Author: Ultra Slacker

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Apple: Earnings and Stock Split

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From Apple PR:

CUPERTINO, California—April 23, 2014—Apple® today announced financial results for its fiscal 2014 second quarter ended March 29, 2014. The Company posted quarterly revenue of $45.6 billion and quarterly net profit of $10.2 billion, or $11.62 per diluted share. These results compare to revenue of $43.6 billion and net profit of $9.5 billion, or $10.09 per diluted share, in the year-ago quarter. Gross margin was 39.3 percent compared to 37.5 percent in the year-ago quarter. International sales accounted for 66 percent of the quarter’s revenue.

Notable numbers:

  • iPhone sales increase 17% Year Over Year from 37 million to 43 million units
  • iPad sales decrease 16% Year Over Year from 19 million to 16 million units
  • Mac Sales increase 5% Year Over Year from 3.9 million to 4.1 million units

Also from Apple PR:

The Board of Directors has also announced a seven-for-one stock split.  Each Apple shareholder of record at the close of business on June 2, 2014 will receive six additional shares for every share held on the record date, and trading will begin on a split-adjusted basis on June 9, 2014. 

Does that mean I could finally buy 10 Apple Stocks instead of none?

 

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Apple Releases Security Update 2014-002 for OS X Lion, Mountain Lion and Mavericks

Apple Mac OS X Security Update 2014-002

Apple Releases Security Update 2014-002.

Security Update 2014-002 is recommended for all users and improves the security of OS X

Security Update 2014-002 also includes Safari 7.0.3.

Security Update 2014-002 Mavericks

Security Update 2014-002 is recommended for all users and improves the security of OS X. This update also includes Safari 7.0.3.

For detailed information about the security content of this update, please visit: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1222

For information on the content of Safari 7.0.3, please visit this website:http://support.apple.com/kb/HT6195

For some reasons, Apple website is using Lion image for OS X Mavericks Security Update 2014-002. Someone is not paying attention to the detail.

 

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Hard-Disk Drive Failure

This definitely has “You’re Screwed” written all over it, especially if you’re in the middle of something important.

Hard-Disk Drive Failure

The computer suddenly rebooted and display the message:

“Hard-disk drive failure”

You can only hope the backup system really works.

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New and Thinner Square Reader

I received the new and thinner Square reader for a few weeks already. I finally took it out of the packaging and compare it with the older reader.

The new Square reader is roughly half the thickness of the old one, but has a slightly larger surface area.

The new Square reader is required by June 1, 2014.

New Square Reader 2014 New Square Reader 2014 Thickness Comparisons