The Apple Beat: Current products and services range ushers in age of expansion

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

 “We’ve got the best product pipeline that I’ve seen in my 25 years at Apple,”

             - Eddie Cue, Apple SVP of Internet Software and Services.

Apple's list of products and also its services have balloned in 2015 which can very well be considered the age of expansion for the company. We now have two iPhone model sizes, three iPad model sizes, an expansive notebook line as well as the most choice in iMacs we've ever had before. Then there's Apple TV, Apple Watch and the iPods are very much still there.

More than just these product lines, we need to consider Apple's expanding ecosystems and their attached developer communities. OS X for desktops and notebooks, iOS for iPhones and iPads, tvOS for Apple TV, watchOS for Apple Watch plus why not throw in iTunes and Apple Music and iCloud as well.

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All-time high: Apple becomes the first US $700 Billion company

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Apple Inc., the world’s most valuable company, now has a market value of US $710.72 billion, which makes it the very first American company to surpass the $700 billion mark in market value. This is the first time the stock has closed above $700 billion in market value even if Apple first traded above $700 billion on November 25, 2014.

This comes weeks after Apple shattered earnings expectations behind its most profitable quarter yet where it gained US $18 billion in profits. Apple is now twice as valuable as onetime rival Microsoft, it also leads Exxon Mobil, the next most valuable company at $385.4 billion, by a very significant margin. (developing)

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