Profits

Facebook files for IPO, $1 billion in profit from $3.7 billion revenue, 845 million active users

By Andrew Wray, Wednesday, Feb 1, 2012 a 5:46 pm

Facebook has filed their IPO (initial public offering) registration and, in the process, revealed some rather astounding numbers related to users, revenues, and profit margins. Since Facebook is one of the most popular apps on iPhone and iPad, and a lot of those users are also iOS users, needless to say, they caught our attention.

Apple now owns 66% of mobile profits

By Rene Ritchie, Friday, Jul 29, 2011 a 12:45 pm

Horace Dediu of Asymco has taken a look at the financial results of Apple, Nokia, Samsung, LG, Sony-Ericsson, Motorola, HTC, and RIM and put together a comparison of who is making profit and how much. Apple, perhaps not surprisingly, has gone from almost 0 in 2007 to 66% in the latest quarter, 2011.