Apple posts Q1 revenue of $88.3 Billion, has 1.3 Billion active devices installed

Apple today announced its financial results for fiscal 2018 first quarter ending December 30, 2017. Historically Apple's stringest quarter, this one saw a revenue of $88.3 billion, a 13 per cent increase from a year ago quarter. International sales hit a record while accounting oe 65 per cent of the quarter's revenue.

“We’re thrilled to report the biggest quarter in Apple’s history, with broad-based growth that included the highest revenue ever from a new iPhone lineup. iPhone X surpassed our expectations and has been our top-selling iPhone every week since it shipped in November,” said Tim Cook, Apple’s CEO. “We’ve also achieved a significant milestone with our active installed base of devices reaching 1.3 billion in January. That’s an increase of 30 percent in just two years.”

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Shadow of the Colossus remake set to thrill PS4 gamers starting Feb 6

Shadow of the Colossus was an epic game for the PlayStation 2 and now it has been completely remastered for the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 4. This means smooth framerates, high-scale reimagining of th original landscapes as well as improved playability on high-resolution. For PlayStation 4 Pro users, additional enhancements are listed below.

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Samsung adds 860 PRO and 860 EVO Solid State Drives

Samsung Electronics Canada recently introduced their newest V-NAND SSD drives, the 860 PRO and 860 EVO solid state drives (SSDs).

These products are aimed at consumers who require fast, reliable performance across various applications, from everyday computing to heavy workloads and graphic-intensive operations. Building on the launch of the 850 PRO and 850 EVO – the industry’s first consumer SSDs with V-NAND technology – Samsung Canada continues to strive for industry-leading performance for SATA SSDs, with the 860 PRO and 860 EVO which offer enhancements in speed, reliability, compatibility and capacity. 

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Apple's HomePod could be the big iOS move to the home

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Little is known about Apple's upcoming HomePod speaker. It is expected to offer amazing sound for its size, it has accelerometers and advanced acoustic technologies to determine location, bounce off sound and calibrate for optimal sound. This could make it a truly-smart speaker in terms of audio playback.

HomePod has been easily dismissed as a late-to-the-game, me-too smart speaker. Apple's feeble attempt to eke out some profit from the insanely popular smart speaker segment led in the US by Amazon Echo and growing globally thanks to Google Home and the various sizes and variants they offer.

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