December 31st, 2025
Your Mac notch, now useful
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Notchie turns your MacBook notch into a tiny teleprompter so you can fake âoff the cuffâ one last time this year, Foundire stops you from running the same first-round interviews on repeat and Trip Replay turns your travel chaos into clean little map videos that actually deserve a spot on your camera roll.
Talk to the notch

Notchie turns your MacBook notch into a tiny teleprompter. Your script sits right under the camera, scrolls along as you talk, and pauses when you do, so you can keep eye contact on Zoom, Meet, or Loom without juggling notes on a second screen.
đĽ Our Take: This is for anyone whoâs sick of fake âoff the cuffâ calls while secretly reading from a doc in the corner. Sticking the words in the notch is stupidly simple and weirdly effective. You sound natural, you stop darting your eyes around, and nobody knows youâre basically reading.

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Stop doing the same screen

Foundire helps you stop running the same first-round interview over and over. It searches across hundreds of millions of profiles, scores resumes, and runs async AI interviews candidates can take anytime, then hands you clean scorecards with transcripts and highlights in one place.
đĽ Our Take: If you know five minutes in that someone isnât a fit but still sit through the whole slot out of politeness, this is for you. Let the AI chew through the repetitive screens and keep your energy for final rounds where a real conversation actually matters.
Turn trips into reels

Trip Replay turns your travel routes into vertical, social-ready videos. You drop in your stops, pick how you moved between them, and it generates a cinematic map animation in the browser. No sign-up, no uploads, nothing leaving your device, and itâs free so you are not paying per export just to post one trip.
đĽ Our Take: If you have a camera roll full of trips and nothing to show on your profile, this is the missing step. Clean animation, no account, no subscription graveyard, just a simple way to make your routes look good enough for TikTok, Reels, or Shorts.
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