Apple announced financial results last night for the 13-week period until 29th December 2012, the first quarter of its 2013 financial year. Quarterly revenue reached a company record of $54.5 billion while net profit was $13.1 billion.
That’s an 18% year-on-year increase in revenue, although the profit figure was almost unchanged.
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Apple says its customers have downloaded more than 40 billion applications from its App Store, with almost half of them happening last year.
In fact, December alone saw over two million app downloads.
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A new survey from Strategy Analytics has shown that consumers in the USA are more likely to buy an Apple iPhone this year than any other consumer electronics product.
A group of consumers was asked about 22 electronic products, with 23.5% of people saying they were somewhat or very likely to buy an iPhone during the next 12 months.
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Mark Bridge writes:
I’ve recently been talking to Theo Neumann from Wolverhampton City Radio about the top ten gadgets that are likely to hit the headlines in 2013. The most desirable, most likely to be talked about, most exciting… that kind of thing. Although my top 10 list isn’t entirely mobile-related, I thought it was worth sharing here.
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News Corporation has decided to stop publishing its American ‘iPad newspaper’, The Daily, although it says the brand will live on in other channels. The last edition will appear on 15th December, after which its technology and some of its staff will become part of The New York Post.
Launched in February last year, The Daily was priced at 99 cents per issue or $39.99 (around £25) per year.
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