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20. Cloud Devs is a talent pool of the top 5% European & Latin American Remote Developers, which can be assigned to you in 24 hours.
“Our talent manager was able to expertly identify the resources we needed for our projects. And the talent was outstanding in accomplishing our tasks and meeting expectations.” - Hayden
19. Newsadoo thinks of themselves as the “Spotify for News” with a service based on AI, Machine Learning, and Natural Language Processing, to enhance the news reading experience.
“It looks so simple. Really appreciate the design.” - Beverly
18. mmhmm lets users create a different type of Zooming by creating unique video presentations.
“Having been a teacher in the first 6 years of my career, I know how underestimated good (video) performance is. I think this tool could help (online) teachers to engage their students so much more.” - Jibran
17. InVideo is a social video creation platform to create video ads, promo videos, social media videos and more.
“Have been using this for Wealth Management venture - Love how simple and cost effective it is! More power to you guys.” - Ankit
16. MicroAcquire helps startups find buyers and start conversations to lead to acquisitions.
“MicroAcquire is one of the best side project selling tools I've come across. It's very well designed and a breeze to list projects.” - Brett
Tomorrow’s newsletter will feature a special Christmas message, but you can expect the countdown to continue on Monday. Stay tuned...
Here are the first five:
25. ZapBG is a background removal tool that uses an AI and ML algorithm to help you remove background from your graphic assets.
“A must-have tool for any e-commerce store owner. Works flawlessly and saved us tons of time. Easy to use and intuitive.” - Vit
24. Avodocs 2.0 offers free, attorney-reviewed Terms of Use, Privacy Policy, NDAs, and other legal docs for startups. You can also negotiate, e-sign, store your legal docs.
“Avodocs has a huge social impact and helps to get your legal work done in minutes.” - Marina
23. Unstack is a no-code platform for building beautiful marketing websites and landing pages that ship with integrated A/B testing, forms & contacts, and full-funnel metrics.
“I've been designing website for last 8 years, but this one is exceptional. I don't need to understand any line of code to build a website that perfectly match to my design in Sketch.” - Ibnu
22. Trends.vc is a newsletter that allows you to discover new markets and ideas by joining a community of over 20,000 founders and investors.
“Excellent newsletter! Always gives my Shiny Object Syndrome by seeing other opportunities.” - Pete
21. Unscreen takes away the need for a green screen. Record your footage anywhere, then simply get rid of the background, even from gifs.
“Incredible. Played around with the product with my teams and we are stoked to add it to our daily workflow.”- Luis
That’s all for now. Stay tuned tomorrow, as we drop the next 5.
Here are 10 products that leverage or advocate for GPT-3:
1. Copysmith: - generate product descriptions, ad variants, taglines, landing pages, and blog posts with GPT-3.
2. Activechat Bot Trainer: - build and train natural language bots with GPT-3.
3. Magic Email: - summarize and generate emails using GPT-3 in one click.
4. GPT-3 Tailwind CSS: - an OpenAI powered GPT-3 code generator.
5. GPT-3 Crush: - a curated list of GPT-3 demos.
6. GPT-3 Job Description Rewriter: - add a creative flare by rewriting general job descriptions.
7. GPT-3 Blog Idea Generator: - prevent writer’s block by coming up with unique content ideas.
8. GPT-3 Books: - get book recommendations based on your mood.
9. Helphub: - allow teams to use AI to write support articles.
10. Magic Flow: - create landing pages, Google and Facebook ads, and product descriptions in seconds with GPT-3.
And although we're pretty sure content writers aren't out of a job yet (we are in fact looking to hire a real-life human to lead content at Product Hunt) in a battle of human versus the machine ran by VWO in August, the results are in and.... the AI won. 😲
Curious to see what's been popular? Check out these trending community-created solutions that use Notion:
1. Notion Pack - freelance documents and templates, which users can customize to their clients' brand.
2. Reports for Notion - interactive charts and tables embedded into Notion.so pages.
3. Notion Automations - automate your Notion workflows with Zapier.
4. Notion Charts - quickly generate interactive charts that are tailored for Notion's Embed blocks.
5. Bulletproof Notion Workspace - use the Bulletproof methodology in your workspace.
6. Apption for Notion - find and learn Notion friendly embeddable mini apps.
7. Notion Growth Workspace - templates for project management, SEO, fundraising, marketing, and sales.
8. Notion TrackerSuite - offers 12 productivity templates and a 10-Part Notion training course.
9. Notion E-Commerce UI Kit - a toolkit consisting of 70+ custom designed components, style guide, and more.
10. NotionMetrics - pulls important metrics from Stripe, Rescuetime, Mailchimp, Convertkit, Plaid, and Google Analytics.
And of course, Notion had its own official product launch just last month. ICYMI 👇🏻
Todays' newsletter was crafted by us and sponsored by our friends at Ramp.
Travel and Expense spending is down 87% since the start of 2020. But companies are still paying for pricey travel expense software.
Earlier this week, Ramp launched Ramp Reimbursements. It's a free and easy-to-use spend-management software.
Since first launching on Product Hunt in February, Ramp has quietly become the fastest growing spend management platform in America. 🤯
On top of reimbursements, it:
💸 Identifies and cuts wasteful spend ($100k/yr on avg)
♾️ Automates accounting, saving companies 5.4 days/mo
💵 Gives 1.5% Cashback and $175k in partner offers
🤑 Predicts future spend and includes control through Slack
✅ Is run by engineers and former founders
With Ramp you can replace your corporate card or time-consuming expense management tool and put the savings back into your company.
“Most companies in Silicon Valley are quite wasteful with their spending, however, without access to the corporate card, it is difficult to enact change. The Ramp team has the perfect DNA to create the card that smart CFOs use, as opposed to creating a card whose main value proposition is its points and cafe menu.” – Keith Rabois, Founders Fund
Some early reactions from the Product Hunt community:
"Having visibility is very valuable to keep understanding our burn rate and identifying wasteful spend. Ramp is amazing!" - Deepak
"Would you rather get 1% or so of cashback with Amex or 5%+ with Ramp? Easy decision." - Nick
"It’s a big deal for us to be able to fully move off Tallie and consolidate everything. Our month-end close is so much more smooth." - Alex
As a thank you to the Product Hunt community, for the next 72 hours, Ramp is exclusively offering a $500 welcome bonus.
Yesterday, Bitcoin broke above $20,000 taking its gains to date “to more than 180%.” So... is it too late to get into Bitcoin? We turned to our most trusted financial advisors: our Twitter community. Here are their thoughts:
“Nope it’s never too late to get into Bitcoin.” - Prince
“I feel like Bitcoin is too complicated for the average person.” - Heidi
“It's a bit dead but [...] there's always a downhill cycle so wait for it to come down.” - Maëva
Bitcoin isn’t the only buzz. Cryptocurrency has gained quite a bit of media presence in the past few weeks, with companies like Facebook, PayPal, and American Express expanding their offerings. While Kitty Coin is still in the works (joking...kind of), here are some products that can help you navigate or enhance your cryptocurrency experiments:
Amber - claims to be “bitcoin on autopilot” to provide accessible and intelligent investing.
Wrabbit - real time forecasts and AI-supported analytics for more than 150 crypto markets.
CoinLobster - shows stats from the leading futures markets (liquidations, recent large trades, funding rates and more).
Sovryn - a decentralized application allowing users to trade Bitcoin on Layer 2.
Chainwire - a crypto focused newswire and for broadcasting cryptocurrency and blockchain news.
NOBI - a bank-like services to grow crypto, for new and advanced traders.
Argent - crypto's first one tap app to earn and invest.
2020 has been the year of the virtual meeting. With many companies switching into a remote-first work policy and events going virtual, people needed a way to spice up their Zoom calls. Cue digital avatars.
Avatars aren’t something new, but they definitely made a mark this year. We had Genies open up their 3D avatars to everyday users and earlier this week, Roblox announced it would buy digital avatar startup Loom.ai.
If you missed the avatar train, here are 5 trending picks from this year:
1. Hyprmeet for Zoom & OBS is an avatar video chat app for Zoom and OBS. It uses facial mocap technology, for users to can create and animate personalized avatars.
2. Spatial allows you to create life-like avatars in VR/AR. Join virtual rooms from the web or in Oculus Quest, HoloLens, and MagicLeap.
3. LoomieLive lets users create their own branded Loomie (3D avatar) for Zoom calls or other videos (these were the humans acquired by Roblox).
4. AI Avatars is currently in beta but claims to be the world's first photorealistic, emotive and intelligent AI Avatar Studio where users can 'seed' their avatar with intelligence and own the underlying asset through NFTs.
5. Chudo Virtual Spaces is a social platform where users can use their avatar to play games, meet friends, study, or party.
Test out your avatar at your virtual holiday party this year. 👀
Instead of giving the gift of WOW this year, give the gift of WTF. There are tons of hilariously crafted products and services that will make your recipient scratch their head or murmur an awkward thanks.
Here’s a list of eye-brow worthy products for last-minute gifting:
Founder Prayers - set of 4 prayer candles of your favorite tech icons. Some say sacrilegious, others say a ray of hope for your launch.
Framed Tweets - frame a tweet that started a Twitter fire.
GIFwrap - high-quality, glossy, and flat wrapping paper full of memes.
Musk on Mars - instead of gifting a lottery ticket, reserve a day you think Elon Musk will land on Mars.
Goat 2 Meeting - Surprise the office by inviting a real goat (or llama) to your next video call.
Burrito Pop - described as “not quite a burrito thermos, or a burrito condom, or a burrito elevator, but all of the above at the same time.” - Gizmodo
WonderSpray - a portable butt shower to enhance your bathroom experience.
Meow - a novel written for cats by cats. Gift your furry pal a book of self discovery.
Tesla Tequila - we heard you can still get it on eBay for a cool $1K or place a bid for the empty bottle at $650.
If you’re looking for other funny gifts or just need a laugh, scroll through other WTF products. Or check out the gift guide we released on Friday.
As an interesting start to Monday morning, Google services briefly paused (i.e., stopped working, causing mass Twitter pandemonium). Although services are slowly coming back online, it’s a stark reminder of how much people, large organizations, and industries depend on their services.
If you’re looking to diversify your applications or curious about other tooling options out there, check out these alternatives:
Alternative to Google Docs: Archbee 2.0
This product is an all-in-one documentation tool that can host team wikis, developer guides, API documentation, document collaboration, and more. Try it out for free.
Alternative to Google Slides: Pitch
Used by more than 25K teams, Pitch is a presentation software that allows teams to collaborate in real-time. Users can try their Starter pack for free.
Alternative to Google Sheets: JotForm Tables
Designed as an online database tool, JotForm allows teams to easily manage their data while syncing online forms into no-code workspaces. JotForm is currently offering savings for users to upgrade.
Alternative to Gmail: Hey
An offshoot of Basecamp, the Hey team is looking to reinvent how we interact with our inboxes by automating and categorizing emails for better readability. Start a trial and get your own @hey account.
Alternative to YouTube: Wacht.tv
Wacht.tv is a music video discovery platform that describes itself as Reddit meets MTV.
Alternative to Google Maps: Wanderlog
Users can build, organize, and map their itineraries even while offline.
The holidays are fast approaching and there are so many things to celebrate: Hanukkah, Christmas, Kwanzaa, Festivus, or just feeling #blessed to get through 2020.
We asked our team members and the community what’s on their wish lists this holiday season. With so many things launched this year, it's hard to pick. Here’s what the Product Hunt team chose:
👾 Emily & Jake’s pick: Wireless VR headset by Oculus Quest 2.
🎮 Aaron’s pick: Intense gaming with PS5.
🍵 Dan’s pick: Temperature-Controlled Ceramic Mug by Ember.
🎶 Gabe’s pick: Live music performances at home with Oda.
🥊 Chantelle’s pick: Fitness gaming with Quell.
🚰 Jacq’s pick: A self-cleaning water bottle called LARQ.
Make sure to check your list twice this weekend as shipping cut-off dates loom. If you're still stumped, here are a couple of other ideas for gifting (or treating yourself):
Super Mario Bros. Game & Watch - the OG handheld system is back.
Raspberry Pi 400 - a portable keyboard with a complete built-in computer.
Google Nest Audio - all new smart speakers from Google.
Apple Watch SE - the new, more affordable watch from Apple.
Sleepbuds 2 by Bose - headphones that are optimized for sleeping.
Gift a Business with Shopify in their Exchange Marketplace.
Petcube Cam - is a smart camera for your pet with a built-in vet chat.
Have an item in mind that didn’t make the list? Let community members know in the discussion board. 👇
