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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.

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.

The 2016 MLB season kicks off this Sunday with a triple-header starting with a showdown between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Pittsburgh Pirates at 1 p,m. ET. The Opening Day action continues with a World Series rematch between the Mets and Royals at 8:30 p.m. ET on ESPN's Sunday Night Baseball, and through Monday when 26 teams get the ball rolling on their 2016 seasons. This means there are all kinds of baseball related apps and games being released to the App Store. Here are a few that were recently released.

Nintendo's first mobile game, Miitomo, is hard to review (especially since it is so new). It is a communication app where you create a mobile Mii character (or import an existing one from your Wii U or 3DS) to interact with other players. You do this by building a base personality for your Mii and then answering questions about yourself. When your Mii is finally completed he/she will share your answers with other Mii characters that you invite to be your friends. That's basically it. You can earn Miitomo coins to spend on additional clothes and accessories, and link your Miitomo account to Nintendo's new Platinum Points rewards program.

While the world waits for Nintendo to finally release Miitomo, Marvel has launched Avengers Alliance 2 to the App Store. Avengers Alliance is a turn-based role-playing game where players can create a team of Marvel superheroes to do battle with Ultron, Baron Strucker, and more. The game is a follow-up to Disney's smash hit Avengers Alliance, which has mysteriously disappeared from the App Store.