Court records reveal how much revenue and profit Google has made from Android

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http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/AuiJ1GpQaP5gDQkiwJZAtQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3NfbGVnbztmaT1maWxsO2g9ODY7cT03NTt3PT EzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en-US/homerun/digital_trends_973/74fc8c68c2291bb6c3fc5f0d2a5b339f (http://news.yahoo.com/court-records-reveal-much-revenue-143532953.html)Google doesn’t disclose revenue for the individual arms-of its many-armed company, including-Android, but an Oracle attorney revealed in a court hearing Android’s revenue and profit made in the last seven years, and an unredacted transcript of the hearing was briefly made public. Part of the ongoing copyright lawsuit involving Oracle and Google, attorney Annette Hurst used the figures, $31 billion in revenue and $22 billion in profit, as part of the company’s case against Google being permitted to use Java without paying for the license. Related:- Facebook may build an app store in case it’s booted from Google Play Google mainly makes revenue on Android from mobile advertising sales and Google Play purchases, though we aren’t sure what portions of Android’s total revenue are related to-the figures revealed this week.-Comparing the reported figures to Apple’s own revenue on iOS shows that Google is $9 billion behind Apple, which-reported $40 billion in total iOS App Store sales a few weeks ago. The reported figures also help-identify-Android’s role in Google’s overall finances. The company reported-$66 billion in revenue and $17 billion in profit in 2014 alone. Google asked for the figures to be redacted and sealed, saying the operating system’s revenue and profit is “extremely sensitive information” and for the attorney’s eyes only. The transcript vanished from the electronic court records a few hours after the disclosure, says Bloomberg, but the court has not gave an official reason for the record removal. The trial between Google and Oracle concerns Google’s-use of Java without licensing the product. Oracle has said it wants $1 billion in damages for the violation, but Google argues that the enterprise giant shouldn’t be able to copyright code.-If the trial goes in favor of Oracle, it might set a new precedent for software and services that use licensed programming software. Fortunately for developers, Google is already starting to move from Java to OpenJDK, an open-source version from Oracle. Also watch: Meet Queen Elizabeth's court magician, John Dee, in this ZombieU trailer Please enable Javascript to watch this video



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