Interesting points from Apple’s Q2 earnings call

Cody Lee ∙ Updated May 7, 2018

Apple earlier today announced the financial results for its fiscal second quarter of 2018, and the numbers for the 3-month period are outstanding. The company beat Wall Street expectations across the board, and grew in almost every category year-over-year.

Following the release of its earnings report, CEO Tim Cook and CFO Luca Maestri hopped on a conference call to talk about Apple's performance. And as usual, we've put together a roundup of some of the more interesting points and highlights from the call.

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Apple’s Q2 2018: 52.2M iPhones, 9.1M iPads, $61.1B revenue

Cody Lee ∙ May 1, 2018

Apple this afternoon disclosed its [fiscal] Q2 2018 earnings report, offering a look at its performance over the last 3 months. The company beat Wall Street expectations in just about every category, selling 52.2 million iPhones and earning $61.1 billion in revenue. Here's a full breakdown of the numbers.

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Fortnite Season 4 update brings new locations, rewards and more

Cody Lee ∙ May 1, 2018

Fortnite, the Battle Royale game that's been taking the world by storm, received a big update on Tuesday. The iOS app now reads version 4.0, as it ushers in Season 4 with new locations to explore, new rewards to earn, and drag and drop support on the quickbar for quickly organizing inventory items. Check out the full release notes below.

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Video: unboxing Snapchat’s new water-resistant Spectacles

Cody Lee ∙ Updated March 19, 2019

Snapchat (or Snap Inc., really) last week launched Spectacles V2, the second generation of its quirky sunglasses with a built-in camera. There's a lot to like about the new model, including a slimmer frame and charging case, water-resistance, and the ability to take photos. Our resident video guru Harris recently snagged a pair and put together an unboxing video that offers a great overview of the product.

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BottomControlX brings the classic Control Center gesture to the iPhone X

Anthony Bouchard ∙ May 1, 2018

Much like other iOS handsets, the iPhone X comes equipped with Control Center for quick access to your favorite toggles, shortcuts, and features. But Apple made the gesture entirely different on its latest flagship by requiring you to pull down from the top right corner of the display.

If you don’t particularly enjoy this stock gesture on your iPhone X, then you may want to consider installing a new free jailbreak tweak called BottomControlX by iOS developer XCXiao.

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KeenLab demos a jailbroken iPhone X with iOS 11.3.1

Anthony Bouchard ∙ April 30, 2018

KeenLab is renowned for demonstrating successful jailbreaks on Apple’s latest firmware, and it seems that they’ve done it once again.

Presenting at InfiltrateCon 2018, KeenLab security researcher Liang Chen demonstrated a fully-jailbroken iPhone X running iOS 11.3.1, which was released by Apple less than one week ago as of this writing.

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