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About an hour ago Apple has published a report on its earnings for the third quarter of 2011 fiscal year.

The company announced that earnings from the platform iOS continues to grow. In the third quarter was 20.34 million sold iPhone, which is 142% more than the same period a year ago. Just in the last quarter sold 9.25 million iPad, which is 183% more than last year. If you take products with Mac OS X, in the third quarter Apple was able to realize all the 3.95 million Mac – a 14% increase over the same period last year. As expected, iPod sales continue to decline for the third quarter of them have been sold 7.54 million, representing a decrease of 20% compared to last year.

Overall, in the third quarter of the company’s turnover reached $ 28.57 billion and net quarterly profit of $ 7.31 billion in comparison, for the same period last year, the company’s turnover was $ 15.70 billion Earnings per share increased to $ 7, 79, compared with $ 3.51 last year.

“We are thrilled that this is one of the best of our neighborhoods. Our revenue was 82%, while profit rose to 125%,” said Steve Jobs (Steve Jobs), CEO Apple. “At the moment we are focused on the upcoming iOS 5 and iCloud, which will be released for our customers this fall.”

“We are very pleased with our work, which helped to increase cash flow from operations of 131% over the same period last year,” said Peter Oppenheimer (Peter Oppenheimer), CFO of Apple. “Looking ahead to the fourth fiscal quarter of 2011, we expect revenue of about $ 25 billion and earnings per share of approximately $ 5.50.”

In addition, in his opening remarks, Peter Oppenheimer confirmed that the OS X Lion appears in the Mac App Store on July 20.

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After Apple announced on the sales of cables to connect devices that support the technology Thunderbolt, many buyers have been surprised by its high price – $ 50, to put it mildly, not enough for a simple cable. Resource ifixit.com decided to find out for what Apple asks that kind of money and the old tradition of the cable to make out. More »

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A few days ago, Google announced the launch of its own social network Google+ . For now, look at the new service can only favorite who received invitations, but soon it becomes available to everyone. The main feature of the new sots.seti lies in the way groups of friends and acquaintances – in “circles”. More »

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Apple today announced the world that their own conference on the results of the company’s third fiscal quarter of the 2011 will be held on Tuesday, July 19. The event will begin with 14-00, Pacific Time. We will monitor developments and be sure to tell you about it in more detail.

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No one doubts the fact that the easiest way to jailbreak ever went out to a idevices JailbreakMe . All that is required from the user – is go to the device in Safari, drive to the address bar of the coveted address of the site and run your finger across the screen – everything else happens automatically. The author of this miracle – the nickname hacker comex for quite a long time promised to all owners of the iPad 2 JailbreakMe return and it seems that the wait is running out. More »

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According to the site 9to5Mac, Another new feature iOS 5 Beta 2 is the ability to introduce the device into recovery mode ( Recovery Mode ) without connecting to a computer. The new firmware allows you to enter in Recovery Modewhen connected to Wi-Fi.

Recall that the recovery mode is required in case of a serious error that can result from improper use of the device or install a third-party software. This mode allows you to easily restore your device, and the recovery process will take place quickly and safely. In addition, Recovery Mode is required to run certain processes, such as working with the hacked device. More »

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After the firmware update Thunderbolt , which brought a fix “the performance and stability” , the company Apple has released a cable “Apple Thunderbolt cable“ , which allows users to connect multiple devices in series that are compatible with the technology of Thunderbolt . Accessory 2 meter is a simple cable assembly Thunderbolt on both its ends. Priced at $ 55 in Australia, $ 39.00 in the UK, but has not yet appeared in U.S. stores – although there its price is about $ 49. More »

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BestBuy.com has stopped its notebook shipments MacBook Air, most likely due to an updated line of “Kids” from Apple. It is believed representatives of resource 9to5Mac , this was done in order to attract customers’ attention to the remains of stocks laptop MacBook Air, which are still stored in retail outlets: More »

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