Apple and Meta have both posted strong results for the second quarter of 2025, but with significant differences in interpretation and market reaction. Both heralded the role of AI and also, in the background, the role of connectivity, but with some key divergence. There was certainly a significant difference between the two over the gap between market anticipation and reality, with Meta’s results being almost off the curve of expectation. The latter’s shares surged 12% on the posting of $47.5 billion revenue and $18.4 billion net income after tax, respectively up 22% and 36% year on year. Those figures compared with Wall Street forecasts of 11% growth in revenue and just under 13% in net profit, the 10th consecutive quarter…