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Livestrong.com Trumpets Apps Milestone

Santa Monica-based LIVESTRONG.COM, the health and wellness site run by Demand Media, is trumpeting two pieces of app news today. The firm said that 10,000 people have quite smoking using its MyQuit Coach application, a smartphone app to help users quit smoking; and, the firm said it is making its LIVESTRONG.COM Calorie Tracker app free for Windows phones. LIVESTRONG.COM's MyQuit Coash app provides reminders and guidance to smokers looking to quite smoking; the calorie tracker app tracks what people are eating to help them with their diet goals. The calorie tracking tools is free on Windows phones through the end of August, as a part of a partnership with the Windows Phone Marketplace.