Amazing Facts About Apple

Apple grew its sales by $22 billion last year. That growth alone is bigger than most companies you've ever heard of. It's also more revenue than the ENTIRE COMPANY generated four years ago.

Apple generated $65 billion of revenue last year. That's bigger than the GDP of Iraq, Croatia, Libya, Ecuador, and more than 100 other countries

Only 61 countries are bigger than Apple.
Here's the GDP of the 100+ countries in the world that are smaller than Apple, per Wikipedia (2008).

And, yes, that $65 billion of revenue makes Apple officially bigger than Microsoft ($62 billion)

Apple's growth last year IN EUROPE ALONE was $7 billion. That's bigger than the GDP of Liechtenstein

iPhones now account for 39% of Apple's overall revenue. iPhones did not exist 4 years ago.

Apple sold 40 million iPhones last year. That's 110,000 iPhones sold per day.

And 4,583 iPhones per hour.
And 76 iPhones per minute.
And 1.27 iPhones per second!
The iPhone is now sold in 89 countries.

iTunes--Apple's online music, video, and app store--racked up sales of $4 billion last year. That's $1 billion more revenue than the $3 billion generated by one of world's biggest music companies, Warner Music Group

FACT - Facebook Addiction

80% of people cannot go without Facebook for more than 24 hours.

How addicted are you to Facebook? How long can you survive without logging into your Facebook account?

Coed magazine, College Candy and Busted Coverage conducted a study of 2,500 people which reveals that 79 % of us cannot live without Facebook a single day. Almost 50% of Facebook users are scared by its addictive nature and their over-dependency on the site.

Here are some of the other interesting insights from this survey:

44 out of 100 Facebook users check their Facebook account even before brushing their teeth.

20 percent of the people who deleted their Facebook profile due to frustration, ended up re-creating a new Facebook profile.

70 percent of those surveyed were ready to quit the site, if Facebook ever became a paid service

92% percent admit that Facebook status updates are not helpful. Emotional song lyrics, fan page updates and pointless updates are more annoying than political status updates, baby photos and Facebook check-in location updates.

65 percent would be embarrassed if other people could see the friends they check out most frequently on the site

Over 50 percent of the respondents claim that they get annoyed when they are unable to see who the new significant other of an ex-girlfriend or ex-boyfriend is, due to the Facebook privacy settings.

In 2020 We Can Wear Sony Computers On Our Wrist

Sony Nextep: Designed by Hiromi Kirik from Japan

Developed to be worn as a bracelet, this computer concept is constructed out of a flexible OLED touchscreen.

with holographic projector (for screen), & pull-out extra keyboard panels.

Our present need for internet connectivity is so profound that secondary devices like the Nextep Computer are bound to happen. Developed to be worn as a bracelet, this computer concept is constructed out of a flexible OLED touchscreen. Earmarked for the year 2020, features like a holographic projector (for screen), pull-out extra keyboard panels and social networking compatibility, make the concept plausible. Ten years from now is not too far away, so how many of you think we’d be buying such gadgets?

Close Competition

YouTube Facts & Figures

YouTube was created by Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim in 2005 who were all employees of Paypal

YouTube was initially funded by bonuses received following the eBay buy-out of PayPal

The founding trio didn't come up with the YouTube concept straight away. Legend has it that YouTube began life as a video dating site dubbed “Tune In Hook Up,” said to be influenced by HotorNot. The three ultimately decided not to go that route

The Latest Facts and Figures on Facebook.

1. More than 800 million active users.

2. More than 50% of our active users log on to Facebook in any given day.

3. Average user has 130 friends.

4. More than 900 million objects that people interact with (pages,  groups, events and community pages).

5. Average user is connected to 80 community pages, groups and events.

The idea for YouTube

The idea for YouTube came about when its founders couldn't find footage of Janet Jackson's Super Bowl wardrobe malfunction.

500 years worth of YouTube videos

500 years worth of YouTube videos are watched daily on Facebook.

While online dating

While online dating, women are most afraid to meet a serial killer while men are most afraid of meeting someone fat.

One website

One website tells people the best time they should go and pee when watching a movie in cinema so they don’t miss any important scene.

Yahoo

Yahoo! was originally called 'Jerry's Guide to the World Wide Web.'