News: Apple Reports Q3 Results

Apple announced financial results for its fiscal 2019 third quarter ending June 29, 2019. The Company posted quarterly revenue of $53.8 billion, an increase of 1 percent from the year-ago quarter, and quarterly earnings per diluted share of $2.18, down 7 percent. International sales accounted for 59 percent of the quarter’s revenue…

Snippet: Jony Ive to Leave Apple ☍

Apple’s Newsroom:

Apple today announced that Sir Jony Ive, Apple’s chief design officer, will depart the company as an employee later this year to form an independent design company which will count Apple among its primary clients. While he pursues personal projects, Ive in his new company will continue to work closely and on a range of projects with Apple.

I can’t say I’m too surprised, as there have been rumblings that he was looking to do something new for awhile. I suspect the rumors that he had been scaling back his role in products, and focusing on other things like Apple Park may also be true. While it is big news, I’m not too concerned at the moment. I think things will be different with Apple with the restructuring of Ive’s area, but I think this doesn’t necessarily mean doom and gloom for the future.

News: Apple Reports Q2 Results

Apple announced financial results for its fiscal 2019 second quarter ending March 30, 2019. The Company posted quarterly revenue of $58 billion, a decline of 5 percent from the year-ago quarter, and quarterly earnings per diluted share of $2.46, down 10 percent. International sales accounted for 61 percent of the quarter’s revenue…

News: Spotify Thinks Apple Should Play Fair

Spotify filed a complaint with the European Commission that Apple’s stacking the deck against them when it comes to how the service is sold on iOS devices. In addition, the company set up Time to Play Fair, calling out Apple’s anti-competitive behavior…

News: Angela Ahrendts to Leave Apple in April, Deirdre O’Brien Promoted to SVP of Retail + People

This was a bit of surprising news to see yesterday, but there has been a bit of a change in Apple’s retail area. Senior Vice President of Retail Angela Ahrendts will be leaving in April and Deirdre O’Brien will be adding retail to her responsibilities, as well as a promotion to senior vice president. She will report directly to Apple CEO Tim Cook…