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Apps, gadgets, and services that can improve your health, help you improve your fitness, quit smoking, or breathe better. Read all about being healthier using technology.

Trust GXT 707 Resto V2 gaming chair review: Excellent, and reasonably priced!

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  • Radu Tyrsina
Trust GXT 707 Resto V2 is a chair designed to be ergonomic, robust, and with plenty of adjustment options. Although I do play quite a lot on my computer, the truth is that I use it mostly for work rather than play. I needed a chair designed to keep you comfortable for long hours during the day and, because I have some back problems, I also needed a chair that

Review Hydro Coach: One of the best reminders for drinking water!

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  • Radu Tyrsina
The hydration of our bodies is vital for a healthy lifestyle. The modern rhythm of our lives makes us forget to drink enough liquids during the day, and we can develop health issues and a sense of tiredness by doing so. Since technology is a big part of this stress, it is welcome if it can be put to good use and help us manage our hydration better. Hydro Coach

stretchly: Schedule regular breaks & implement the Pomodoro Technique

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  • Radu Tyrsina
Regularly sitting in front of your computer for long hours means that you increase the risk of developing health problems like visual fatigue, back pain, discopathy, and more. To reduce the health risks, it is a great idea to take regular breaks. The medical advice says that you should take a 5-10 minutes break away from your computer each hour. In some countries, this is also a legal requirement. But

Fitbit Charge 2 review: One of the best fitness trackers money can buy!

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  • Radu Tyrsina
Many fitness trackers tend to be bulky, with a lackluster design that is lacking in elegance. Fitbit is one of the companies that has understood this problem and their latest generation of devices tends to be better looking than their competitors'. Fitbit Charge 2 is one of their most popular devices - a fitness wristband with heart rate monitoring, multi-sport modes, guided breathing sessions, and interchangeable bands. If you want

Review Fitbit Alta: A stylish fitness companion!

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  • Radu Tyrsina
Fitbit has a wide range of devices for monitoring health and fitness activity. With a price tag at the time of our review of just under $100, the Fitbit Alta is a reasonably-priced entry-level fitness wristband. Its main selling points are the pleasant design, the interchangeable armbands, the ease of use and its build quality. In this review, we take a closer look at the Fitbit Alta device and the

Get to know more about your emotions and moods, with Daylio

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  • Radu Tyrsina
In the last few months, one of my friends went through a severe period of depression and needed the help of his friends and family as well as that of his psychologist. During his treatment, he was asked to keep a mood log, so that he could understand his emotions better and create a baseline of how he feels and deals with depression. For this exercise, the doctor recommended that

Review Mio Cyclo 200 - Is it the best in bicycle navigation?

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  • Radu Tyrsina
Are you into cycling? Do you ride your bike frequently? Have you considered purchasing a GPS device for tracking your rides and getting instructions on how to go to one place or another? Do you want a device that you can mount on your bike and use to navigate through cycling trails? If you do, then you've no doubt encountered products like Mio Cyclo 200, which promises the best experience

6 Best free Android apps for quitting smoking

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  • Radu Tyrsina
Smoking cigarettes is one of the best ways to make sure that you will have health problems sooner rather than later. You could develop lung cancer, COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease), all kinds of heart diseases, stroke, asthma, diabetes and all the other types of cancer you can think of. It's quite a gruesome picture if you think about it. But despite all that, some of us still hold on

The Huawei W1 smartwatch review - Stylish technology

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  • Radu Tyrsina
If you haven't been living under a rock in the last couple of years, you have surely noticed that more and more objects are getting "smarter": first came the television set but nowadays you wouldn't be surprised to see smart toothbrushes as well. Some of the most popular smart objects are smartwatches: these easy to wear gadgets range from simplistic fashion accessories with a couple of features to complex technology

The Vector Luna smartwatch review - Educated elegance!

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  • Radu Tyrsina
Wearable technology is getting more important nowadays, as all of our everyday objects are getting smart. While we're still far from having helmets with HUDs and the like, the smartwatches have been around for a while and are now much more than simple toys. Vector Watch, the company behind the smartwatch we're reviewing, is a relative newcomer to this game, and has a different approach to this type of product

Reviewing the Jawbone UP3 - Is it really the most advanced fitness tracker?

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  • Radu Tyrsina
Fitness bands are quite naturally popular these days. They offer people a lot of options for keeping track of what they're doing in the course of a day. From the simplest step-only pedometer to the most sophisticated track-everything wristbands, a fitness tracker can be a great addition to anyone's quest for better health. Jawbone offers several fitness trackers with varying features. I've been wearing an UP3 for a little over

Samsung Gear S2 - Is it the best designed smartwatch?

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  • Radu Tyrsina
Last month, Samsung launched a smartwatch with an excellent design. Samsung Gear S2 manages to get ahead of Apple Watch and Android Wear in certain areas. As of November 12, they are rolling it out in many European countries like the UK, Germany or Romania. Read on to learn more about how it looks, what it has to offer, how much it costs and where to buy it. [DC-SUMMARY-BREAK] Round

A long-time user's review of the Fitbit Charge HR

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  • Radu Tyrsina
Fitbit Charge HR has been launched for a couple of months now so this review might be old news for you. However, we bet that our review will stand out from the rest, as it is made based on a couple of months of daily usage experience with this device. If you are curious to learn how well it works, if it might help you improve your health and wellbeing,

8 Things You Can Do With The Health & Fitness App In Windows 8.1

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  • Radu Tyrsina
If you've always wanted to start exercising, to build a healthy body but didn't know where to begin, the Health and Fitness app from windows 8.1 could get you on the right path. You'll find workouts, diets and tips to help you get started on that dream body, and also to maintain a healthy lifestyle and diet after you reach your goal weight. Let's start and go through all the

How To Use MyFitnessPal & A Wearable Device To Track Your Calorie Deficit

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  • Radu Tyrsina
Last evening, I was watching the movie Still Alice and I saw one of the actors wearing a Jawbone UP device. This is new for me and it signals that wearables are slowly but surely becoming commonplace. Lately, many people ask me "what should I get?" without having a clear idea on how these devices can improve their life. Well… one good reason to buy a wearable is to help

How To Log Your Food Intake With MyFitnessPal - Sharing The Basics

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  • Radu Tyrsina
Do you want to lose weight? Want to learn more about your body? Do you have to count your carbs because you are managing a chronic disease like diabetes? Want to make sure you are eating macronutrients in the correct ratios? Food logging solves all these and even more. I know this because I have been doing food logging for almost a year. In this article, I am going to

Christmas Doesn't Make You Fat, The Rest Of The Year Does

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  • Radu Tyrsina
We've all been through the Christmas holidays, and are thinking of ways to compensate for the sudden change in lifestyle for 2 weeks. Everyone seems to be worried about the weight put on during the holidays, so I decided to have the first quantified Christmas and New Year. After getting the data from paying attention to my activity, sleep and food, I have drawn some very interesting conclusions. In this

What Is The Wearables Industry Doing With The Data From Your Gadgets?

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  • Radu Tyrsina
In this article, we are going to talk about wearable devices and privacy. In my opinion, this is a heavily underrepresented topic, with exponentially growing importance in today's technology landscape. New devices are launching almost every week on Kickstarter and IndieGoGo and to top that off, in September 2014, Apple and Intel both announced their first important steps in the wearables market. Before you start using a wearable device, here's

10 Things You Can Do With The Food & Drink App In Windows 8.1

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  • Radu Tyrsina
If you always wanted a complete guide to help you in the kitchen, the Food & Drink app from Windows 8.1 could be one. It has everything you need to know about cooking and more. You'll find recipes and drinks specific to almost any country, tips and techniques to help you improve your skills in the kitchen, recommendations for wines and other drinks, all in one easy-to-use app. Let's discover

A Geek's Quest To Quitting Coffee - How I Managed To Pull It Off

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  • Radu Tyrsina
Have you ever found yourself getting through a day with excruciating headaches and then remembering that you forgot to drink coffee? You're not the only one. There is a very large number of people trying to quit coffee. A simple Google search yields a comparable number of results for "quit coffee", "quit alcohol" and "quit drugs". Impressive, right? Yet, nobody really pays attention to this one that much. And while
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