apps

The "Ebola Tracker" app and its sister site, EbolaNear.me, use your computer or phone's location data to tell you the nearest case of Ebola. By putting some stark numbers between the reality of Ebola and what you hear on the news, the developers hope to raise awareness of the fear-based reporting that has covered the disease.

The Kboard is a keyboard app you can download that handily removes all those unnecessary things from your current input device - like extra letters and things that aren't emoji. Because really, if you need more than "K," "Cool," and "lol," what kind of hip young millennial are you?