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This quarter has certainly been decent for Apple with iPhone and iPad sales that eclipsed the company’s numbered from one year ago. While you’ll want to see the major numbers surrounding Apple’s massive $43.6 billion in revenue in an article just published on SlashGear a moment ago, you’ll find that Apple’s iPhone units sold aside it’s massive amount of iPads pushed in the past three months to be astounding on its own. This quarter’s results boasted a cool 19.5 million iPads sold and 37.4 million iPhones sold in the three months ending on March 30th, 2013.

Compared to the quarter that immediately preceded the quarter just reported, Apple sold a total of 22.9 million iPads and 47.8 million iPhones – that’s to be expected at least a bit as the first quarter Apple reports includes the 2012 holiday season. Apple’s results for the quarter including the three months reported here exactly one year ago has Apple bringing in cash from sales of 35.1 million iPhones and 11.8 million iPad units shipped.

This ramp-up is also beginning to fall into the category that includes consumers anticipating a new iPhone as rumors for the still unofficial iPhone 5S have been in full swing. Apple has been rumored to be creating a low-cost plastic-backed iPhone in the near future as well – both of these devices are, again, not yet made official or confirmed by Apple in any way at all.

Have a peek at more Apple action in our SlashGear Apple hub right this minute, and stay tuned as we continue to report on the Apple earnings today as they come in! With a massive “war chest” of $145 billion USD, Apple is certainly feeling confident here in the first half of 2013.

[via Apple]

Apple Q2 Earnings tip 37.4 million iPhones sold aside 19.5 million iPads is written by Chris Burns & originally posted on SlashGear.
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Netflix posted up its Q1 2013 earnings today, and things are looking fairly good for the streaming service. They surpassed $1 billion in revenue for the quarter, and added three million new subscribers, two million of which are US users, bringing the total number of global subscribers to 36 million.

During the quarter, US streaming brought in $639 million in revenue, with international streaming raking in $142 million. The company’s DVD business, while slowly falling off, is still seeing action, with $243 million in revenue. However, that’s down from $254 million during the previous quarter, as well as $320 million during the same time last year.

As for profit, Netflix experienced losses in both operating and net income categories, with a loss of $32 million and $3 million, respectively. The company noted in a letter to shareholders that the loss was due to an “extinguishment of debt” that was connected to a bond refinancing back in February. Without that, the company would’ve netted $19 million.

Netflix brought up the company’s own original series House of Cards, saying that the show gave the streaming company “confidence” in picking up shows that their users would enjoy. However, not as many people took advantage of Netflix’s free trial offer as they were expecting. It turns out only 8,000 people used the free trial offer to watch House of Cards.

The letter to shareholders also mentions a new monthly plan that Netflix is planning to launch soon. To accommodate larger families with multiple devices in the house, Netflix is going to launch a new $11.99-per-month plan that will allow users to stream content on four devices at once, which is up from two on the regular streaming plan. No date has been set, but Netflix says that less than 1% of its user base will take advantage of the new plan.

Netflix adds 3 million new subscribers in Q1 2013 is written by Craig Lloyd & originally posted on SlashGear.
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Google is out with their first quarterly earnings report for 2013, and things are looking high and mighty for the Mountain View-based company. They ended up raking in a revenue of $14 billion during the three months, and ended up netting $3.35 billion. Compared to last year at this time, revenue is up a whopping 31%.

CEO Larry Page coined this quarter’s earnings as a “very strong start to 2013,” even though the company’s revenue and income have remained slightly stagnant over the past few quarters. Operating income for the company was $3.48 billion for the quarter, compared to last year’s $3.39 billion operating income during the same quarter.

As far as Google’s net income of $3.35 billion, this is a slight increase over the previous quarter’s $2.89 billion, and the company’s $14 billion revenue is slightly down from $14.42 billion during Q4 2012. As for the company’s cash on hand at the moment, we’re looking at just over $50 billion in the bank.

Page says that Google is “working hard and investing in [its] products that aim to improve billions of people’s lives all around the world.” As for Motorola, they experienced a bit of a drop off in revenue, posting just over $1 billion this quarter, compared to $1.51 billion during the previous quarter. The company also experienced an operating loss of $271 million. Ouch!

Google boasts $3.35 billion net income in Q1 2013 earnings is written by Craig Lloyd & originally posted on SlashGear.
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It seems that Nokia has returned to the land of unprofitability this past quarter, as the company as posted a loss of €150 million ($196 million), with a total revenue for the quarter reaching €5.85 billion ($7.65 billion), which is down from €7.35 billion ($9.6 billion) during the same time last year.

However, despite the losses, Nokia Lumia sales have hit a record high of 5.6 million in Q1 2013. This is up from 4.4 million during the previous quarter. In the same quarter last year, Nokia only sold two million Lumia smartphones, so that’s less than double of what they’re selling now. Since shipping their first Windows Phone device in November 2011, Nokia has just under 20 million Lumias.

While Nokia’s financial state certainly wasn’t ideal this quarter, it’s definitely better than what it was last year during this time, where the company experienced an operating loss of €1.34 billion ($1.75 billion), so the company is certainly succeeding at digging themselves out of a deep hole, even with less revenue coming in this quarter.

However, Nokia isn’t doing so well in North America. The company only shipped 400,000 devices during Q1 2013, which down 33% from the same time last year where they shipped 700,000 handsets. All in all, Nokia says that Lumia sales increased in all regions of the world in Q1 2013 except North America.

Nokia reports $196 million loss in Q1 2013 earnings is written by Craig Lloyd & originally posted on SlashGear.
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Yahoo has reported the results of 2013′s first quarter, which came to an end on March 31. The numbers show a revenue of about $1.07 billion, a rate that Yahoo calls flat in comparison to the same quarter in 2012. Still, the company that has been struggling to regain its foothold has beat out expectations despite an 10-percent drop, pulling in $425 million in GAAP revenue.

Display revenue (ex-TAC) came in at $402 million for Q1 of this year, an 11-percent decrease over 2012′s $454 million. With the exception of in South Korea, Yahoo’s ad sales also dropped, falling 7-percent over the same quarter last year. The price per ad also fell, but not quite as drastically, coming in at only 2-percent lower.

Not all was falls and decreases, however, with the rate of paid clicks (again, excluding South Korea) increasing by 16-percent over the same quarter last year. That was partially neutralized by the 7-percent drop in price-per-click, however. Yahoo made some big business changes, as well, such as rolling out a refreshed “experience” and acquiring a host of companies, including Snip.it and Alike.

Said Yahoo’s CEO Marissa Mayer: “I’m pleased with Yahoo!’s performance in the first quarter. We saw continued stability in our business, strengthened our team, and started the year with fast execution against our products and partnerships. We are moving quickly to roll out beautifully designed, more intuitive experiences for our users. I’m confident that the improvements we’re making to our products will set up the Company for long-term growth.”

[via Yahoo]

Yahoo publishes first-quarter 2013 financial data is written by Brittany Hillen & originally posted on SlashGear.
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