Hackers dump Ashley Madison data online

Just in case things couldn’t get any worse for Ashley Madison, the site that encourages people to have extramarital affairs, here’s another round of bad news. The hackers, who call themselves Impact Team, have dumped over 10GB of the stolen data on the dark web. Those who got access to these said they’ve found some pretty juicy information. The hackers said they posted the data online because Avid Life Media, the parent company of Ashley Madison, refused to take the site down.

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Skype for Android now lets you set custom ringtones and share photos between conversations

Skype for Android is getting a nifty update that’ll let you do things like personalize ringtones and forward photos from one chat to another. If you want to set a custom ringtone for someone, just tap on the “Ringtone options” on the lower right screen for that particular contact. Also, if you have a photo you want to share all you need to do is hold down on the photo in your conversation window and wait until you see the prompt “Forward photo” and then send away. This new update, of course, comes with the requisite bug fixes as well.

Source: Skype | Via: Android Central | Download: Google Play Store (Free)

Speedo and Misfit team-up and launch Speedo Shine swim tracker

Most wearables and health trackers stop being cool and useful once they are dunked in water. That changes today as Misfit and Speedo have teamed up to launch a Speedo-branded activity, swim, and sleep tracker—Speedo Shine. Speedo Shine will initially be available in retail exclusively at Apple stores worldwide September 1st, well as on misfit.com and SpeedoUSA.com, for US $79.99.

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Apple Music festival kicks off in London on September

Formerly known as the iTunes Music Festival, this year's Apple Music Festival kicks off in September in the usual Roundhouse in London. A show which displays the most important musicians in the industry today and which flexes Apple's reach as the biggest music store in the world (via iTunes), 2015's Apple Music Festival will feature Pharrell Williams, One Direction, Florence + The Machine and Disclosure are among the headliners of this multi-day festival. While promising a heck of a live show for attendees, Apple Music Festival will be streamed live and on demand via Apple Music on iPhones, iPads, iPod Touches as well as via a special AppleTV channel.

“We wanted to do something really special for music fans this year,” said Eddy Cue, Apple’s senior vice president of Internet Software and Services. “The Apple Music Festival is a greatest hits set of ten unbelievable nights featuring some of the best performers on the planet appearing live and interacting directly with their fans on Connect and Beats 1.”

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