Category: app

How To Install WordPress on a mac in 5 Clicks for free

Webmaster, bloggers, and designers often need to work on wordpress design on a test site before sending something over to a live site, but most solutions for getting wordpress installs onto a mac involve complex virtual servers, and manual uploading and setup. There’s an easier way. Here’s how to set up a fully manipulable test install of WordPress on a mac in only five...

Apple Destroys $15 million, 45 Employee Business

If ever there was a more obvious example of when a corporation has too much control, I can’t think of one more than this. One low-level employee at Apple has put 45 lives and multiple millions of dollars at risk. In a post on the company’s blog, appgratis CEO Simon Dawlat recounted the nightmare that his company experienced early this April. A few hours...

This App Takes Your Pulse Using Your Camera

Ba-boom. Your heart is ticking, but how fast? A free app (Instant Heart Rate, by Azumio) for iOS and Android can measure your pulse, telling you exactly how fast your heart is beating, with no extra hardware required. Find out how it works, and where you can get it below. How it Works Each time your heart beats, blood is sent circulating through your...

Breaking: Ohio Man Wins Apple 50 Billionth App Download Contest

The 50 billionth app downloaded on iOS (I wonder how they keep track) was downloaded by Brandon Ashmore of Mentor, Ohio. He’ll be walking away with a $10,000 itunes giftcard for his troubles (not shabby).  Ashmore downloaded “Say the Same Thing”, a word game created by internet-famous band, OKGO (Remember the guys who did the music video on treadmills). They happen to have made...

iOS App Store Hits 50 Billion Downloads!

Apple’s iOS, just a year after hitting the  25 billion download mark, has hit the 50 billion app download mark. Absurd. Android, their main competitor, lags behind by about 2 billion downloads, according to numbers released today. The winners (all 51) haven’t been announced yet, but they’re in for some sweet prizes. It’s always interesting seeing what the winner downloaded.