World’s most valuable company is no longer Apple

Alphabet just released its Q4 2015 earnings today which shot the stock prices of both Stock A and Stock C up to about $750-$780. Alphabet is now the most valuable company in the world, surpassing Apple’s position in the ranks.

With Apple’s earning beginning to show plateauing over earnings from the year before, Google stole the show, showing great numbers of growth. Investors are going crazy buying more stock which drove the price up this afternoon.

Alphabet’s Year-over-Year revenues are increasing, which means its growth is actually growing exponentially. Revenues went up 24% from the 12% the year before.

The majority of Google’s revenue is from ads, and while the number of ad clicks have gone up 31%, the cost per click has gone down 13 percent. Don’t be fooled. This means the company still made more money on ads!

During the sales call, the company also announced that it has more than 1 billion active monthly Gmail users. Google now joins Facebook and What’s App who also have more than 1 billion active monthly users worldwide.

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Nexus devices are now getting Android's February security update

Google has announced that it has started rolling out this month's Android security update to Nexus devices. The update includes fixes to five critical issues, four high-priority issues, and a moderate bug.

The Nexus 6P, 5X, 6, 5 and 7 (2013) are all getting Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow-based MMB29Q build. The February patch is also rolling out to the Pixel C, Nexus 9, and Nexus Player, with build numbers MXB48T, MMB29R and MMB29U, respectively. In addition, the Nexus 10 - which is now over three years old - is also getting the update with Android 5.1.1-based LMY49G build.

If you haven't received the OTA notification yet, and are feeling impatient, you can head over to theSource 2 link below and download the factory images. But before you do that, keep in mind that installing a factory image will restore your handset to factory settings, meaning you'll lose all your personal data.

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LG G4 Marshmallow update now rolling out in Canada

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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