Apple (AAPL) crossed an amazing milestone in after-market trading yesterday, when its market capitalization exceeded $500 billion for the first time. To put this in perspective, the tech juggernaut is now more valuable than the gross domestic product of Poland, Belgium, Sweden and even Saudi Arabia.

With Apple selling at a cash-adjusted valuation nearly identical to its long-time rival Microsoft, the market thinks this growth story is about to hit a wall. But it is not, and here are 5 reasons why.

In what could be described as the umpteenth report from comScore (NASDAQ: SCOR) regarding mobile data, the market research firm has revealed that while the iPhone is very popular, the award for the most successful platform still belongs to none other than Google (NASDAQ: GOOG).

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