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  • Irregular Heart Rate? There’s An App For That

    A smartphone app, combined with a hand-held wireless single lead heart monitor (ECG), could feasibly be used to test for irregular heart rate, a potentially fatal condition known as atrial fibrillation or AF for short, suggests new research. The method is cheap and accessible and so might be particularly useful for systematic mass screening, given…


  • 4 Ways To Send Messages That Self-Destruct

    4 Ways To Send Messages That Self-Destruct

    Sometimes you don’t want your messages to live forever. Maybe you have something secret you want to tell someone, or maybe it’s something time-sensitive. Or maybe you just don’t want to be trapped by the permanence of the digital age. Whatever the reason may be, here are three tools you can use to go all…


  • 12 Of The Best Android Apps You Can Beta Test Today

    12 Of The Best Android Apps You Can Beta Test Today

    Google has recently been rolling out improvements to the Play Store that make it easier to find and manage beta apps, so if you’re eager to try out some cutting edge features and are prepared to put up with a few additional bugs, there’s never been a better time to get started. Here are 12…