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The US F&B chain sent email messages to multiple customers on Friday, notifying them that it had detected “unauthorised activity online” as well as “some unauthorised access to customer details”. These included names, dates of birth, mobile numbers, and residential addresses, if the personal data had been provided to Starbucks. It said details related to its Rewards customer loyalty programme, such as stored value and credits, were unaffected. Credit card data also had not been compromised since it did not store such information, according to Starbucks....

Google has just announced, via Google+, that when Android tablet owners click on the Play Store icon, the first thing they’ll see is tablet apps. What did they see before? Phone apps. Now the tablet apps have been there for a while, but you had to navigate to them, which in my opinion provided for a negative user experience. This new way of doing things, by showing tablet apps first and then having to navigate to phone apps, is how Android tablets should have worked from day one, but I digress....

But, Who will win the “Tablet War” ? Apple is over confident; or is it the fans who believe in Apple blindly? Compatibility is an un-known word in Apple’s dictionary. You cannot have replacements for software, file manager, browser plugins, non-approved software – nothing. And can you go with non-expandable storage with your device? With Apple you have to! Don’t you feel controlled or limited? Sure, at-least I do feel claustrophobic....

National Work From Home Day occurs on the last day of June, and if you’re looking to improve your productivity this summer, more software might not be the answer. Multitasking is much easier with an extra screen in tow, and we have an option worth considering. This Desklab Portable Touchscreen Monitor is already on sale for more than 55% off at $289.99, but you can save an extra 20% off the sale price during our 4th of July sale using code JULY20....

Whether you have a last-minute purchase you need to make or want to take advantage of a credit card’s generous sign-up bonus, you often want to start using it as soon as possible. That’s where instant-approval business credit cards can be helpful. An instant-approval business credit card is one that quickly provides a decision as to whether you’ve been approved or not. Often, these cards can tell you within 60 seconds of completing the application if you’ve been approved....

To help take the sting out of shopping for a new dishwasher, we have scoured the market to find the best picks based on performance, features, and price. These are the best dishwashers worthy of your kitchen. Bosch is a leader in dishwashers, so it makes sense that its 300 Series SHEM63W55N is our top pick for the best dishwasher. There is plenty of room given its third rack, accommodating up to 16 place settings - the most of any on our list....

Also: The 5 best electric cars: Plus, the cheapest EV available Be sure to check out the best fitness deals, as well as the best bike desks and the best Peloton alternatives for your home or office! Top speed: 28 mphRange: 150 milesWarranty: 10-year limitedSize: 4'6″ - 6'8″/ 380 lbs The Electric Bike Company Model R (Rugged Enduro) takes a fun approach to electric bikes, prioritizing customization without sacrificing performance....

According to Strategy Analytics, Samsung has once again regained its position as the number one smartphone maker, by volume, in the world in Q1, 2015. In Q4, 2014, Apple had managed to sell as many iPhones (74.5 million) as Samsung sold its Galaxy handsets thereby holding the honors with the Korean company for the largest smartphone vendor in the world. In the first quarter of 2015 though, Samsung has once again regained its position as the largest smartphone maker in the world thanks to an increase in sales of its low- to mid-range devices, and a decline in iPhone sales....

Samsung has just uploaded a couple of new adverts on its YouTube channel with ‘It Doesn’t Take a Genius’ title mocking Apple for finally releasing an iPhone with a bigger screen and royally screwing the live stream of its event. In the first ad, Samsung shows two geniuses watching the Apple event and jumping with joy when the company announces the iPhone with a bigger screen before realizing that other phones have had a bigger screen since the last two years or so....

In a detailed report, Bloomberg reveals that the reason behind the Galaxy Note 7 exploding is not just due to faulty batteries. When the company heard at the beginning of this year that the iPhone 7 would look similar to the iPhone 6 and 6s and might not sport any new innovations, high-level Samsung executives went into overdrive on the development of the Galaxy Note 7. They were very confident that the Note 7 would be loved by customers thanks to its high-resolution curved screen, iris scanner, and battery life....

It’s the weekend, you’re bored, and you’re tired of reading about the latest tech gadgets online. Where do you go? Best Buy. You know you’ll probably not be buying anything from there, but you want to kill an afternoon, either alone or with a friend. Today Samsung is announcing that they’re going to stick their own stores inside Best Buy’s stores. By next month, 900 of these mini-shops will be up and running....

The DRAM used for the test was an 8GB package made with the company’s extreme ultraviolet (EUV) process with Qualcomm’s latest Snapdragon platform. Samsung, the world’s largest memory chip maker, highlighted that it verified the speed only five months after it achieved 7.5Gbps. It is also 1.3 times faster than the company’s LPDDR5 DRAM, which offered a top speed of 6.4Gbps, the South Korean tech giant said. The higher speed meant its LPDDR5X DRAM could also be used in other applications besides mobile, Samsung added....

Maltego Maltego is an open source intelligence gathering and forensics tool. It provides a library of transforms for the discovery of data from open sources and visualizing that information in a graph format. It provides a link between people, websites, groups and all other Internet infrastructure which might be connected to some entity. For using this we need to create an account and then log in using that credentials. Once we have logged in, we will have a long list of infrastructure which we may use for information gathering....

Out of the myriad of money management apps for making “cents” out of your finances, there’s one newer option you may want to check out. It’s a visually-appealing, user-friendly app that can help you take control of your budget. Set realistic budget goals Spendee is a versatile app that gives you a comprehensive picture of your money, where it goes and how you can make it work for you. It helps you detect spending patterns and work on budget goals without the need for frustrating spreadsheets or advanced knowledge of financial information....

There are birthdays and anniversaries, sure, but we don’t get much more granular than that. When you do, though, there’s so much interesting data. That’s why I totally love this site I found, and I bet you will too. Life Stats at neal.fun turns your life into a series of numbers and facts. Just enter your birthday and see what’s happened to you since you were born — heartbeats, blinks, breaths and more — and what’s happened to the world....

The company won’t be updating the Xperia (pictured), M, C, or Sbeyond Android 4.3 lly Bean, according to the device product pages. Ironically, this comes just one day after Sony said some of its Z line of phones tablet would be getting Android 4.4 KitKat. The revelation is especially unfortunate given the devices are only about a year old. Other manufacturers, such as HTC, pledge to continue updates for up to two years....

The Smarttch 3 is rated to I8, which means it’s protected against dust can withst being submerged in up to 3 meters of water. Meanwhile, the G tracker lets runners record the distance traveled route taken without having to bring a smartphone with them. It also allows for more accurate location details in apps like Golfshot. Aside from these two features, the Smartwatch 3 is a lot like other Android ar watches....

Sony today has provided a list of devices that it will be updating to Android 6.0 Marshmallow. The list includes all the major flagship Xperia devices from the Japanese company launched over the last couple of years, except for its Xperia Z and Z1 series of devices. Sony had launched the Xperia Z in early 2013 and followed it up with the Xperia Z1 and Z1 Compact in late 2013....

While some are holding on to their favorite CDs for dear life, most of us have cleared up space by getting rid of them. Now, we’ve moved onto streaming services like Spotify or Pandora. There are tons of music streaming services, but how do you know which one is right for you? We’ve put together a guide to help you decide and we’ve even created a helpful comparison chart that goes over price, audio quality, exclusive songs/artists and more....

It all started on Tuesday when Hewlett-ckard CEO Meg itman said the world’s largest maker was diverting attention away from s toward tablets. Then, on dnesday, e rner Cable CFO Irene Esteves said that nobody wants gigabit Ethernet. Not to be outdone, CFO chette on Thursday completed the trifecta of “I can’t believe they just said that” comments by implying that Motorola phones are nice, but meh, they’re not that interesting, according to The Verge....