Browsing: Best of the Web

Apple beats the street on higher Mac sales

By

omputer maker Apple has beaten analysts’ estimates thanks to record sales of Macintosh computers, sending the share nearly 3% higher in after-hours trading on Monday. The company, which is expected to unveil a tablet computing device at a press conference in San Francisco on Wednesday

Amazon opens Kindle to third-party apps

By

Online retailer Amazon.com is opening its Kindle e-book reader to third-party application developers. The announcement comes less than a week before Apple is expected to announce a tablet device that will compete with Amazon in the e-book market

Apple tablet, new iLife, iPhone 4 on the cards?

By

Fox News is claiming it has the inside scoop on what Apple CEO Steve Jobs will be announcing at a press conference scheduled for 27 January in San Francisco. Journalist Clayton Morris says a source at Apple has told him that the event will likely focus on the much-rumoured Apple tablet device, a new version of the iPhone operating system, and an up

Modern Warfare sequel tops $1bn in sales

By

Welcome to our new “Best of the Web” daily feature, in which we summarise the big tech stories from around the world. Videogames are big business. If you were in any doubt of that, consider that the Christmas season’s big blockbuster, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, has just exceeded US$1bn in sales. It’s estimated that the game has sold more than 15m units since launch on 10 November 2009