Dennis Sellers

<p>Apple is offering the entry-level iPhone SE with 32GB of storage for $399 and 128GB for $499. That’s double the previous storage for the same prices.</p>

<p>Apple’s Swift Playgrounds for the iPad is now available in five new languages including Simplified Chinese, Japanese, French, German and Latin American Spanish. </p>

<p>Apple has debuted Clips, a new app that allows iPhone and iPad users to create “expressive videos.” It lets you combine video clips, photos and music into videos to share with friends through the Messages app, or on Instagram, Facebook and other social networks.</p>

<p>Apple has updated the 9.7-inch iPad, adding a brighter Retina display and improved performance with prices starting at $329. It’s apparently designed to replace the iPad Air 2.</p>

<p>Apple has announced an iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus (PRODUCT)RED Special Edition in red aluminum finish, in recognition of more than 10 years of partnership between Apple and (RED). Buy one and you contribute to the organization that seeks a cure for AIDS. The special edition  (PRODUCT)RED iPhone will be available to order online worldwide and in stores beginning Friday, March 24.</p>

<p>Future iPhones and iPads may have screens that can dynamically change their shape. Apple has been granted a patent (number 9,600,070) for an <strong>“user interface having changeable topography.”</strong></p>

<p>If you’re a fan of science fiction (good, bad, and somewhere in between), you should download the COMET TV app for the fourth generation Apple TV. Some of the content is good, while some is incredibly cheesy, in a it’s-so-bad-I-can’t-stop- watching way—but, hey, it’s free.</p>

<p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.jamf.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Jamf</a>, which specializes in Apple device management, has announced support for the latest Apple releases of iOS (10.3), macOS (10.12.4) and tvOS (10.2), which are expected soon.</p>

<p>I'm not sure we'll ever see this on a Mac, but Microsoft and Jinha Lee, a MIT graduate working at Samsung on TV interfaces, developed a prototype of a "transparent" computer that lets you reach "inside" and "touch" digital content. </p>

<p>Apple Music has reportedly broken the 24-hour record for album streams with Drake's <em>More Life</em>. The newly-released (March 18) album reportedly registered <a target="_blank" href="http://www.theverge.com/2017/3/20/14988474/drakes-more-life-apple-music-streaming-record" rel="noopener noreferrer">89.9 million</a> single-day streams on Apple’s music streaming service compared to 61.3 million on Spotify for the first day of availability on both services.</p>

<p>Add this to the “iPhone 8” rumors (which number about 2,042, by my count): it will have a “water drop” design that harkens back to the original Apple smartphone to celebrate the iPhone’s 10th anniversary, according to <a target="_blank" href="https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ko&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.etnews.com%2F20170320000231" rel="noopener noreferrer">ET News</a>.</p>

<p>On a regular basis, <em>Apple World Today</em> posts a list of notable new apps or app updates that have been released. They may not necessarily be new, but they're popular and deserve mention. Here are today's picks.</p>

<p>Apple has released an eight beta of macOS Sierra 10.12.4 for developers and public beta testers. </p>

<p>New iPads tomorrow, perhaps? Apple has updated its <a target="_blank" href="https://www.apple.com/support/systemstatus/" rel="noopener noreferrer">System Status</a> page, noting that its online store will be "updated and unavailable" for "maintenance" tomorrow, Tuesday, March 21, between midnight and 5:30 a.m. (Pacific).</p>

<p>Apple NZ has paid no taxes within New Zealand, and has instead been paying the amount due to the Australian Taxation Office (ATO). According to the <a target="_blank" href="http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=11820240" rel="noopener noreferrer">New Zealand Herald</a>, Apple NZ has paid nothing in taxes to the New Zealand Inland Revenue Department for the last 10 years despite making sales worth around $4.2 billion since 2007.</p>