Google reportedly paid Apple a billion dollars to keep their search bar on the iPhone

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Having your company’s search bar on the Apple iPhone doesn’t come cheap. Google have apparently paid a very hefty sum to keep their search bar on the Apple iPhone.

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Facebook records $4.5B in revenues, hits 1.01DAU, 1.55B MAU in Q3, 2015

Facebook has exceeded analyst estimates and recorded a whopping $4.5B in revenue for Q3, 2015. The social network reported a 41% year-over-year increase in revenues.

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Twitter records $569 million in revenues for Q3 2015, claims 320M MAU

Twitter has announced its earnings report for the third quarter and recorded $569 million in revenues, up 58% year-over-year. It had issued guidance that it would generate $545 to $560 million in revenue.

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Microsoft records $20.4B in revenue, $4.6B in net income for Q1 FY 2016, Phone sales down 54%

Microsoft has released financial results covering for the first quarter of its 2016 fiscal year. The company reported $20.4 billion in revenue, which is down 12 per cent year over year.

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Google records $18.7 billion in revenue, $3.98 billion in net income for Q3, 2015

Alphabet has announced Google’s Q3 results ending September 30th, 2015. Google recorded a total revenue of $18.7 billion, a 13% year-over-year increase from last year’s $16.5 billion.

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Lenovo reports $10.7 billion revenue for Q1, FY 2015-16, cuts 3200 jobs

Lenovo has reported $10.7 billion in revenue for Q1 ended June 30, 2015 for FY 2015-16, a mere three percent increase year-over-year. The company’s net income declined 51% year-over-year to US$105 million.

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Facebook clocks $4.04B revenue, hits 1.49B MAU in Q2, 2015

Facebook has revealed financial results for Q2, 2015. The social network has recorded $4.04 billion revenues beating analyst expectations of $3.99 billion revenues.

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Twitter records $502 million revenue in Q2, 2015, hits 316M MAU

Twitter has announced that it recorded $502 million in revenue for Q2, 2015 up more than 60 percent over this same time last year. Analysts had expected lower revenue of $487.4 million for the company this quarter.

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HTC reports $1.3 billion revenue, $11 million profit in Q1, 2015

HTC has announced its Q1 2015 earnings where it has reported $1.3 billion revenue, a 25% year on year increase. The Taiwanese manufacturer has also revealed of $11.8 million in quarterly net profit.

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Facebook generated $3.5 Billion in revenue during Q1 2015

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Facebook has released its financial results for the first quarter of 2015 that ended on March 31st and has also included some statistics regarding the usage of Facebook. The revenue Facebook earned in this period was US $3.54 Billion.

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Apple hits $1 billion in revenues for FY 2014-15 in India

Apple has clocked $1 billion in revenue in the Indian market for the fiscal year 2014-15, according to a report from The Times Of India. The company has reported a good revenue owing to strong sales of iPhone  6 and iPhone 6 Plus.

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Twitter Q4 revenue hits $479M, now has 288M monthly active users

Twitter has announced its fourth-quarter earnings report, posting a revenue of $479M up 97% compared with $243 million a year ago, and easily surpassing analyst expectations of $453 million.

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Google reports $66 billion revenue for 2014, net income for Q4 2014 $4.76 billion

Google has announced earnings for Q4 of 2014. The company’s revenue for Q4 was $18.1 billion, up from $16.86 billion one year ago, and net income of $4.76 billion was up 40 percent over a year ago, when the company pulled in $3.38 billion in profits.

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