Apple Reports Record Fourth Quarter Results
CUPERTINO, California — October 27, 2015 — Apple® today announced financial results for its fiscal 2015 fourth quarter ended September 26, 2015. The Company posted quarterly revenue of $51.5 billion and quarterly net profit of $11.1 billion, or $1.96 per diluted share. These results compare to revenue of $42.1 billion and net profit of $8.5 billion, or $1.42 per diluted share, in the year-ago quarter. Gross margin was 39.9 percent...
Twitter unveils faster Lite app for data-deprived users
The new site is a progressive web app (PWA) that’s more like a mobile website than a mobile app. As such, it takes up minimal space on your device (just 1MB) and has quicker launch and navigation speeds — ideal for slower smartphones. “While smartphone adoption grew to 3.8 billion connections by the end of 2016, 45 percent of mobile connections are still on slower 2G networks,” the company wrote in the announce...
Amazon’s Fire TV Stick with Alexa remote hits the UK for £40
At long last, Amazon is selling its new Fire TV Stick in the UK. The cheap media streamer, which comes with an Alexa-enabled voice remote, first debuted in the US last October. As you would expect, the hardware lets you search for movies and TV shows, launch apps and control playback. Like the Echo, however, Alexa can also be used for a number of “skills,” such as asking for the weather or dimming your smart lights. The...
Apple Reports Record Third Quarter Results
CUPERTINO, California — July 21, 2015 — Apple® today announced financial results for its fiscal 2015 third quarter ended June 27, 2015. The Company posted quarterly revenue of $49.6 billion and quarterly net profit of $10.7 billion, or $1.85 per diluted share. These results compare to revenue of $37.4 billion and net profit of $7.7 billion, or $1.28 per diluted share, in the year-ago quarter. Gross margin was 39.7 percent compared to...
The future of a cleaner, cheaper power grid is batteries
Even advocates of renewable power sources like wind and solar realize that these methods alone won’t stop our dependence on fossil fuels like the hilariously overhyped “clean coal.” “What happens when the sun goes down and the wind stops?” might be an annoying question meant to sideline any talk of a clean energy future, but the reality is, it’s a valid one. Plus, there’s another issue:...
