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Looking to work on your health? You don’t need a smartwatch to measure your heart rate. 

• Cardiio: Heart Rate Monitor is an iPhone app that uses your phone’s camera to take a reading of your pulse. Place your index finger on the back camera, and the app will measure your heart rate by detecting color changes. Hold your phone steady and keep still. It works with iPads, too.For Android, 
• Heart Rate Monitor works similarly. Cover the back camera, stay still, and you’ll get a reading.

Just remember, apps like this are not a replacement for seeing a medical professional or talking to your doctor if you’re not feeling well.

📱 For more smartphone smarts, check out this fantastic list of 10 iPhone tricks I use every day, and you will, too.

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Google Chrome is the most popular browser out there, and it's a solid choice. But no tech product comes out of the box with all the best security settings switched on. Here's how to make Chrome more security and privacy friendly. It will only take a few minutes, so don't skip this one!

Smart speakers can make our lives easier, but it comes at the cost of privacy. You're sharing your information and keeping a device around that's always listening, but it gets worse. Stalkers are harassing their victims through Alexa devices. This is scary stuff. We'll show you how to keep intruders out.

Fiber optics have revolutionized the way we transfer information using the fastest thing we know of, light. One animal has apparently had fiber optic fur this whole time. The polar bear. But why does its fur have this property, and how does it benefit them?