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Apple Big in Business News

Friday, January 27th, 2012 | Author: OWC Chris S.

If you happen to follow the stock market (or even if you don’t) you may have heard that Apple posted record-level quarterly financial results on Tuesday. Analysts have pointed to a combination of the release of the wildly popular iPhone 4S and the holiday season as the source of the extra performance. However, this is just the cherry on top of the sundae. Apple’s growth has been meteoric these last few years, largely on the back of the iPhone and the iPad.

But most of the numbers you see really don’t mean much to your everyday person. A market cap of $416 billion? Okay, that’s a lot. But how much is it?

The Wall Street Journal had a great infographic the other day breaking it down. Here are couple of highlights. Article Continues…

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OWC Radio #52 – Education, Publication, Vibration

Wednesday, February 9th, 2011 | Author: OWC Michael, OWC Grant, OWC Mike H., and OWC Chris S.

Has Apple become the Big Brother they rebelled against in 1984? How large should the role of tech be in education? Has internet privacy gone the way of the dodo? Join us as we shake out the answers to these and other burning questions in this month’s episode.

OWC Radio is a monthly, forum-based podcast focused on the events and happenings in the Mac community. This week’s hosts are: OWC Grant, OWC Chris S., and OWC Mike H.

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Mac sales, brought to you by Macsales!

Monday, January 25th, 2010 | Author: OWC Chris S.

Ticker-Tape-MachineApple released the last quarter’s sales reports today. Since we at OWC specialize in upgrades for your Macintosh, iPod/iPhone, and all things Apple, we were very interested to see the results, and figured you might be, too.

Since financial news makes most people’s eyes cross after the first few lines, here’s the abridged version that pulls out the interesting tidbits.

  • Posted revenue: $15.68 billion
  • Net quarterly profit: $3.38 billion – roughly $3.67 per share.
  • Macs sold during this quarter: 3.36 million
  • Percent change in Macs sold during same quarter last year: 33% increase
  • iPhones sold during this quarter: 8.7 million
  • Percent change in iPhones sold during same quarter last year: 100% increase
  • iPods sold during this quarter: 21 million
  • Percent change in iPods sold during same quarter last year: 8% decrease

We should probably take some of these numbers with a grain of salt, as they reflect changes to how Apple accounts for sales of things like the iPhone and the AppleTV.

Overall, though, these reports show that the company behind the computers we use and enjoy seems to be doing quite well…

…and they haven’t even released the mythical Apple Tablet yet.