• 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.

  • Apple Releases iOS 4.3.2 For iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch Direct Download Links

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    Apple has released iOS 4.3.2 update for iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4 GSM, iPad, iPad 2, and iPod touch 3rd gen and 4th gen models. The 4.3.2 update includes several security updates and bug fixes, noticeably to resolve freezing FaceTime calls, and the update also resolves a 3G connectivity issue that some iPad users discovered in prior versions of iOS. iPhone 4 CDMA owners will also find an update to iOS 4.2.7 that includes the same fixes.

    iOS 4.3.2 Direct Download Links:

    These are direct download links of iOS 4.3.2 IPSW files from Apple. Right-click and “Save As” the file:

  • Adobe Unveils Creative Suite 5.5 with iPad Tools for Photoshop

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    Adobe officially announced Creative Suite 5.5, a new mid-cycle upgrade for its creative applications, bringing subscription pricing and new multi-touch iPad applications for operating Photoshop.

    The Adobe Creative Suite 5.5 family marks a major change to Adobe’s product release strategy for Creative Suite. Adobe said it now plans to have milestone Creative Suite product introductions at 24-month intervals and — starting with Creative Suite 5.5 — significant mid-cycle releases.

    As part of Creative Suite 5.5, Adobe has launched a subscription-based pricing plan. Subscription Editions ensure that customers are always working with the most up-to-date versions of the software without the upfront cost of full pricing. Subscription pricing allows users to access flagship products like Adobe Photoshop for as little as $35 per month, Adobe Design Premium CS 5.5 for $95 per month, or Adobe Creative Suite 5.5 Master Collection for $129 per month.

    In addition, Adobe announced three new iPad applications that demonstrate the creative possibilities of using tablets to drive common Photoshop workflows — Adobe Color Lava for Photoshop, Adobe Eazel for Photoshop and Adobe Nav for Photoshop. THese are designed to enable users to create custom swatches, paint and drive popular Photoshop tools from tablet devices.

    The applications are a part of the Photoshop Touch Software Development Kit, which allows developers to create mobile and tablet applications that interact with Adobe Photoshop CS5 and Photoshop CS5 Extended software. The Photoshop Touch SDK and new scripting engine will allow Android, BlackBerry Tablet OS and iOS applications to drive and interact with Photoshop on the desktop.

    [via: Appleinsider]

  • How to Enable Multi-Touch Gestures in iOS 4.3.1 for iPhone 4 Using Cydia Hack

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    We have previously showed you a way to enable multitouch gestures in iOS 4.3.1 using a manual method to SSH through the device but thanks to Cydia Hacks that can fix the issue and do all the dirty work on behalves of you. All you need is a jailbroken iPhone and make sure, currently the tweak only works with iPhone 4 and iPod touch 4G.

    Step 1: Search for MT Gestures via ModMyi repo

    Step 2: Install / respring and its done

    You can now do the following three gestures using four or five fingers:

    • Pinch to home screen
    • Swipe up for Multitasking bar
    • Swipe left/right to switch apps.