Daily Archives: February 1, 2016

W5.5 Pro is a Windows 10 phone with 5.5-inch display and 13MP camera

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Spanish smartphone manufacturer Funker has launched a new Windows 10-powered smartphone. Dubbed W5.5 Pro, the device is powered by a Snapdragon 410 chipset with quad-core 1.2GHz processor, and sports a 5.5-inch (1270×720 pixel resolution) display.

It has 2GB RAM and 16GB expandable internal memory, and packs in a 2,600mAh battery. In terms of camera, the W5.5 Pro features a 13MP rear unit and a 5MP front shooter. It measures 154.8 x 78.6 x 6.9mm and weighs in at 135g.

The handset apparently only comes in black color option, which the company is selling for €239 – around $260 at current exchange rates.

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Gmail crosses 1 billion monthly active users milestone

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Google has revealed that its email service Gmail now has over a billion monthly active users. The revelation was made by the Mountain View, California-based company’s CEO Sundar Pichai while announcing last quarter’s earnings.

At the company’s annual I/O developers conference in May last year, Pichai – who was Google’s senior vice president of products then – had revealed 900 million monthly active users figure for Gmail. This means that the service gained 100 million users in the past 7 months.

Other Google services/apps that have already crossed the 1 billion active users mark include Search, Android, Google Play, Chrome, Maps, and YouTube.

During the earnings call, Pichai also revealed that Gmail’s Smart Reply feature, which suggests responses based on the emails you get, is used in 10% of all replies made through the service’s mobile…

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LG G4 Marshmallow update now rolling out in Canada

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Over a month after it started rolling out in the US, the Android 6.0 update for LG’s last year’s flagship smartphone G4 has started rolling out in Canada, too. Local carrier Telus started pushing out the update on February 1.

Among other major Canadian carriers, Rogers has updated its OS upgrade schedule to reflect that the update will be rolled out to G4 devices on its network starting February 3. There’s, however, currently no information on when Bell will start pushing the update.

The rollout of LG G4 Marshmallow update started as a soak test in Poland. Then came a staged rollout in the company’s home market of South Korea, which was followed by a European rollout.

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WhatsApp has 1 billion users since dropping subscription fees

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Not too long ago, WhatsApp decided to drop the $1 a year subscription fee. And since WhatsApp has promised to never show ads for the sake of their own users, it only leaves us wondering how the messaging platform is planning to make money.

Well, just around the time that WhatsApp dropped its subscriber fee, it had reported that it had over 900 million subscribers.

Thanks to making the messaging platform free to use, WhatsApp now has passed 1 billion users according to a post that WhatsApp made today.

WhatsApp now joins Facebook and more recently Gmail in the 1 billion+ club. Way to go WhatsApp!

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