Month: July 2022

Mac shipments dropped a whopping 20% in the June quarter, according to a market-research firm. But it wasn’t just Apple struggling – shipments of all the top PC-makers declined. COVID lockdowns in China this spring hurt production for all these companies, lowering the number of computers they could ship to consumers. Mac shipments decline significantly…

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Apple has officially announced financial results for Q3, 2022 (second calendar quarter), covering the months of April, May, and June. The company has reported a revenue of $83 billion, a profit of $19.4 billion, and earnings-per-share of $1.20 for Q3, 2022. Apple had not provided any guidance for financial results for Q3 2022 due to…

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Glossy mystery series Surface gets off to a bumpy, soapy start this week on Apple TV+. Gugu Mbatha-Raw (who you might know from The Morning Show) stars as Sophie, a woman who lost her memory after what could have been an accident or a suicide attempt. Like Truth Be Told, another Apple TV+ series from…

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Apple union-busting techniques have been described as “traumatic” by employees in the first Apple Store to unionize, Towson, Maryland. They accuse Apple of failing to live up to its own human rights policy, and say that various threats were made to workers intending to join the union – including one who was told that the…

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Apple this week quietly started selling iPhone 12 mini for the first time in its US Refurbished Store. This means that customers can now buy an iPhone 12 mini that looks as good as a new one at a $100 discount compared to the retail price. more… The post Apple now selling iPhone 12 mini…

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In June of last year, Twitter officially launched its new subscription service called “Twitter Blue,” which unlocks exclusive features such as the ability to quickly undo a just-sent tweet and theme options within the app. A year later, Twitter is now raising the price of its Blue subscription for the first time. more… The post…

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Apple TV+ today premieres its latest drama series Surface, starring Gugu Mbatha-Raw as Sophie. Sophie is suffering from memory loss, which she believes is caused from injuries sustained from a previous suicide attempt. But as she wrangles with amnesia, she discovers that the story she had been told may not actually be the truth. more……

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Apple earning calls with analysts can be fascinating glimpses behind the scenes at the iPhone-maker. Most of the time, though, they are dull as toast. That’s true even for the June quarter, when Apple managed to pull financial success from the jaws of supply constraints. But we endured the tedium of the call so you…

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