colleague Brian Acton and friend Alex Fishman began a quest to create an iPhone app “… having statuses next to individual names of the people.” By February 2009, with the help of a Russian developer Igor Solomennikov, WhatsApp was born. In the last 9 …
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Apple surprises with solid iPhone sales, announces $100 billion buyback
(Reuters) – Apple Inc on Tuesday reported resilient iPhone sales in the face of waning global demand and promised $100 billion in additional stock buybacks, reassuring investors that its decade-old smartphone invention had life in it yet. Apple’s quarterly …
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Apple Watch saves the life of Florida teen with a life-threatening disease
The more people buy Apple Watches, the more stories we’ll hear about how the wearable device did something that saved someone’s life. The latest such account comes from Florida, where an Apple Watch alerted an 18-year-old that her resting heart rate …
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Apple earnings were saved by the company’s new MVP
“Other products” — which includes the Apple Watch, Beats headphones, AirPods, Apple TV, HomePod and iPod Touch — also beat expectations, with revenue surging 38% in the quarter to $3.9 billion. Many of the questions on the company’s call were …
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Tim Cook says Apple’s iPhone X sales were a Super Bowl victory — even if you wanted the team to win by ‘a few more points’ (AAPL)
Apple’s new iPhone X outsold other iPhone models in the company’s latest quarter. The new model was the best selling model every week in the quarter, company CEO Tim Cook said. The results should be a relief for investors and analysts who have been worried …
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Apple beats profit expectations, plans $100B US cash return boost
Apple buys magazine app Texture Apple’s services business, which includes Apple Music, the App Store and iCloud, posted $9.1 billion US in revenue compared with expectations of $8.3 billion. Heading into earnings, investors were hopeful that growth in that …
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Apple’s tax break yields $102 billion boon for shareholders
FILE- In this Oct. 20, 2017, file photo, a woman walks past the logo for an Apple Store at an outdoor shopping mall in Beijing, China. Apple Inc. reports earnings Tuesday, May 1, 2018. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File) SAN JOSE, Calif. – Apple’s tax …
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Apple’s services revenue topped $9 billion in the March quarter
Apple reported quarterly earnings on Tuesday, including results from its services division, a catch-all category which includes the App Store, Apple Care, Apple Pay, iTunes, cloud services and more. Revenue for the segment totaled $9.2 billion, compared …
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Apple beats financial expectations, plans $100-billion cash return boost
Apple’s services business, which includes Apple Music, the App Store and iCloud, posted US$9.1-billion in revenue compared with expectations of US$8.3-billion. Heading into earnings, investors were hopeful that growth in that segment could help offset …
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Apple results to show iPhone X problem and plan to fix it
In this Nov. 3, 2017, file photo, the Apple iPhone X sits on display at the new Apple Michigan Avenue store along the Chicago River in Chicago. Apple Inc. reports earnings Tuesday, May 1, 2018. In this Nov. 3, 2017, file photo, the Apple iPhone X sits on …
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Apple Services Revenue Growth Outshines Other Segments
That sequential growth in services contrasts with a sequential decline in every other segment. That’s sales from the App Store, iTunes, Apple Music and Apple Pay of $9.2 billion in the quarter. Apple has recently started offering cheaper student pricing …
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Apple rewards shareholders: It’s buying back an extra $100 billion in stock and raising its dividend
Apple reported record services revenue of $9.2 billion, easily beating analysts’ forecasts. The App Store, Apple Music, iCloud storage and Apple Pay all generated record sales, Cook said. The company is expanding these offerings with original videos and a …
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Solid iPhone sales boost Apple revenues
Apple plans to double its share buyback scheme to $100bn (£73bn) as solid iPhone sales helped revenues rise 16% to just over $61bn. The company said it sold 52.2 million iPhones in the three months to March – only a touch below expectations, despite …
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Tim Cook says Apple’s iPhone X sales were a Super Bowl victory — even if you wanted the team to win by ‘a few more points’
Apple’s new iPhone X outsold other iPhone models in the company’s latest quarter. The new model was the best selling model every week in the quarter, company CEO Tim Cook said. The results should be a relief for investors and analysts who have been worried …
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IPhone slowdown, share buybacks: Here’s what to watch out for in Apple’s results
Apple Inc. will get a chance to give wary investors some much needed inspiration with earnings on Tuesday. Apple shares have fallen 7 per cent in the past nine trading days as ominous signals from iPhone suppliers cast a shadow over the world’s most …
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Tim Cook Shares Lifesaving Apple Watch Story After Teen Goes Into Kidney Failure
A recent study claimed that the Apple Watch can detect abnormal heart rhythms with 97 percent accuracy, and today Apple CEO Tim Cook shared a new story in which the company’s wearable device did just that, saving someone’s life in the process. Speaking …
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Apple Watch Helps Save the Life of a Teen in Florida
The Apple Watch may have started off as an extension of the iPhone, just another screen to look at and interact with notifications, but Apple’s drive to create a health-oriented wearable have certainly paid off over the years. The latest story comes from …
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