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PCM09 PC Mike Podcast: What does Apples $18 billion profit mean to you?

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  What will Apple do with its billions?   Can Apple keep it up? Have they hit the “next big thing” ceiling? What’s coming next from the corporation that just made the biggest quarterly profit in history - $18 billion in just the last three months of last year.   In this week’s podcast, we interview leading media and tech analyst Paul Sweetin, a lead Analyst for Gigaom Research and the founder of Concurrent Media Strategies, a Washington, D.C.–based consulting and editorial services firm specializing in digital media technology and policy issues.   He tells us:   - With all that money, Apple is going to have to have something huge to move that profit margin again   -His skepticism of the success of the coming Apple Watch   - His prediction on what Apple TV will be like – not a set top box   - Why the bigbox retailers like Walmart, Best Buy and Target are pushing back on Apple Pay   - Apple Pay is perhaps the most secure way to mak