An advertisement for the company's core values. Tim Cook must believe that money spent projecting a corporate ethos of diversity, security and environmental responsibility is money well spent. I…
Snapshot of the U.S. phone market
9 years ago
9 years agoBetween them last quarter, Apple and Samsung took 77% of phone activations. From Consumer Intelligence Research Partners' (CIRP) press release: "Among phone brands, Apple had the highest share…
Crowdsourcing Apple's earnings
9 years ago
9 years agoFiscal Q2 2016 edition. Next week, Apple is expected to report March quarter earnings of $2.04 a share on sales of $52.37 billion—down 12.5% and 9.7%, respectively, from the…
If you can't mention a company by name, you can always call it a "premium-tier ecosystem." They danced around the subject and used a lot of acronyms and euphemisms, but…
Out of respect for Bill Campbell. From Apple investor relations: FY 16 Second Quarter Results Apple’s second quarter earnings announcement has been rescheduled to Tuesday, April…
Read More Apple earnings have been pushed back to Tuesday, April 26
How many Watches did Apple sell in Q2 2016?
9 years ago
9 years agoWe could get an answer on Monday. If Tim Cook were of a mind to reveal sales numbers for the first product developed under his watch, 5 p.m. Monday…
Apple is feeling the Bern
9 years ago
9 years agoAlso Amazon, Microsoft and, most of all, Google.
Two pieces worth reading. If you don't know Bill ("The Coach") Campbell's story, I recommend two pieces by my former colleagues at Fortune: Adam Lashinsky's Remembering Bill Campbell (posted…
How many iPads did Apple sell in Q2 2016?
9 years ago
9 years agoThe analysts' estimates range from 8 million to 12 million. Apple will report iPad sales next week and they don't look great. The consensus among the…
How many Macs did Apple sell last quarter?
9 years ago
9 years agoAnd does Apple even care? Despite Apple's best efforts to cannibalize it, the Mac just keeps chugging along. It generated sales of more than $25 billion…
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