Erodr: New Mobile Social Network for College Students

Move over Facebook, Erodr is a new social network app currently being released for college students. Erodr, unlike other social networks is app only and has content exclusive to college students.

Once registered with their college email addresses, users receive updates from other students near their location or can "anchor" their location to their college or university to ensure their posts and stream will be relevant to them.

While "friends" can be requested on Erodr, students are unsearchable on this app in order to maintain their privacy on the network. However, users of the app can connect with other students by posting in the same area or anchoring to their campus.

By ensuring that students who are using the network are 17 years or older, students can post less filtered as well as post anonymously to the stream. Once a post has been made, it has 24 hours before it "erodes" or is removed. Other users who see the posts can like the post for it to stay longer on the stream or "erode" the post so the post's time limit will be diminished. While this seems like a curious feature at first, the erosion of posts protects students from their posts as well as keeps the news feed always up to date.

Erodr is a location based discovery app with a lot of great social and privacy features. Its heavy influence from social networks such as Facebook and Snapchat allow college students to post without thinking in a fun and safe manner. This of course means, whatever happens on campus stays on campus.

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Lift App Tracks Your Goals and Habits

Lift, a goal tracking app is a "small step closer to releasing a groups feature." The upcoming feature will bring forth coaching and advice from top experts. Although these features aren't officially released yet, the goal tracking app is very effective for practicing good habits.

The app at its core is a list of habits you set for yourself. The habits list is kept over the course of each day so after completing a habit you have the ability to check into them. There is also a section that lets you view your overall progress.

Lift is unique because it brings it's own social networking aspect to the table. Lift users can give other users props or comment on their check ins which encourages them to continue making good habits. Users can also follow other users to follow their activity.

In the latest update, users can get a preview of the new Lift Groups feature by selecting Groups from the cog on the upper right of the Me screen. Lift Groups are goals that are held together with multiple habits with advice from experts and other users that share those same goals. Once reviewing and joining a group, the habits from that goal will be added to your own list so you can start checking into those habits as well.

Lift is an app that everyone can benefit from using. From an addictively fun interface to a incredibly supportive network of users, Lift is a must download for those who want to take better control of their lives.

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