This past Monday was special for Facebook as the social network saw over a billion people using it on that day, something that has happened for the first time in the company’s history. The statistic was revealed by none other than Mark Zuckerberg himself.

“We just passed an important milestone. For the first time ever, one billion people used Facebook in a single day,” the CEO said in a Facebook post. “On Monday, 1 in 7 people on Earth used Facebook to connect with their friends and family.”

While Facebook has already achieved 1 billion monthly active users milestone, having the same number of people using the service in a single day is much more significant. According to official statistics, the social network had an average of 968 million daily active users and 1.49 billion monthly active users last…

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Alleged press images of the upcoming Sony Xperia Z5 made the rounds online. One of the renders confirms that Sony’s next flagship smartphone will feature a new 23MP main camera with 1/2.3″ Exmor RS sensor.

A recent teaser by Sony suggests that the camera will also have advanced focusing capability. The latter will likely be possible thanks to a hybrid autofocusing system.

Other than the camera sensor, the press renders of the Xperia Z5 reveal that the smartphone will be available in at least three color schemes – white, gold, and a shade of turquoise. Overall, the smartphone has retained the same design language as its predecessors.

Sony Xperia Z5 will make its official debut in less than a week, on September 2. An Xperia Z5 Compact and Xperia Z5 Premium with 4K display are also expected.

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It’s been known for quite a while that the HTC Desire 626 will eventually be sold by Verizon too in the US. After HTC announced a few mid-range Desire-branded options for that market back in July, Big Red unveiled its plans to stock the Desire 626 alongside the Desire 526 a few weeks ago.

And today the Desire 626 joins the already available Desire 526 in Verizon’s roster. The Desire 626 can be had for just $192 outright.

If you’d rather use the carrier’s installment plan, then you pay $8 per month for the device for 24 months. There’s only one color on offer, namely white with gold accents.

The HTC Desire 626 comes with a 5-inch 720p touchscreen, an 8 MP main camera with LED flash, a 5 MP selfie shooter, Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 210 chipset with a 1.1 GHz quad-core Cortex-A7 CPU, 1.5GB of RAM, 16GB of expandable storage, and a 2,000 mAh battery. It runs Android 5.1 Lollipop with HTC Sense 7 UI on top.

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Archos likes diamonds, or so it would seem judging by the French company’s latest announcements. A couple of days ago we saw the Diamond S smartphone being introduced, and today it’s time for a Diamond-branded tablet to become official.

We’re talking about the Archos Diamond Tab. This iPad Mini competitor (based on its size) comes with built-in 4G LTE support and an affordable price.

It has a 7.9-inch 2,048×1,536 IPS touchscreen, a 5 MP rear camera, a 2 MP front-facing unit, 3GB of RAM, 32GB of expandable storage, and a 4,800 mAh battery. It’s powered by MediaTek’s MT8752 64-bit chipset boasting a 1.7 GHz octa-core Cortex-A53 CPU.

Cat.4 LTE is in, with theoretical peak download speeds of up to 150Mbps, and you also get Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and GPS. The tablet runs Android 5.1 Lollipop. Its dimensions are 202 x 134 x 7.8 mm, and it weighs 360g.

The Archos Diamond Tab will become available in October for £179, which is not a bad price at all considering the…

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Apple has started sending out press invites for its next big event. This will take place on September 9 at Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco, California, a venue with seating capacity for around 7,000 people, and one that the Cupertino company hasn’t used before.

This means we may witness one of Apple’s biggest launch events in its history. It’s obviously expected to announce the new iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus, These have been said to sport Force Touch tech inside their touchscreens, a higher-res camera than their predecessors, a new chipset, and more RAM. As always with “s” releases, expect the exterior to remain unchanged.

Pre-orders for the new smartphones will start on September 11, two days after their unveiling, while sales should begin a week later than that, on September 18, for the first wave of markets. A second wave of availability should hit on September 25. All of this information has been leaked numerous times already, along with a possible September 8 or 9 announcement date. So now that this has been confirmed, there’s no point in doubting the rest of the rumored timeline.

There could be other new stuff in store for us too. A more affordable iPhone 6c has been in and out of the rumors for many months now, so it’s still unclear whether it will ever become reality. On the other hand, Apple might also unveil new iPads, perhaps even the much-rumored iPad Pro. A revised Apple TV may be in the works too, though there’s no telling if it’s going to be ready in time for this…

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As previously rumored, Huawei has brought its Honor 7 smartphone to Europe today, and officially so. The handset can now be ordered from the Chinese company’s newly unveiled online store for the continent. This is live now, and can be used if you are in the UK, France, Germany, Portugal, Belgium, the Netherlands, Spain, Italy, or Switzerland.

You get free shipping for orders that are over £69.99 or €99.99, and you can currently choose from a few additional handsets aside from the Honor 7.

But let’s stick with this one for now. While the rumored price of “less than £200 at launch” hasn’t actually materialized, you can get the Honor 7 for just £209.99 if you act fast. The normal price is £249.99, but if you order on or before August 31 and use the coupon code H7BRAVE40UK at checkout, you’ll get £40 off.

In countries other than the UK, the Honor 7 has a normal price of €349.99, but the H7BRAVE50EU coupon will neatly shave €50 off that if you place your order before the end of the month. Do note, however, that the smartphone is listed as a pre-order only, with no shipping date mentioned.

If the Honor 7 doesn’t interest you, perhaps the Honor 6+, Honor 6, Honor 4X, Huawei P8, or P8 Premium may do the trick. A certain selection of these can be ordered through the same site, though which models you’re able to get depends on where you are. For example, the Honor 6+ and P8 Premium aren’t available in the UK, but they are listed if you choose Germany as your…

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Motorola still hasn’t announced its follow-up to last year’s Moto 360, but if we go by the amount of leaks we’re seeing about the next-gen smartwatch, that should happen soon.

Until it does, though, pictures showing this year’s Moto 360 keep on leaking. A few days ago we saw the 2015 Moto 360 on people’s wrists in the Chicago area, and now someone in China has gotten hold of the smaller version of the smartwatch.

This is shown in the image above by itself, but it also gets compared to the original 360 in the shot below. This leak pretty much confirms the hypothesis that Motorola is working on two sizes for its new wearable, emulating Apple’s deeds in this space. We first heard that something like this would happen earlier this month.

The small variant of this year’s Motorola smartwatch will apparently be called Moto 360S, while the larger one (which should sport the same screen size as its predecessor) will go by Moto 360L it seems. And yes, both of them will keep the ‘flat tire’ display design introduced last year, we won’t see any full circles this time around either. The two models launching in 2015 should have different screen sizes and different battery sizes at least. There’s no word on what will happen to the display resolution, if it will be the same or not.

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Early this year specs for the Lenovo Vibe P1 Pro leaked but it has been pretty quiet since then aside from a TENAA certification. Someone posted hands-on photos and some specs on Weibo giving us the first real look at the device.

Lenovo Vibe P1 Pro

A roomy 5.5″ 1080p screen is housed in a magnesium alloy unibody. Inside that is a whopping 5,000mAh battery. You can see a panel on the bottom comes off, allowing you to access two SIM cards and a microSD. It doesn’t look like the battery comes out of there though.

Lenovo Vibe P1 Pro

The Vibe P1 Pro is powered by a Snapdragon 615 chipset with 3GB of RAM, plus 16GB of storage. There’s a 13MP camera on the back with dual-LED, dual-tone flash and a 5MP selfie camera. According to the about screen the phone is running Android 5.1.1. The Home key houses a fingerprint reader.

Lenovo Vibe P1 Pro

The Lenovo Vibe P1 Pro should be unveiled at IFA in a week. Hopefully we’ll learn more about the charging situation – the S615 chipset supports Quick Charge 2.0 (up to 3A), but to fill a 3,000mAh battery quick Lenovo may have a trick up its sleeve.

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Sony is having a press-conference on September 2 in Berlin at a pre-IFA event. It’s expected to announce the Xperia Z5 and Xperia Z5 Compact, but there might be other devices in store.

Just recently we saw a promotional photo for the Xperia Z5 Compact, while Sony began teasing some advanced focusing features for the Xperia Z5. And yesterday @evleaks shared some interesting intel on the upcoming Xperia Z5 lineup, which is also rumored to include a third member – the Xperia Z5 Premium or Xperia Z5+.

This new Premium/Plus member is rumored to pack a 5.5″ 4K display. You read it right, it’s not a Quad HD a.k.a. 1440p display as seen on the LG G4/Galaxy Note5, but a full-blown 4K a.k.a. 2160p screen. This sounds more like a fan wish, but we won’t dismiss it just yet.

Today we can show you some live photos of the alleged Sony Xperia Z5 Premium (or Plus). There’s no way to guarantee their authenticity, but the device pictured certainly carries the company’s design language, adding a unique twist with its metal back.

All three Xperia Z5 phones are expected to introduce a new 23MP camera with 1/2.2″ sensor, f/1.8 aperture, improved autofocus and optical image stabilization. They are also expected to pack fingerprint sensors.

While the Sony Georgia account on Facebook isn’t an official one, @evleaks says its information coincides with the tips he is receiving.

Anyway, September 2 is just around the corner and we’ll know everything very soon.

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Samsung Pay will officially launch on September 28 in the USA, but some Samsung users will be able to try it out right now. Samsung has just announced the closed beta test of Pay for the US market.

Samsung Pay has been available in Korea for a week now and it’s proven very popular and useful. More than 80,000 people signed in their cards on Samsung Pay.

Samsung surely hopes for the same high interest in the USA and it is now organizing a closed beta test a month before the official launch. If you own a Galaxy S6, S6 edge, S6 edge+ or Note5, you can opt to be a beta-tester and eventually you may be chosen. If you are interested in trying out the Samsung Pay before launch, just head over this place for opt-in.

Samsung Pay supports Visa, MasterCard, Bank of America, and US Bank Visa cards. All major US carriers except for Verizon will be natively supporting Samsung Pay. Verizon is yet to decide whether to participate or not.

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