MOBILE TECH 4 SOCIAL CHANGE GOES GLOBAL

Following events in San Francisco in November, 2008 and New York City in February, Katrin Verclas from MobileActive.org announced plans for Mobile Tech 4 Social Change (MT4SC) events in Washington, DC, London (http://m4changelondon.eventbrite.com/) and Halifax (http://mobiletech4socialchangehfx.eventbrite.com/) in May, Barcelona and Nairobi in June, Cape Town in July, Kampala in August. Dates for Toronto and Geneva have yet to be announced.-Stuart Whitaker

APPLE POSTS STEADY GROWTH IN REVENUE AND IPHONE SALES.

APPLE POSTS STEADY GROWTH IN REVENUE AND IPHONE SALES. Apple (www.apple.com) announced second quarter 2009 revenue growth of 8.7%, to US$ 8,163 million, compared to US$ 7,512 million in the second quarter 2008. Net income for the quarter was US$ 1,205, up 15.3% from US$ 1,045 the year before. For the first half of the fiscal year, revenue grew 7.1% from US$ 17,120 million to US$ 18,330 million, while net income grew 7.0% from US$ 2,626 billion to US$ 2,810 billion. Apple reported sales of 3.79 million iPhones, a 123% growth from the same quarter a year ago, bringing total iPhone unit sales to 21.1 million.

Apple

	2Q09 $ M	2Q08 $ M	Change $	Change
Revenue	8,163	7,512	651	8.67%
Operating Income	1,667	1,315	352	26.77%
Net Income	1,205	1,045	160	15.31%
Apple
	1H09 $ M	1H08 $ M	Change $	Change
Revenue	18,330	17,120	1,210	7.07%
Operating Income	3,793	3,441	352	10.23%
Net Income	2,810	2,626	184	7.01%