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Top Apple-related stories March 17-21

Here are the top Apple-related articles at Apple World Today for the week of March 17-21.

Here are the top Apple-related articles at Apple World Today for the week of March 17-21.

° Apple’s upcoming iPhone 17 “Air” will purportedly foreshadow a move to slimmer models without charging ports. 

° Apple may be working on not one, but two, follow-ups to its 27-inch Studio Display.

° House Judiciary Committee Chairman wants info about potential censorship pressure on AI companies such as Apple.

° Analyst Ju Pu thinks that mass production of both a foldable iPhone and a foldable iPad will begin in the second half of 2026.

° Apple now has 21% of the Latin America smartphone market.

° Analyst Tim Long says Apple’s first foldable iPhone could have a starting price in the US$2,300 range.

° A foldable MacBook/iPad hybrid running macOS? Count me in!

° Apple has lost an appeal against a regulatory assessment that opens the tech giant up to stricter controls in Germany.

° The Mac now has 14.8% of the U.S. personal computer (PC) market and 17.1% of the global PC market.

° Apple’s Vision Pro shipments saw a 43% decline quarter-over-quarter in the fourth quarter of 2024.

° Apple and Samsung dominate the GenAI capable smartphone market.

° The European Commission has announced the decisions of its interoperability proceedings to assist Apple in complying with its obligations under the EU’s Digital Markets Act (DMA), but the tech giant isn’t happy.

° Cybersecurity firm LayerX has spotted a scareware campaign jumping from Windows to macOS after new browser protections on Windows shut it down.

° The Federal Court in the Federal District has published a decision in favor of Apple, determining that it does not need to open iOS to competing app stores in Brazil.

° Apple and Samsung account for around 94% of India’s smartphone exports.

° Mike Rockwell, Apple’s head of the Technology Development Group who spearheaded the developer of the Apple Vision Pro, is taking over the Siri team.

° Apple is now “well into construction” of its new TV/film studio at the intersection of Venice and National Boulevard in Los Angeles.

° Apple is Cannes Lions’ 2025 Creative Marketer of the Year.

° Apple has been hit with a federal lawsuit claiming that the company’s promotion of now-delayed Apple Intelligence features constituted false advertising and unfair competition, 

° CIRP says MacBook Pros are Apple’s most popular Macs.

Dennis Sellers
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Dennis Sellers is the editor/publisher of Apple World Today. He’s been an “Apple journalist” since 1995 (starting with the first big Apple news site, MacCentral). He loves to read, run, play sports, and watch movies.