its earnings for the third fiscal quarter of 2010 and posted earnings of $3.51 a share on revenue of $15.7 billion, an all-time record for Apple. The consensus on Wall St. anticipated EPS of $3.11 on revenue of $14.75 billion. By way of comparison, during the Q3 of 2009, Apple’s earnings checked […]
Continue reading...Report: iPad not cannibalizing Mac sales
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
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Despite what some analysts may have anticipated, recently released data from the NPD group reveals strong iPad sales are not, in fact, cannibalizing Mac sales. On the contrary, Mac sales continue to increase and may very well may set a new quarterly record when Apple announces its earnings for the current quarter. Specifically, NPD’s data […]
Continue reading...Is Dan Lyons the best Newsweek can do?
Thursday, June 10, 2010
Newsweek tech writer Dan Lyons and Apple aren’t exactly the best of friends. Apple has given Lyons, who you might also know as the Fake Steve Jobs, absolutely no access to Apple since he assumed tech editing duties at the publication in 2008. In other words, Newsweek has never gotten a pre-release Apple product to […]
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Tuesday, January 18, 2011
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