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Apple Reports 2014 Third Quarter Results

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Apple reports financial results for its fiscal 2014 third quarter ended June 28, 2013.

CUPERTINO, California—July 22, 2014—Apple® today announced financial results for its fiscal 2014 third quarter ended June 28, 2014. The Company posted quarterly revenue of $37.4 billion and quarterly net profit of $7.7 billion, or $1.28 per diluted share. These results compare to revenue of $35.3 billion and net profit of $6.9 billion, or $1.07 per diluted share, in the year-ago quarter. Gross margin was 39.4 percent compared to 36.9 percent in the year-ago quarter. International sales accounted for 59 percent of the quarter’s revenue.

Apple’s board of directors has declared a cash dividend of $.47 per share of the Company’s common stock. The dividend is payable on August 14, 2014, to shareholders of record as of the close of business on August 11, 2014.

  • 2012 Q3: 17 Millions of iPad sold
    iPad 3 was released on March 16, 2012
  • 2013 Q3: 14.6 Million of iPad sold
    iPad mini and iPad 4 were released on November 2, 2012
  • 2014 Q3: 13.3 Millions of iPad sold
    iPad Air was released on November 1, 2013
    iPad mini with Retina Display was released on November 12, 2013

Mac sales were up 17.6 percent to 4.4 million units, compared to 3.8 million units in the same quarter previous year.

iPhone sales were up 12.7 percent to 35.2 million units, compared to 31.2 million units in the same quarter previous year.

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So You want to install OS X Yosemite Beta

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Anyone can join the OS X Beta Program and download OS X Yosemite 10.10 Developer Preview. The truth is that the current Developer Preview build is definitely not for you.

Why?

There are still tons of issues with this particular build. A lot of visual tweaks needed.

Should you still insist on installing OS X Yosemite 10.10 Developer Preview, do yourself a favor by installing it on a different drive than you working drive.

In four weeks we should see a much better build of OS X Yosemite Developer Preview.

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WWDC 2014 Keynote Live Coverage

Are you excited for Apple Worldwide Doomsday Clock 2014?
I meant Apple Worldwide Developer Conference 2014, henceforth referred as WWDC.

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Apple is live-streaming the WWDC Keynote on its website and Apple TV.

Live streaming video requires Safari 4 or later on OS X v10.6 or later; Safari on iOS 4.2 or later. Streaming via Apple TV requires second- or third-generation Apple TV with software 5.0.2 or later.

WWDC 2014 Keynote Live Apple TV

Just in case you don’t have the opportunity to watch the WWDC Keynote live stream, you an always follow the coverage on the followings:

Our good friend firstnameatappledotcom is already at Moscone Center getting ready for the Keynote.

WWDC 2014 Keynote Calendar Moscone Presidio Room

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Apple to Live Stream WWDC 2014 Keynote

Apple announced that WWDC 2014 Keynote will be streamed live at 10:00 am on Monday June 2, 2014.

One can assume that Apple has one big announcement at WWDV 2014.

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According to firstnameatappledotcom, key Apple employees have been spending extra time this year at Foxconn factory in China; hinting at possible introduction of new hardware at WWDC 2014.

Another hint from firstnameatappledotcom:

“Consider the resolution scaling in MacBook Pro with Retina Display in the next iPhone.”

Care to guess what it is?