The LIVESTRONG.COM Blog

An update to our popular LIVESTRONG.COM Calorie Tracker iPhone app went live in the iTunes store today. We’ve added bidirectional sync — meaning foods you track here on the website sync back down to your iPhone or iPod touch now, too!

The updated version also features:

• Improved speed, performance, and stability
• Improved food and fitness search relevance
• Record weight in kg in addition to lbs
• Various bug fixes

You can download the latest free version here. Enjoy!

(Note: Other much-requested features like meals and access to “frequently eaten foods” are coming soon!)

Our developers released a few updates to the new Dares engine yesterday. We addressed a few of the bugs you’d pointed out, and made tracking even easier. Dare Groups have already really taken off, and we’re thrilled!

As we mentioned earlier, we’re now seeking “Adopters” to take the reigns on our most popular dares. Dare Adopters can write the welcome messages that greet new dare takers, and they serve as a sort-of Chief Motivator for the other folks who take those dares.

Our first dare adopter is JCH3, who’s now the Adopter for Dare to Quit Smoking! Check out the great work she’s already doing on that dare!

If you’d like to adopt another dare, just let us know. We’re going to keep on improving Dares in the days and weeks ahead — stay tuned!

Our astounding development team rolled out a major upgrade to our Dares system late last night (or early this morning), and we’re pretty excited about it.

Check out the Dares directory to see all the dares available. Most dares will have a custom tracker to help track your daily progress as you work to achieve whatever it is you’ve dared to do.

You’ll note right away that Dares are now more community-based, and each individual dare is centered on a unique group. For example, take a look at our hugely popular “Dare to Lose Weight” page.

Most Dares now have a custom tracker to help track your daily progress.

Lance Armstrong has published a commentary on CNN addressed to President-elect Barack Obama, focused on how the government can fight even more passionately against cancer.

Read it here!

Lance Armstrong presented at Web 2.0 yesterday, and he devoted part of his talk to this very site! You can watch the video right here:

Read more at The Official LIVESTRONG Foundation Blog!

We are thrilled to announce the immediate available of our LIVESTRONG Calorie Tracker application for iPhone and iPod Touch. You can grab it here:

http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=295305241&mt=8

The application is completely free, and will allow you to track the foods you eat, the fitness activities you do, and more. Check it out, and let us know what you think!