Local Teen's App Wins Congressional Challenge

By Aarron Fleming GERMANTOWN, TN (The Daily Memphian) — A local student has received congressional accolades for developing an app aimed at promoti...

December 23, 2022
5:24 AM

By Aarron Fleming GERMANTOWN, TN (The Daily Memphian) — A local student has received congressional accolades for developing an app aimed at promoting healthy computer habits — and popping up dog photos. Blake Freeman, a home-schooled student from Germantown, won the 8th Congressional District of Tennessee's Congressional App Challenge for his Google Chrome extension app, called DeskHealth. DeskHealth has three main features: A periodic reminder to take a break. The reminder can be set at intervals from 45 minutes to two hours.

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