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Middle East and Africa (MEA) region PC Tablet Market Growth 2013-2014
Growing at 111% YoY, the Middle East and Africa (MEA) region in Q4 2013 saw shipment of 3.45 million PC tablets, according to International Data Corporation (IDC). ---------

Anil Singh Friday, July 25, 2014
Foxconn to Manufacture 90 million iPhone 6 in 2014
Foxconn, iPhone 6, smartphones, mature markets, global smartphone shipments, EPS, Numbers,
Foxconn, world's leading manufacturer of computer components and systems, is expecting to manufacture 90 million units of the iPhone 6 from Apple in 2014.  These orders are expected to land across the year.

Foxconn is expected to post an EPS (Earning per Share) of NT$9.29 (US$0.31) in 2014 and NT$10.26 in 2015.

The growth rate of global smartphone shipments are expected to land at 28% in 2014 as compared to 40% in 2013. Sales of smartphones in mature markets are likely to edge up only 4%, down from 5% a year ago. ---------

Anil Singh Tuesday, March 18, 2014
Foxconn Revenue Growth October 2013
Foxconn sees a 13.25% Growth in Revenue in October 


Foxconn, world's leading manufacturer of computer components and systems, and a contract manufacturer for Apple , posted consolidated revenues of NT$382.621 billion (US$12.97 billion) for October 2013, growing 13.25% on month and 13.15% on year, and NT$3.007 trillion for January-October.

The growth in October 2013 consolidated revenues was mainly due to shipments of the iPhone 5s and iPad Air. If God keeps blessing Apple, Foxconn will see its fortunes heaed to the north too. In recent times though, Foxconn has starting coming out of the shadow of Apple. Foxconn will be considering establishing an automated production base in Arizona, USA.

Foxconn: Consolidated revenues, May 2013 - Oct 2013 (NT$m)
Month
Sales
M/M
Y/Y
YTD
Y/Y
Oct-13
382,621
13.3%
13.2%
3,007,001
(3.2%)
Sep-13
337,862
20.5%
14.3%
2,624,380
(5.2%)
Aug-13
280,428
(6.6%)
2.6%
2,286,518
(7.5%)
Jul-13
300,253
(1.4%)
(1.7%)
2,006,089
(8.8%)
Jun-13
304,637
1.4%
5%
1,705,837
(9.9%)
May-13
300,472
3%
2.1%
1,401,200
(12.6%)

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Anil Singh Tuesday, December 3, 2013
Foxconn EPS will be NT$8.03 (US$0.27) in 2013
Foxconn's january to April 2013 revenues were seen by many as how Foxconn, the contract manufacturer for Tech Giant Apple, sees itself now. With an heightened confidence, Foxconn is expecting its sales to gain momentum in the second half of 2013, with an improvement in the product mix completed in the first half.

Foxconn, a leading manufacturer of computer components and systems, is expecting its EPS (Earning Per Share) record to grow beyond NT$8.03 (US$0.27, recorded in 2012) in the second half of 2013. Foxconn has seen its revenue growth from 13.1% to NT$3.45 trillion in 2012. Foxconn is confident in achieving the new highs as there has been an improvement in the product mix completion in the first half of 2013.

Foxconn has plans to spin off more of its business units in the next few years after the planned separation of its connector manufacturing units, the Network Interconnection Business Group (NWInG). The NWInG will be named Foxconn Interconnect Technology (FIT) and is likely to be listed on the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE) at the end of 2013.

Foxconn is planning to list two more subsidiaries within next two years, including the Tainjin-based CNTouch, which manufacture carbon Nano-tubes for touch applications, sensors, cables and LED lighting products along with a subsidiary which manufacture glues and tapes.

It will be interesting to See Foxconn growth under an improvement in the product mix and ambitious goals. ---------

Anil Singh Friday, July 12, 2013
Courtesy Apple, Foxconn touches plus USD 100 billion Revenues

Taiwan-based OEM firm (Original Equipment Manufacturer), Foxconn, world's leading manufacturer of computer components and systems, is the company which makes touch displays for tech Giant Apple (iPhone, iPad etc.). Although Samsung also makes a share of Apple device displays; but Foxconn makes the bear-share (Yes, that's why Samsung devices have great displays).

Courtesy Apple's iPad , Foxconn dominates the Tablet OEM Business. The rising demand for tablets, has made Foxconn continue its domination in the tablet OEM business in this fiscal cycle as well.

Some Numbers:

In November, Foxconn has seen revenues reaching a historical high of NT$351.733 billion (US$12 billion), representing an on-month growth of 27.6%. Foxconn's December revenues will continue to be strong and the fourth-quarter revenues are likely to exceed NT$1 trillion, an on-quarter growth over 40%. Sources believe that Foxconn's revenues have been heavily influenced by Apple products and also for the orders that Foxconn has received from Amazon and Microsoft.


About Foxconn:

Foxconn was established in 1974 and has grown to become the largest ODM in the world with nearly 1,000,000 employees and revenues in excess of USD 100 billion. Foxconn's customer base includes many famous brands in computing, communications and consumer electronics, for example; Apple, Cisco, Dell, HP, Nokia and Sony. With expertise in design and manufacturing, Foxconn's Channel Division is able to bring barebones and component products to channel customers around the globe, giving them the freedom to create their own solutions. To learn more, visit:www.foxconnchannel.com
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Anil Singh Tuesday, February 19, 2013
Instagram Photo app gets past 1 Million users mark
Photo-sharing free app Instagram has passed the 1 million users milestone. The app took three months to reach the 1 million number. Notably the twitter photo poster Twitpic took about a year get the same number of users.

Launched on October 6 at the iTunes App Store, Instagram app for the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch became aspiring within minutes of its launch, says Instagram. The app involves a slew of languages -– including Russian, Chinese and Italian –- and a range of filters with names like “Toaster” and “Earlybird” that users can apply to photos.

Some of the key offerings from other developers in social photo app space are Flickr, PicPlz, Path etc. ---------

Anil Singh Wednesday, December 22, 2010
Number of Kindles expected to sell in 2010
Focusing on eBooks rather than E-reader seems to be paying for Amazon. According to Bloomberg, quoting anonymous sources, Amazon will probably sell more than 8 million Kindle e-readers this year, compared with about 2.4 million last year. A 233 percent growth compared to 2009. ---------

Anil Singh
Number of Windows Phone 7 Sales in First 6 Weeks
Microsoft has finally released sales data on its newly launched mobile operating system Windows Phone 7. But rather than sharing the consumer sales data, that’s the number of people who bought a Windows Phone 7 handset, Microsoft has announced that its partner handset manufacturers have sold over 1.5 million devices to carriers and retailers in the first 6 weeks the phones have been on the market. Thus retailers put about 36,000 phones per day on their shelves.

Another, number regarding Windows Phone 7 is that, the WP7 Marketplace has reached 4,000 apps this week. It took WP7 marketplace two months after launch to reach the number.

Windows Phone 7 has been launched on devices from HTC, LG, Dell and Samsung across North America and Europe. ---------

Anil Singh Tuesday, December 21, 2010
Facebook closing towards $2Billion Revenue in 2010
Sources close to Facebook financials say the social network is closer to reporting revenues of $2 billion for 2010.

According ot Mashable, if these reports are accurate, Facebook’s annual revenue would have more than doubled since last year, when the company made around $800 million. To be accurate, this will make for a 150 percent growth in revenues compared to 2009. ---------

Anil Singh Thursday, December 16, 2010
iPad Internet Traffic in Dec 2011
According to Chitika Research, the market research arm of Chitika, a full-service online advertising network,

Apple's tablet PC, Ipad, will account for three times as much Internet traffic in December, 2011, as it does today.

Chitika finds that Apple's flash-less slate now accounts for 0.83 percent of all Internet traffic; which is on par with Linux in terms of Internet usage market share. By the same time next year, the company believes that number will increase almost three-fold to 2.32 percent. ---------

Anil Singh Saturday, December 11, 2010
Number of people using Google Maps for Directions worldwide
As of August 2010, over 100 million users are using their Google Maps software each month, according to Google.

The software, which is free to use, has been available for 5 years now and continues to grow its installed user-base and is constantly evolving. Today it announced the latest iteration of Google Maps, the Google Maps 5.0. ---------

Anil Singh Wednesday, December 8, 2010
BlackBerry overtakes Apple in Mobile internet usage in US in November 2010
BlackBerry OS overtook Apple's iOS for the first time in the US in November in terms of mobile internet usage according to web analytics company, StatCounter.

StatCounter Global Stats , statcounter’s research arm, for the first time in the US, found BlackBerry OS at 34.3% overtake Apple's iOS which recorded 33% in November.

Google's Android Gaining Market Share

In third position came Google’s Android. Google's Android is rapidly gaining and has almost tripled internet market share from 8.2% last November to 23.8% this year.

Apple's iOS has fallen from 51.9% to 33% over the same period.

Microsoft’s new Windows Phone 7 was not yet registering significantly in terms of internet usage in November.

Global picture:

BlackBerry's US lead is not replicated in terms of worldwide share. Globally Symbian OS leads with 31.9% followed by iOS (21.9%), BlackBerry OS (19.3%) and Android (11.6%). ---------

Anil Singh Thursday, December 2, 2010
Number of Bible app users
Irrespective of whether people install a bible app on their mobiles to read bible or to put it at some shelf; only to pick up and dust it occasionally; one fact remains eternal: The world is essentially religious.

An iPhone app, called YouVersion, commonly known as 'the Bible app, which has more than 10 million installs as of now; has proved this once again.

The app provides an easy-to-read interface to the Bible in more than 40 different versions and 22 different languages, plus Built-in sharing via Facebook and Twitter.

Below is the device-wise breakdown of the Bible App's 10 million plus installs:

iOS devices (iPhone and iPad)___________5.6 million
Android_________________________________2.4 million
Blackberry______________________________2.4 million

Though Android and Blackberry installs are nearly the same; more proliferated Android devices give it a faster growth. ---------

Anil Singh Wednesday, November 24, 2010
Number of iOS users
Apple has said that iOS has 125 million users around the world at present. Apple's App Store now has more than 300,000 apps, 40,000 of them being native(created specially for iPad) iPad applications. ---------

Anil Singh Monday, November 22, 2010
Apple iPads sold as of September 2010 and latest rumors about iPad2
If sales are an indication of a product’s popularity, then Apple iPad has done exceptionally well. Despite lacking a camera (a thing both its lower priced siblings, the iPod and the iPhone and some of the possible competitors have announced in their tablets ) Apple's iPad has already sold more than 7.46 million iPads as of late September. And with Apple bringing its device at more sale outlets -- the Apple stores, Best Buy, AT&T, Verizon, Wal-Mart, Sam's Club stores and maybe even TJ Maxx this holiday season; sales are only expected to increase.

But as happens with all Apple products; rumormill is already running full throttle about the next iteration of the device—the iPad 2—Due summer 2011.

Latest rumors come from PCWorld, which say, iPad 2 will have the following:

1) A Front facing camera to utilize Apple's new FaceTime video chat software, that debuted on iPhone4, and then moved on to iPod Touch and the new MacBook Air laptops.
2) A 5-megapixel rear-facing camera
3) Will be thinner and lighter
4) A mini USB port, replacing the 30-pin dock connector used in the current version of the iPad. ---------

Anil Singh Saturday, November 20, 2010
Share of Facebook in All US Pageviews
Facebook’s putting up big numbers in terms of U.S. web traffic. According to intelligence firm Hitwise's recent data, Facebook now accounts for 25 percent of all US pageviews. Thus one out of every four pageviews in the United States — are from Facebook. In global or all Internet visits, Facebook has 10% of all Internet visits (or 1 in every 10).

HitWise adds that, Facebook’s year-over-year growth has been phenomenal. Mashable has predicted in June this year that Facebook was set to eclipse Google in web traffic; Hitwise current data is showing that in the past week, Facebook.com saw 3% more web visits and almost five times more pageviews than Google.com.

By above metrics, Hitwise concludes Facebook as by far the single most popular website in the United States. But some other important sources see mto be at vairance with the Hitwise view.

Research Firm comScore that has also released data showing huge growth for Facebook — a 55% year-over-year increase (comapred to same period last year). But comScore places Facebook at 151.13 million U.S. uniques for October 2010, slightly behind Google’s 173.3 monthly uniques, which means though a competitor Facebook has to travel a few notches to beat the search giant. ---------

Anil Singh
Contribution of countries to total internet users in the world
What percent of the world’s total internet users come from China? Or USA, India or Philippines (after all many top bloggers come from there) for that matter?

According to a report, China and USA alone contribute more than a third of the total internet users in the world. By that same measure, China and Japan together constitute one-fourth of the total users.

Not stretching the number game further, below is the percentage of internet users; countries contribute countries to total internet users in the world:

1. China_________ 20.8 Percent
2. USA______ 13.1 Percent
3. Japan______ 5.5 Percent
4. India______ 4.7 Percent
5. Brazil______ 3.9 Percent
6. Germany______ 3.1 Percent
7. UK______ 2.7 Percent
8. Russia______ 2.6 Percent
9. France______ 2.5 Percent
10. South Korea______ 2.2 Percent
11. Iran______ 1.9 Percent
12. Italy______ 1.7 Percent
13. Indonesia______ 1.7 Percent
14. Spain______ 1.7 Percent
15. Mexico______ 1.6 Percent
16. Turkey______ 1.5 Percent
17. Canada______ 1.4 Percent
18. Philippines______ 1.4 Percent
19. Vietnam______ 1.3 Percent
20. Poland______ 1.2 Percent

There are close to 1.734 billion internet users across the world. ---------

Anil Singh Monday, August 9, 2010
LinkedIn acquires mSpoke
LinkedIn, a professional social network, is making its first acquisition, of a company that specializes in managing large amounts of data to try to determine relevant information.

The acquisition of Pittsburgh-based mSpoke, will help LinkedIn improve its ability to filter messages and news articles that its users share on its network. MSpoke also will improve LinkedIn's recommendation engine, which flags people, jobs and other insights about LinkedIn's members.

Terms of the deal were not disclosed. LinkedIn has roughly $76 million that it raised in 2008 in the bank, and that it funded the deal through operating cash flow.

LinkedIn, a privately held company makes money from advertising and premium services, has seen acceleration in revenue growth and profit this year. LinkedIn that has added roughly 10 million new members since April, has gained from the economic downturn; as people started joining and spending more time on professional social networks. With roughly more than 75 million members worldwide, LinkedIn accounts for more than half (65 percent) of all professional social network membership. ---------

Anil Singh Sunday, August 8, 2010