Tag: apps

After selling his first startup, Atlanta entrepreneur Clint Jarvis found himself burned out and tethered to his phone, a cycle that inspired him to create Roots, an app designed to help people curb screen addiction. With features that track digital habits, block social media, and gamify healthier routines, Roots has already drawn 50,000 users worldwide who say it’s helping them reclaim their time and focus.

Atlanta native Jonathan Fitch has managed his Type 1 diabetes for 15 years successfully, including during his time as an undergrad majoring in computer science at Georgia Tech—except for one fateful night. An all-nighter before finals stressed his body out a little too much, which made his body insulin resistant. He had a seizure and ended up in the emergency room. It was scary, but the incident sparked a business idea.

“The official MARTA app was pretty rough,” Chad Etzel says of the On the Go app. A former Apple engineer, Etzel found all the data he needed online and began tinkering with an app that would provide more accurate, user-friendly information about MARTA’s buses and trains. A few days later, he had his prototype, which he named Terminus.

When Angad Sahgal was born with Down syndrome 23 years ago, doctors told his parents that he’d never be able to walk or talk. Assumptions like these vastly underestimate the abilities of those with Down syndrome. People with this genetic condition are congressional lobbyists, triathletes, actors, and much more. Sahgal himself is a college student and an entrepreneur: With his father, Amit Sahgal, he developed an app called Let Me Do It, named for the phrase he repeated often as a child.

Too Good to Go, a seven-year-old app designed to prevent food waste, recently launched service in Atlanta. The app connects restaurants that have a surplus supply with hungry customers in an effort to reduce the amount of food thrown in the trash.

Thailand native Srisaowalak Pobpuch learned to cook from her mother, who ran a popular food stall in the Wat Krut neighborhood of Bangkok. After moving to Georgia, she wanted to teach Atlantans how authentic...

Western culture idolizes feeling good, making us chronically incapable of facing human fragility. People shun discussions of death. They fear talking about grief. If you haven’t yet squirmed in grief’s grip, I’m sorry to say, it’s ahead.

February means Valentine’s Day, which means romance, which now means swiping right. We asked some of the most popular dating apps to share some Atlanta-centric trends.

For some studios, ClassPass helps fill spots that might otherwise have been empty. But some studio owners complain that ClassPassers are purely price-driven, unlikely to become repeat customers, and see less impressive results because they don’t consistently practice any particular fitness discipline.

These locally developed apps can help you plan meals, find online workouts, and connect with exercise buddies.