Think about the last time you updated your Facebook status. You probably edited that snippet of text a dozen times to get every word just right. And then, right before you posted it—cursor hovering over the Share button—you likely considered how your friends were going to react.

“People are going to Like this,” you thought. “Maybe I’ll even get a few comments.”

Now, how many times have you run that same internal monologue before blurting out your opinion during a face-to-face chat with your best friend? I’m taking bets on the answer. And my money is on never.

Apple continued its seemingly unstoppable stellar financial results over the last three months, pulling in nearly as much revenue in those three months as Google does in a year.

The Cupertino hardware and software giant is on the march to become the world’s most valuable company. It exceeded analyst’s expectations for this quarter as the iPhone sales were up 142 percent year over year. Meanwhile, the continuing popularity of the iPad also contributed to Apple making a profit of $7.3 billion on revenues of $28.6 billion for the third quarter of its fiscal year, which ended on June 25.

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