Thursday, November 21

Tag: Q3

Twitter Reports Strong Profit in Q3 but Loses 9 Million Monthly Users
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Twitter Reports Strong Profit in Q3 but Loses 9 Million Monthly Users

The social media major Twitter posted stronger-than-expected profits and revenues in the third quarter. The social network delivered a $789 million profit, which included one-time gains, compared to a net loss of $21 million in the previous year, as revenues increased 29% to $758 million. The record profit included one-time gains from tax and asset valuation adjustments, without which the company's profit would have stood at $163 million for the quarter. However, on the other hand, the company’s average monthly active users witnessed its second straight quarterly drop to 326 million, from 335 million in the previous quarter. Out of these, around 67 million monthly active users is from the United States while 259 million users is from the rest of the world. "We're achieving meaning...
App Store Generated 93% More Revenue Than Google Play in Q3
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App Store Generated 93% More Revenue Than Google Play in Q3

There has always been a competition between Android and iOS and with this, the fight between the App Store and the Google Play Store also emerged. In the third quarter of 2018, that gap between the two widened considerably. In this quarter, the App Store earned nearly 93% more than Google Play, the largest gap since at least 2014. The company says that approximately 66% of the $18.2 billion in mobile app revenue generated in Q3 2018 came from Apple’s  App Store. The App Store made $12 billion in the quarter, up 23.3% from the $9.7 billion it made during the same period in the previous year. On the other hand, Google Play earned $6.2 billion in the quarter, up 21.5% from the year-ago quarter’s $5.1 billion. In terms of app downloads, however, Google Play still has the edge thanks t...