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8/31/2020
16 : 39
This is fine
Zoom hosts 300 million meetings daily. 🤯 While most meetings are intended to be productive, you can still have some fun with Zoom custom backgrounds. We're seeing a rise in the number of projects
8/28/2020
16 : 24
An app for your psychedelic trip ✨
Self-awareness is going mainstream. People are seeking answers within fueling the rise of meditation and a curious self-discovery trend. Yesterday, Ronan Levy, self-proclaimed metaphysical outlaw, and
8/27/2020
16 : 9
“Zero fees is a game changer”
Today's newsletter was crafted by us and sponsored by our friends at Brex. Brex Cash first appeared on our scene last year, hunted while in public beta by long-time community member Chris Messina.
8/26/2020
16 : 24
The end of unpaid invoices
Late payments cost small businesses $3 trillion per year, Sage reports. Whaaat? Yesterday, Colin Gunnell and Adam Farah introduced Penny, an instant invoice payment platform. Inspired by the freelance
8/25/2020
16 : 39
Clippy for every website 📎
M-Files survey shows that 83% of employees recreate existing work documents because they can't find them in their company network. Conclusion? Documentation sucks. Yesterday, Joaquin Roca launched
8/24/2020
16 : 54
Launch like Dropbox
Dropbox's referral program is one of the most famous cases of referral marketing. Thanks to incentivized invitations Dropbox has more than 600 million users today. Yesterday, Bani Singh introduced
8/20/2020
16 : 24
How to monetize your Zoom videos
According to Cisco annual report, video is expected to make up 82% of internet traffic by 2021. Combine these numbers with more people at home due to shelter in place and you have a pretty big market
8/19/2020
15 : 54
Creating virtual side-chats
Talking to friends online is not the same as face to face. But technology is getting us pretty close. Recently, UC Berkeley students, Anmol Parande and Shomil Jain launched Voiceroom, a spatially-aware
8/18/2020
16 : 39
Microsoft resurrects Flight Simulator
14 years since it's original launch, Flight Simulator returns in real-time 4K, and we can't be more excited. “Wow, 😲 Are they real photos? It's hard to see the difference from the real
8/17/2020
17 : 9
A new Duolingo competitor?
Why is learning a new language so hard? There are many roadblocks. Finding time to practice, boring learning material, repetitiveness, finding someone to practice with, and more. It's active
8/13/2020
16 : 54
Twitter wants another chance
The relationship between Twitter and the developer community can be best described as complicated. Yesterday, Twitter's Global Lead Developer Advocate, Andy Piper announced a new Twitter API, built
8/12/2020
16 : 9
A smart camera for nose-pickers
We have reusable rockets while webcams still suck big time. Yesterday, the NeuralCam team dropped NeuralCam Live, an AI-powered app that turns your iPhone into a smart webcam. It's simple to set up
8/11/2020
16 : 9
Tweetdeck for Reddit
Reddit just got its own Tweetdeck-style desktop reader. Yesterday, Charles Yang launched Deck for Reddit, an alternative and fun way to browse your favorite subreddits. Clark Chambers' comment sums
8/10/2020
17 : 9
NEW from WordPress: A tool for remote workers
Automattic, WordPress's parent company, is a pioneer in remote working since the company started in 2005. Today they have over 1000 employees (!!!), fully distributed around the world. Last week
8/8/2020
8 : 23
Text me: (415) 481-3148
TestFlights are cool again. Or at least that's the feeling we and many others are having rn as a new wave of creative consumer apps emerge. It feels like 2013. We're increasingly seeing more
8/8/2020
8 : 22
10 dating apps you haven’t heard of
In early June we wrote about dating in the age of COVID-19. Love can happen during lockdown, and Makers have been finding creative ways to help relationships blossom regardless of local restrictions.
8/5/2020
16 : 39
Instagram takes on TikTok
Instagram just dropped Reels, its TikTok competitor, live in over 50 countries including in the US. Last month we wrote about Facebook's upcoming play for TikTok which has recently dominated the
8/5/2020
11 : 49
A personal CRM for Twitter
Flocknet launched yesterday as a tool to help you better understand your Twitter followers. Use it to sort your people by job, location and keyword. The result: A powerful personal CRM built on top of
8/4/2020
8 : 39
Us vs. the Machines
A couple of weeks ago we wrote about OpenAI's newest project, GPT-3. We predicted that we'd see some interesting projects emerge as this became more widely available. So far we haven't been
7/31/2020
15 : 9
An 18 year old’s new side project
Over the years we've seen a ton of new tab browser extensions. Some of our personal favorites: Momentum, Unsplash Instant, Tabby Cat, Tabagotchi, and of course, The Product Hunt Tab. 😉 Yesterday,