Welcome to March! As the daffodils begin to peek out, we have a few stories from the world of Apple for you:

• The Apple Watch Series 3 propelled Apple into the leader spot of the wearables market in the 4th calendar quarter of 2017
• Going to the movies this weekend? Use Apple Pay with Fandango and you can get $5 off of two or more tickets
• Asymco analyst Horace Dediu calculates that two out of three Apple devices ever sold are still in use
• The big four US mobile carriers have joined forces to create a new secure authentication method that will eventually replace those SMS texts of two-factor authentication codes