Hello World!: Choose Your Apps

Two years ago we started a little side project to review and roundup apps. Being bloggers, a kick-ass WordPress setup was the natural way to go. My little brother threw in a great idea for a name, and we lucked out when a super talented blogger named David Appleyard showed up offering to run the project. Two years on and AppStorm has become a little powerhouse here at Envato, for Mac apps, Web apps, iPhone and iPad apps, and starting today, Windows and Android apps.

As an entrepreneur it’s really rewarding to watch our sites grow, and while I still get excited watching Tuts unfold or the marketplaces bloom, it’s the little sites that are the coolest for me. I think it’s because with the little sites it’s often not certain whether they will make it or not. That makes it all the more rewarding when they kick butt and take names.

So it’s with no small excitement that I get to announce that we’re adding two more AppStorm’s to the network in the new year for Android and Windows. And to whet your appetite David and his team have put together a great roundup of awesome apps for both.

Windows.AppStorm

With version 7 restoring some lost Windows pride, it’s time PC users had a place to find awesome apps from both small indie developers and the big powerhouses. Plus I’ve been hearing really good things about the new Windows Mobile, so you can expect to get a dose of non-desktop apps too! To kick things off we have:

90+ Incredibly Useful Windows 7 Apps & Tips

Be sure to stop in and subscribe to our RSS feed, follow the site on Twitter or fan it on Facebook for updates and the official launch next year! Visit Site

Android.AppStorm

Lately Android has been appearing on all sorts of devices and with a few different app stores and lots of killer devs making apps for Google’s open source platform, you need a trusted place to get the low down on Android Apps. So head over and check out:

100+ Absolutely Essential Android Apps & Tips

Be sure to stop in and subscribe to our RSS feed, follow the site on Twitter or fan it on Facebook for updates and the official launch next year! Visit Site

iPhone.AppStorm

If you’re more of an iOS person then you’ll find a *ton* of fantastic roundups and reviews as well as news and opinion on your favourite platform at iPhone.AppStorm. Editor Joshua Johnson leads a crack squad of bloggers who’ve published some real crowd favourites like:

30+ Super Secret iPhone Features and Shorcuts

100 Incredibly Useful Free iPhone Apps

The Complete iPhone Development Toolbox

and 50 Really Beautiful iPad Wallpapers

Stop in, hit subscribe, follow us on Twitter or on Facebook! Visit Site

Web.AppStorm

Even if the Chrome Web Store wasn’t about to launch, and even if HTML5 wasn’t the buzzword of the hour, you know web apps would still be hot. Whether it’s Basecamp or Grooveshark, Quake Online or Tumblr, if it’s web, it’s going to be on Web.AppStorm. Join Jarel and his crew as they pump out great posts like:

50 Great Web Alternatives to Desktop Software

30 Best Free Online Games

Ultimate Dropbox Toolkit & Guide

and 22 Brilliant Tumblr Themes

Stop in, hit subscribe, follow us on Twitter or on Facebook! Visit Site

Mac.AppStorm

The blog that started it all is now the leading Mac apps blog and has reviewed hundreds of amazing apps from ones you know to ones you wish you’d always known. David’s still kickin’ it here with his team of faithful Macolytes and you’ll find everything you could ever want for your Mac written up, including:

The Ultimate List of 50 Free Mac Games

100 Incredibly Useful Free Mac Apps

Mac Software for Advanced OS X Users: 70 Apps

and 80 of the Most Useful Mac Tools and Utilities

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I can’t wait for the new year when we’ll get to really kick off the two new blogs in full swing. Until then, enjoy the teaser posts, and thanks for putting up with me interrupting your normal schedule to pimp our awesome app blogs!!