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Apple Reaps Benefit From Soaring Pandemic Sales

Firm finishes 2020 with its most profitable ever quarter, thanks to soaring pandemic sales of iPhones, iPads and Macbooks

3 years ago

Apple Posts Biggest iPhone Sales Fall In Two Years, After Handset Delay

Mixed results. Delayed launch of the iPhone 12 by several weeks sees Apple post its largest decline in iPhone sales…

3 years ago

Apple Delays iPhone 12, As Sales Shrug Off Virus Gloom

What pandemic? Apple defies store closures, stalling economies and the global Coronavirus pandemic to deliver strong financials

4 years ago

Twitter Mulls Subscription Options, As Ad Revenue Plummets

Coronavirus hits Twitter's advertising revenue, causing senior management to mull alternative ways to make money from users

4 years ago

Amazon Tells Investors To ‘Take A Seat’ As Spending Rises

Sitting in the sweet spot as Amazon takes advantage on demand for online goods, groceries and cloud services during Coronavirus…

4 years ago

Apple Profits Dip But Sales Rise, Amid Global Pandemic

Modest dip in quarterly profits at Apple due to closure of its retail stores in key markets during the global…

4 years ago

Facebook Advertising Growth Slows Amid Pandemic

The global slowdown in the digital advertising market due to the Coronavirus pandemic, slows advertising revenue growth at Facebook

4 years ago

Coronavirus: Tesla’s Elon Musk Slams Pandemic Lockdown As ‘Fascist’

Tesla boss Elon Musk overshadows third quarterly profit at electric car maker Tesla, by calling lockdowns 'fascist' and 'not democratic'

4 years ago

Coronavirus: Google Profits Rise, But Warns Of Pain Ahead

Alphabet delivers strong set of quarterly financial results, despite advertising decline in March as global Coronavirus pandemic starts to bite

4 years ago

Coronavirus: IBM Pulls Annual Forecast As Client Priorities Change

Worldwide pandemic hits software sales, as IBM warns that its customer priorities are changing and it withdraws its annual forecast

4 years ago

Google Disappoints After Revealing YouTube’s $15 Billion Revenue

Strong financials from Google's parent, as it reveals for the first time the turnover of YouTube and Google Cloud business

4 years ago

Microsoft Cloud Growth Pleases Wall Street

Microsoft is now worth $1.25 trillion after stock price rise thanks to continued growth of Redmond's Azure cloud business

4 years ago

Facebook Shares Fall Amid Sharp Rise In Costs

Social networking giant delivers strong financial results, but investors took fright at big increase in expenses and costs

4 years ago

Apple Pleases With Strong Sales Of iPhone 11

Strong growth at Apple propels its market valuation close to $1.4 trillion amid buoyant iPhone sales, even in China

4 years ago

Facebook Shrugs Off Scandals With Strong Financials

What crisis? Profit and revenue surge over 20 percent at Zuckerberg's house, despite a torrid year

4 years ago

Apple Profits Slide, As Cook Points To Wearable Growth

Profits and year revenues at Apple slide amid slow iPhone sales, but sales from wearables and services rose

4 years ago

Microsoft Reaps Cloud Growth Benefits, But Surface, Xbox Struggle

Cloud focus continues Microsoft's momentum, amid warning signs over Xbox and Surface performance

5 years ago

IBM Profit Slumps As Tech Services Struggles

Big fall in profits at Big Blue as tech services division declines, as does IBM's systems division

5 years ago

Oracle co-CEO Mark Hurd Takes Medical Leave Of Absence

Former CEO of HP is to take leave of absence for unexplained medical treatment, as Oracle financials miss expectations

5 years ago

Samsung Profit Halves Amid Flagship S10, Memory Chip Slowdown

Galaxy S10’s sales momentum is ‘weak’, but slow sales of memory chips is also not helping matters

5 years ago

Apple Profits Slide Again, As Wearables, Services Grow

iPhone slowdown. Revenues from wearables and services helped offset another slump in iPhone sales during last quarter

5 years ago

Alphabet Results Ease Advertising Slowdown Worries

Advertising sales drive profit and sales growth at Google parent, beating Wall Street expectations

5 years ago

Microsoft Generates More Money From Cloud Than Windows

Nadella's legacy. Revenues from the cloud overtake sales from Windows for the first time ever at Microsoft

5 years ago

Apple Profit Falls As iPhone Sales Slow

Smartphone worries as Tim Cook said China demand and price cuts helped stablise iPhone sales

5 years ago

Profits Slump At Samsung Due To Chip Sale Slowdown

Better times ahead predicts South Korean electronics giant after profits take a hit in the first quarter

5 years ago

Facebook Sets Aside $3 billion For FTC Privacy Fine

Strong results from social networking giant as it prepares to pay billions for privacy breaches

5 years ago

Microsoft Value Hits $1 Trillion After Cloud Growth

Strong results for the software giant see its market valuation briefly reach $1 trillion for the first time

5 years ago

Huawei Slams US ‘Loser Attitude’ Amid Strong Results

Chairman of Chinese firm has harsh words for US administration and its campaign against it

5 years ago

Alphabet Profits Surge, But Spending Worries Investors

Shares in Google parent slide after heavy Q4 spending, but healthy advertising revenues bolsters financials

5 years ago

Microsoft Disappoints As Azure Growth Slows

Stocks take a hit as Azure cloud growth slows, but Redmond still grows and remains profitable

5 years ago