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Let's say you had a startup in an emerging market like mobile apps. Maybe the health of Apple would be relevant to that.

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Yes, but everyone knows that Apple is crushing it. What would be actual news is if they suddenly lost this crazy momentum. Hence, there is no need to have a story every quarter about Apple's insane revenue. It's a given.

The only reason everyone knows that Apple is crushing it is because of news stories like this.

Also, there was no way prior to this article to know that this was the Mac's best quarter ever, or that the iPad outsold the Mac. Knowing both these facts now, I'm much more focused on adding integration and syncing features to the Mac application and iPad companion app I'm working on.

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