iPhones Too Pricey for Poorer World; Malaysia Blocks ‘Medium’

Posted January 27th, 2016 at 11:39 am (UTC-5)
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Today’s Tech Sightings:

A man checks his smartphone outside a store promoting the Apple iPhone products in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen, Jan. 26, 2016. (Reuters)

A man checks his smartphone outside a store promoting the Apple iPhone products in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen, Jan. 26, 2016. (Reuters)

Tim Cook Basically Admits Price of iPhones May Be Too High for World That’s Growing Poorer

Apple’s earnings report shows iPhone sales declining. But CEO Tim Cook’s also conceded while addressing the report that one of the reasons for the decline is Apple’s policy of charging the highest possible prices to protect record-breaking profits even as entire economies experience “extreme conditions.”

‘Medium’ Stands by Investigative Journalists as Malaysia Blocks Site

Blogging platform Medium has been blocked in Malaysia. The country’s Communications and Multimedia Commission made the move after Medium refused to take down a post that allegedly contained false information about Malaysia’s Prime Minister Najib Razak.

Mozilla Firefox 44 Now Comes With Push Notifications That Appear Even When Site Is Closed

Mozilla says the new version of its Firefox Internet browser gives users the option of allowing websites to provide push notifications even when they are not loaded. The notifications might be useful for people tracking the weather or the stock market.

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Aida Akl
Aida Akl is a journalist working on VOA's English Webdesk. She has written on a wide range of topics, although her more recent contributions have focused on technology. She has covered both domestic and international events since the mid-1980s as a VOA reporter and international broadcaster.

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