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iPhone SE teardowns reveal cost of components, repairability

iFixit iPhone SE

Every time Apple releases a new product, these devices are disassembled and in some cases violently destroyed. Several teardowns have already been completed, showing the iPhone SE shares several internal components from the iPhone 5s, iPhone 6 and iPhone 6s. Some of the top names in iPhone teardowns have already chimed in on Apple's latest creation.

Siri can now answer more detailed baseball questions

Siri Baseball Answers

Siri has gained some new baseball knowledge just in time for the new MLB season. Apple's intelligent personal assistant can now answer "questions about more detailed statistics," according to The Verge. This includes questions about historical league stats, career statistics for individual past and present players and information about all 28 baseball leagues outside the MILB, including the minors.

3 ways to lower your data usage on the iPhone

iPhone data

It's an awful feeling when you get a message from your wireless carrier indicating you've gone over your data plan. Overage charges these days are outrageous and the process of calling customer support to see if they will give you a break is rarely worth the effort.

The iPhone has some impressive features that run in the background which can do things like sync information between devices, automatically update applications and so on. However, if you aren't careful those background activities can really take a bite out of your cellular data. Here are a few things you can do to ensure you never get one of those messages again.

Apple Weekly News Roundup: Apple turns 40, releases iOS 9.3.1 update

iPhone SE

Apple celebrated its 40th anniversary last week, highlighting a history of innovation since its founding on April 1, 1976. As the company marked this milestone, investors and Wall Street analysts digested the iPhone SE release and the US dropped its encryption case against Apple. On the software front, iOS 9.3 was updated to fix a web link bug, and Nintendo released its highly-anticipated Miitomo app. Here are some top headlines from the week in Apple.

Take down your taxes in record time with Taxfyle

Taxfyle

Uh-oh, it happened again. You swore your tax filing deadline wouldn’t be “As late as possible” this year and yet you’re taking to Google again to ask “What is the absolute latest date that you can file your taxes?”

If it makes you feel any better, you are not alone in your procrastination. Whether it’s the prospect of having to pay a huge sum or just a fear of the paperwork, there’s no worse time of year than tax time and it only gets worse the closer things get to that due date.

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