Apple Smashes Forecasts, Selling 74.5 Million iPhones In Q1

- Apple sold 74.5 million iPhones in the last three months of 2015, beating even the most rosy forecasts by analysts
- Net profit grew 38% to $18 billion on sales of $74.6 billion; EPS of $3.06, all beat expectations
- The Apple Watch will ship in April






- Sales in the Greater China region rose 70% to $16.1 billion
- Currency headwinds (strong dollar, FX flux in Russia and Japan) cut revenues by 4%
- Dark spot continues to be iPad: sales fell 22% to $9 billion, mirroring a wider contraction in the tablet market
- Average selling price of the iPhone rose $50, to $687
- Shares of Apple jump 5.4% to $109.14 in after-hours trading.

Source:
http://www.forbes.com/sites/parmyolson/2015/01/27/apple-smashes-forecasts-selling-74-5-million-iphones-in-q1/

Checking your bandwidth: Five HTML5 apps to try

If you want to test your internet connection without relying on a Flash or Java applet, one of these HTML5 tools may suit your needs. 

Internet speed test apps have been around for a long time. Most of us have visited SpeedTest.net, SpeakEasy.net/SpeedTest, or our ISP's speed test site at one time or another to check our bandwidth. However, most of those apps use Flash or Java applets to conduct the speed testing. In the modern world of various platforms, only one solution will work on them all: HTML5. HTML5 is supported on all modern browsers -- Microsoft Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, and Apple Safari, as well as many others - which means your system doesn't need another piece of software to test your internet connection.


Source:
http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/five-apps/checking-your-bandwidth-five-html5-apps-to-try/