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  • Apple Sold 18.65 Million iPhones, 4.69 Million iPads, 9.02 Million iPods & Made $24.67 Billion Revenue in Q2 2011

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    Apple has just posted earnings for Q2 2011. They have managed to sold a record number of 18.65 million iPhones, 4.69 million iPads, 9.02 million iPods, 3.76 million Macs, and made around $24.67 billion in revenue.

     

    Full press release is as follows:

    CUPERTINO, California—April 20, 2011—Apple® today announced financial results for its fiscal 2011 second quarter ended March 26, 2011. The Company posted record second quarter revenue of $24.67 billion and record second quarter net profit of $5.99 billion, or $6.40 per diluted share. These results compare to revenue of $13.50 billion and net quarterly profit of $3.07 billion, or $3.33 per diluted share, in the year-ago quarter. Gross margin was 41.4 percent compared to 41.7 percent in the year-ago quarter. International sales accounted for 59 percent of the quarter’s revenue.

    Apple sold 3.76 million Macs during the quarter, a 28 percent unit increase over the year-ago quarter. The Company sold 18.65 million iPhones in the quarter, representing 113 percent unit growth over the year-ago quarter. Apple sold 9.02 million iPods during the quarter, representing a 17 percent unit decline from the year-ago quarter. The Company also sold 4.69 million iPads during the quarter.

    “With quarterly revenue growth of 83 percent and profit growth of 95 percent, we’re firing on all cylinders,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO. “We will continue to innovate on all fronts throughout the remainder of the year.”

    “We are extremely pleased with our record March quarter revenue and earnings and cash flow from operations of over $6.2 billion,” said Peter Oppenheimer, Apple’s CFO. “Looking ahead to the third fiscal quarter of 2011, we expect revenue of about $23 billion and we expect diluted earnings per share of about $5.03.”

    • In Q1 of 2011, Apple Sold 16.24 Million iPhones, 7.33 Million iPads, 19.45 Million iPods and Made $26.74 Billion Revenue
    • In Q4 of fiscal year 2010, Apple sold 14.1 million iPhones, 4.19 million iPads, 3.89 million Macs, and made around $20.34 billion in revenue.
    • In Q3 of fiscal year 2010, Apple reported a record 78 % increase in earnings, with an extraordinary $15.7 billion in revenue and a net quarterly profit of $3.35 billion.

  • Your iPhone Secretly Records Your Location Data. Find Out Yourself

    // Gradly // Apple, blog, Conspiracies, Download, iPhone, News, Rants & Raves 1 Response

    Security researchers have discovered that Apple’s iPhone keeps track of where you go – and saves every detail of it to a secret file on the device which is then copied to the owner’s computer when the two are synchronised. The Guardian is reporting today.

    The file contains the latitude and longitude of the phone’s recorded coordinates along with a timestamp, meaning that anyone who stole the phone or the computer could discover details about the owner’s movements using a simple program.

    For some phones, there could be almost a year’s worth of data stored, as the recording of data seems to have started with Apple’s iOS 4 update to the phone’s operating system, released in June 2010.

    “Apple has made it possible for almost anybody – a jealous spouse, a private detective – with access to your phone or computer to get detailed information about where you’ve been,” said Pete Warden, one of the researchers.

    Want to see the hidden data for yourself? Head on over to Pete Warden’s GitHub page here. At the top you’ll notice a place to download the application called iPhone Tracker.

    It’s just a simple app that pulls the location data out of your saved iPhone files and displays the coordinates on a map. For those interested, Warden answers a full list of FAQ and breaks down how to locate the secret file yourself through file browsing.

  • God of War 4 To Be Released In September 2012

    // Gradly // blog, Consoles, Games, PS3, Rumors, Sony, Wallpaper 1 Response

    Business website Linkedin has provided a small piece of information which suggests that God of War 4 is in development, or at least in pre-production as found by PlayStation Systemlink,

    An animator, whose name shall be withhold for security reasons, has the following entry under his work with Motion Logic Studios:

    Game Cinematic for God of War 4 Cinematic Test (PS3)


    Now gamrfeed claims that an unofficial PlayStation magazine, PSM3, has claimed that an unnamed source has informed them that God of War 4 will launch in September of next year.

    “PSM3 has heard from another source that God of War 4 is coming, and will hit in September 2012. Our source works closely with the God of War universe, and let slip he’d be working on a related project at the same time.”

    Most God of War fans are aware of the fact that God of War 3 marked the end of the trilogy. The game’s producer, Steve Caterson, stated that Kratos’ ending is “not the end of the franchise.”

  • How To Transform Windows 7 Into Mac OS X 10.7 Lion

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    A new transformation pack intended for Windows 7 users, this pack  transforms the look of your Windows 7 into a Mac OS X Lion desktop. This transformation pack by HamedDanger.

    Lion Skin Pack for Windows 7. It is an extremely easy to install Mac UI theme. It does not require any theme patching software and can be installed via a simple executable file. It can be quite handy for die hard Mac lovers who require using Windows for some reason (e.g. at office), or Windows users who wish to bring the Mac style to their desktop.

    Note: Please bear in mind that such transformation packs are difficult to uninstall and often a system restore point will not revert the changes. Before installing the Lion Skin Pack, make sure that you backup your computer to revert the changes (if required). Moreover, make sure that UAC (User Account Control) is disabled.

    When installing the transformation pack, you will be presented with the option to install the UXTheme Patch, files and extra items (e.g. wallpaper, visual styles, etc). You may select all or some of these options to continue. For example, you may not be interested in installing a screensaver, wallpaper, etc from the pack. To uncheck these items, expand the options to deselect items from the Files and Extras options.  Click on Install to begin the installation process. The rest of installing is fairly simple.

    Again, such transformation packs are difficult to uninstall and often a system restore point will not revert the changes. Before installing the Lion Skin Pack, make sure that you backup your computer to revert the changes.

    [via: addictivetips]