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Inbox by Gmail adds new Snooze options

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Google has made the Snooze feature in its Inbox email app a bit more convenient by allowing you to snooze time-sensitive emails to exactly the right time.

This means that now you can snooze emails containing things like event confirmation or shipping notification to times such as the day of the event or the morning your package will arrive.

The new snooze options will be available on emails containing package tracking updates, restaurant and event reservations, calendar invites, flight confirmations, hotel reservations, and rental car…

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Mysterious LG phone with Snapdragon 808, 4GB of RAM spotted

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A Geekbench listing of a mysterious LG smartphone with LG-F600L model number caught our attention. The handset features Qualcomm Snapdragon 808 MSM8992 mobile chipset with 1.4GHz hexa-core CPU.

Loaded with 4GB of RAM, the LG device boots Android 5.1.1 Lollipop. Usually, LG allocates the Fxxx model number for devices meant for the Korean market. In the past, the Fxxx series was used in the Optimus Vu F100S and Optimus Vu II F200.

LG already introduced the Snapdragon 808-based G4 in all major markets. Therefore, the F600L might be a premium iteration such as the previously rumored G4 Note. We will keep a close watch on this particular…

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Sony E5706 with SD808 SoC leaks, said to be announced next month

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Looks like the rumoured Lavender is not the only phone that Sony might announce next month. According to a new report, the company might also launch a handset dubbed Sony E5706 at the same time.

Specs-wise, the smartphone is said to be powered by a Snapdragon 808 chipset, and sport a 5.8 inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) display. It is expected to come with 3GB RAM and feature a 16MP rear- and a 8MP front shooter. The handset is said to run Android 5.1 Lollipop out-of-the-box.

While there have been contradictory reports till now on what the Lavender would actually be called, the latest report says that it might launch as the T4 Ultra, and the E5706 as C5 Ultra. Needless to say, none of this has been officially confirmed, so take it with a pinch of…

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Ability to sign up for Messenger without a Facebook account now available to people worldwide

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Last month, when Facebook rolled-out a feature allowing those without an account to sign up for its Messenger app, it was only available in the US, Canada, Peru, and Venezuela. However, the company has just announced that the functionality is now available to people worldwide.

"Excited to announce that the ability for everyone to use Messenger, even without a Facebook account, is now available globally," said Messenger team member David Marcus in a Facebook post. The feature allows you to sign up using your phone number instead, although you also need to state a name and add a photo.

The announcement comes just over a couple of weeks after the social networking company opened the Messenger's money-sending feature to everyone in the United…

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Huawei to launch a new Honor device next week

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Huawei will unveil a new Honor device – dubbed Honor 4A – next week, the day its Summer Whirlwind Festival begins. This was revealed after the company released a teaser (see image below) confirming the same.

It's clear from the teaser that the device will be unveiled on July 21 at the Beijing Galaxy Soho in China. The unveiling will be attended by local artists, Song Dong Ye and Peng Dan. There is currently no information available about the Honor 4A, although going by the teaser, it could be a music-focused device.

As for the Huawei's Summer Whirlwind Festival, it runs from July 21 to July 23, and sees the company offering a number of discounted products.

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HTC kills its Grip fitness tracker, promises something better for the future

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You may not remember this, but on March 1, at MWC, alongside the One M9, HTC also unveiled the Grip smart band. This fitness tracker was supposed to arrive in stores sometime during the spring, for a $199 price.

We're well into summer now, and the Grip is still nowhere to be seen, even though it has been certified by the Bluetooth SIG just a few days ago.

According to an official statement from HTC, the Grip will not be launched after all. At least not in the iteration that was showcased at MWC (and which we played with in our hands-on).

Apparently this has happened because HTC "decided to align Grip with the entire product portfolio for health and fitness launching later this year". The company claims extensive wear testing and user feedback influenced the decision. So perhaps the Grip didn't prove to be as wear-resistant as HTC had hoped. Or its focus groups simply didn't like it.

Either way, a new and improved version of the Grip should be here before the end of the year. As for what that "entire product portfolio for health and fitness" may be, it's anyone's guess at this point. But it does look like HTC is getting ready to make a big splash in this space. Hopefully the second time around will go smoother than the Grip's launch (or lack…

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