Tag Archives: revenue
App Store race sees Google leading downloads while Apple wins revenues
New data from tech analysts Canalys (via TechCrunch) shows Google leading downloads, with Google Play accounting for 51 percent of the market against Apple’s 40 percent, but Apple well ahead in monetisation, taking 74 percent against “close to 20 percent” for Google. Q1 2013 app store downloads across the four main players (Apple’s App Store, [...]
Apple allows Microsoft SkyDrive 3.0 update into App Store following delays
Update: Microsoft provided us with the following comment noting that “people interested in buying additional storage will do so via the web versus in the app.” In other words, it doesn’t look like Apple will be getting a cut of additional storage purchased, but users won’t be able to do so via the iOS app: We [...]
Apple expected to report record revenues — but falling earnings
Fortune reported that Apple is likely to achieve record revenues in Q2—but the first fall in its earnings in a decade. Apple’s revenues are expected to grow from $41 billion to $43 billion, another record for Q2, but margins are expected to have fallen substantially from a peak of just over 47 percent last year to [...]
Apple’s ‘break-even’ iTunes business now estimated to make $2B a year
Asymco’s Horace Dediu has estimated that Apple’s iTunes business, initially intended only to cover its costs as a way of driving hardware sales, now earns the company annual profits of a cool $2 billion. What started as just a music store now sells music, video, books, iOS software, and Mac software. Revenues have grown five-fold [...]
Apple’s ‘break-even’ iTunes business now estimated to make $2B a year
Asymco’s Horace Dediu has estimated that Apple’s iTunes business, initially intended only to cover its costs as a way of driving hardware sales, now earns the company annual profits of a cool $2 billion. What started as just a music store now sells music, video, books, iOS software, and Mac software. Revenues have grown five-fold [...]
Apple’s ‘break-even’ iTunes business now estimated to make $2B a year
Asymco’s Horace Dediu has estimated that Apple’s iTunes business, initially intended only to cover its costs as a way of driving hardware sales, now earns the company annual profits of a cool $2 billion. What started as just a music store now sells music, video, books, iOS software, and Mac software. Revenues have grown five-fold [...]
Liveblog: Apple’s Q1 2013 earnings results conference call
As previously announced, today Apple is reporting its Q1 2013 earnings results. There is much uncertainty going into today’s call with Apple shares down significantly in recent months to roughly $500 since hitting a high of over $700 per share in September. With the iPhone 5 landing in a total of 100 countries last month, [...]
App Store stays ahead of rapidly growing Google Play in Distimo’s year-end app analytics report
Analytics firm Distimo is out today with the full results of its year-end 2012 app analytics report (via Fortune). While Apple is still the clear winner in terms of revenue, Google Play showed significant growth in the last four months. Its daily revenue grew 43 percent in 20 major markets. Apple’s growth was smaller, increasing daily [...]
App Store stays ahead of rapidly growing Google Play in Distimo’s year-end app analytics report
Analytics firm Distimo is out today with the full results of its year-end 2012 app analytics report (via Fortune). While Apple is still the clear winner in terms of revenue, Google Play showed significant growth in the last four months. Its daily revenue grew 43 percent in 20 major markets. Apple’s growth was smaller, increasing daily [...]
Analysts revise estimates ahead of Apple’s Q4 earnings call
Apple is all set to announce its fiscal Q4 financial earnings today during a conference call with company execs scheduled for 2 PM PT/ 5 PM ET. Of course iPhone 5 sales is expected to be a topic of conversation, while recent predictions from 59 analysts provided an average estimate of 26.3 million iPhones total [...]
It’s been a little over a year since Google started teasing something it called “Project Glass.” The futuristic, wearable computer that would