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Apple has scheduled its next earnings report a post on the company's

investor relations page says numbers for the fourth quarter of fiscal year

2020 will hit on Thursday the 29th of October. Checking the calendar that is

27 days from now though my internal calendar says it's really only 9.5 years.

Earnings will land after the bell, then analysts will take their hands out of that bowl of

fritos, throw away their national Inquirer and pick up the phone.

That's because Apple will hold the call covering the numbers at 2 p.m. Pacific 5 p.m. Eastern,

other times other places.

Ahead of Apple's own numbers come new App Store revenue estimates from

Sensor Tower.

Apple Insider has the firm saying that revenue for Apple's App Store and the third quarter nearly

doubled that of the Google Play Store. Based on its BistroMathix, Apple Insider says Sensor Tower reports consumer spending on in-app purchases

Subscriptions and one-time app purchases rose to 19 billion dollars globally on the App Store up 31% year over year. By

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