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Top Apple-related stories for the week of February 16-20

Here are the top Apple-related articles at Apple World Today for the week of February 9-13.

Here are the top Apple-related articles at Apple World Today for the week of February 9-13.

° The upcoming budget MacBook is expected to be offered in a variety of colors.

° The release of the iPhone 17e is “imminent” and will cost about $599, according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman.

° A new report reiterates that iOS 27 will focus on stability and performance tweaks rather than new features.

° Apple will hold a special “Apple Experience” in New York on March 4.

° Apple has released the first public betas of macOS Tahoe 26.4, iOS 26.4, iPadOS 26.4, tvOS 26.4, watchOS 26.4, and visionOS 26.5.

° Apple has announced what it describes as “a transformative update” coming to Apple Podcasts this spring that will bring advanced video podcast capabilities to the app. 

° iPhone sales in Latin America dropped 8% annually as of the fourth quarter of 2025.

° Apple is purportedly speeding up development of “Apple Glasses,” an “Apple Pin,” and camera-equipped AirPods.

° Apple has launched Apple Music Connect, a resource for labels and distributors.

° Look for three days of Apple announcements the first week of March.

° Apple again tops the Carbon Clean 200 list of companies leading the global clean energy economy.

° Apple now has 33% of the European smartphone market.

° iPhone sales in Latin America were down 3% year-over-year as of quarter four of 2025.

° Samsung and Apple dominated the Middle East (excluding Turkey) smartphone market in quarter four of 2025.

° VPN.com CEO and longtime domain broker, Michael Gargiulo, is urging Apple to recognize long-standing names in its dictionary software that appears to not recognize the most sacred names in Christianity: Yeshua, Yahuah, and Yahshua. 

° Major League Soccer kicks off its 31st season this Saturday on Apple TV.

° West Virginia’s attorney general has filed a consumer protection lawsuit against Apple, claiming the tech giant has failed to prevent child sexual abuse materials from being stored and shared via iOS devices and iCloud services.

° Everpass Media and Apple have announced a distribution partnership to bring Apple TV sports to commercial venues.

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.

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