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Zoom was on a roll this week, launching two new products that got everyone talking.
Zapps, or Apps on Zoom, brings together some of the best productivity apps right to Zoom. Say goodbye to searching through your tabs to find the right Mural board or being voluntold to start a random document to take minutes.
With one click, you can use an app during a meeting in the same screen. Some of the coolest features include voice-to-text transcriptions directly in apps, live workout stats for fitness sessions, and becoming your very own quizmaster.
You can test out over 35 apps that have made their way to becoming a Zapp from familiar names like Asana, Slack, Coda, Atlassian, and Zendesk among others.
Zoom also launched OnZoom, a marketplace to monetize and attend virtual events. In the age of virtual everything, OnZoom is definitely giving major entertainment companies a run for their money by allowing users to sell tickets, schedule, and promote their event all in one spot.
Stayed tuned next week when Zoom will start to roll out its much anticipated end-to-end encryption for both free and paid users. Create your own virtual top-secret meeting with your squad. 🤫
Which Zapp do you think will make your life easier? Let us know on the product page. 👇
Today’s Daily Digest was crafted by us and sponsored by our friends at monday.com.
Setting up any team to work productively can be a challenge, whether WFH is a relatively new gig or you’ve been remote for a while (let’s face it, it can even be a struggle for those back in the office).
We’re talking about mismanaged project boards, complicated workflows, and countless sync meetings.
monday.com’s Virtual Work OS (Operating System) launched on Product Hunt to some promising feedback from the community earlier in the year:
“Monday was a lifesaver during our relaunch last week.” – Nick
“Monday is my favorite project management tool. I used it to help build my own SaaS tool” – John
The platform now comes with:
💨 Easy onboarding and fast adoption
1️⃣ Workspace for projects, workflows, and everyday work
🌍 Teams of all sizes from any industry worldwide
⚙️ Completely customizable to fit your team’s needs
🛠️ 100’s of useful features: automations, integrations, dashboards & more
💻 📱 Multi-device functionality
🌐 Supports 10+ different languages
The recent update includes full-blown solutions for four of its core teams: Sales & customer-success, marketing, construction and software development.
Boasting a well-known client book including Coca-Cola, Universal, Adobe, Hulu, and more than 100,000 others, monday.com aims to help teams work productively together during this WFH era.
To see how monday.com can help refresh your work flows, get started here (there’s a 14-day free trial). 🎉
Yesterday, Apple dropped new products including the much anticipated iPhone 12, its first 5G iPhone.
To avoid FOMO, here’s a recap:
📱iPhone 12 & iPhone 12 Mini were part of the big reveal yesterday. The new phones are thinner and smaller than previous models, flaunting an ultra-protective ceramic glass screen. The size isn’t a problem for its 5G speed or fastest smartphone chip. The iPhone 12 is going for $799, while its mini counterpart starts at $699.
📲iPhone 12 Pro & iPhone 12 Pro Max shares similar features to the iPhone 12, but offers a new playground for photography. They are the first mobile cameras to record and edit Dolby Vision HDR videos, accompanied by LiDAR technology (the stuff NASA uses) for AR experiences.
The lenses on both phones will surely make for some Instagram-worthy shots. The iPhone 12 Pro will start at $999 whereas its fancier counterpart the iPhone 12 Pro Max will start at $1099.
🔉HomePod mini is 360 degrees of crisp and connected sound. At just 3.3 inches tall, you’ll get an intelligent assistant that acts as a speaker for your music or Apple TV, an office or home coordinator for your daily tasks, and an intercom for your house. Gift yourself this mini multitasker for $99.
The battle of the 5G phone is heating up just in time for the holidays, as Google released its contender the Pixel 5 just two weeks ago. Are you team Android or iPhone? Cast your vote for your pick.
Gazepass aims to provide your users with a way to log in using biometrics across all of their devices, regardless of whether or not they have a specialized biometric sensor.
We’ve seen more simple login solutions launch in recent times to help keep your accounts secure, and accessible, without having to remember a ton of random characters for every new app.
Here are some others that launched recently to check-out:
Fast develops a fast and secure one-click login solution.
Magic is a future-proof crypto and identity tech-powered passwordless login solution.
Auth0 Marketplace makes it easy for developers to find and install the identity integrations.
DID is a fast and simple way to add passwordless auth to websites and apps.
Authpack provides a user login and payments system installed with 8 lines of code.
Cotter is a simple and lightweight passwordless auth for your site or app.
Feather is a simple auth API for makers allowing you to build a sign-in flow in 5 min.
No Password Login is a passwordless login plugin for Shopify.
The CEO of Gazepass promises early adopters 1 year of all existing features (unlimited logins/users) for free. Sign ups before Nov 30.
BurnoutIndex claims to be the first science-backed burnout risk test designed for tech workers. The test assesses your risk level then offers tips to cool down if you are deemed at risk of burning out.
In light of World Mental Health Day this past weekend, and with WFH here to stay for many, here are some tools that aim to support remote workers:
WFH Care Package is designed for remote workers to boost morale and alleviate stress.
GrowApp is a self-care assistant for life balance and personal growth.
SanerJobs curate jobs ranked by a work-life balance score.
Trill is an anonymous mental health support community.
Sleeply utilizes Prayana techniques and sleep sounds to help you fall asleep.
CalmJobs list jobs from companies that care about their employees.s.
Doropomo is an inverted Pomodoro focused on a true work-life balance.
Remote Health is global health insurance for remote teams and individuals.
Zenbox For Remote Teams is an anxiety-free shared inbox for multiple inboxes and channels.
Skyrocket Your Team is an epic online escape room for remote teams.
Earlier this week Midas Kwant launched Rodeo, an app for casual voice-only (no need to check how you look) chats with friends - no calendar invite necessary.
Think of it as a Gen Z Clubhouse for your friends. Hop on the app, start a room and your friends will know you’re free to talk. Friends of the friends you’re talking to can join too, making it easy to meet new people.
Organizing virtual get-togethers on WhatsApp, Zoom, Skype, even Houseparty to a certain extent, require some effort to organize. Instead of having to call your group or ask for time, with Rodeo, you and your friends can let each other know you're down to talk and chat by creating a room.
This app is about expressing when you're free, versus calling and asking if someone is free.
This subtle change can bring a whole new serendipitous world of communication to you and your friends.
Make room for more happy, accidental meetings across your friend network, by having conversations you didn't know you've been missing out on.
Oda brings live music performances to your home with wooded speakers and seasonal performances.
The shape of Oda may resemble a home speaker, but within its wooden panels lives a performance space without walls. These speakers are made of simple materials including wood, glass, cotton, and steel. Simply put: They're built like musical instruments.
Here’s what lead investor and early user, Alexis Ohanian, has to say “this is an experience you really need to FEEL (not just listen) to believe. I'm not exaggerating when I say it's transcendent. Listening to live performances feels as intimate as if the artist were there and even when you're using the speakers for Spotify, the sounds are goosebump-inducing... so good.”
When you can't attend Coachella, you can “Couchella” with Oda. See what we did there. 😜 You can expect performances from artists like Arca, Madlib, and Bradford Cox among many more.
With current restrictions on in-person activities and events, we’ve seen a rise in livestream home concerts, and Oda is taking it to the next level with dedicated hardware and exclusive performances.
Here are some other products bringing live music to your home:
CrowdSurf.tv is like channel flipping for live concert videos.
Dope Livestreams curate, well, dope live music to stream.
Endlesss Studio is a live collaborative music studio and social network.
SYQEL turns your house party or casual hangout into a fully immersive experience.
CoronaLive curates high-quality live streams to enjoy during the lockdown.
For someone who misses the shivers of real performances, this might be the solution.
Yesterday’s drop from DigitalOcean wants to help apps get to market faster. The App Platform is a ‘Platform as a Service,’ (PaaS) that could help you build, deploy, manage and even scale your apps, all from one place.
To deploy your code, point to your Github repo, and App Platform will manage the infrastructure, app run times, and dependencies for you.
It supports Python, Node.js, Go, PHP, Ruby, Hugo, and static sites, or, if you have an app in another language, you can create a Dockerfile, and App Platform will do the rest.
You can deploy dynamic apps starting at $5/mo (or free for static apps). DigitalOcean is keeping costs low for developers by handling the infrastructure in-house built on DigitalOcean Kubernetes.
The idea is that you can spend more time on what’s important; building new apps. 📲
Makers Chris and Jon hosted a good discussion on the post page during their launch. Here are some initial reactions from the community:
"Had loads of fun beta testing the DO's App Platform. I believe this to be an excellent offering that makes a lot of sense for the current state of the web community." - Ahmed
"Congrats! I've been waiting for this for a long time." - Pierre
DigitalOcean is offering a free trial with a $100 credit for 60 days to Product Hunters to get started.
E-commerce is having a moment right now with more businesses turning to online selling.
Swell, launched last week, offers a powerful ‘headless’ e-commerce platform for modern brands, startups, and agencies.
The platform offers unlimited product options, flexible discounts, subscriptions, customizable checkout, and multiple integrations.
With so many e-commerce platforms on the market, it can be difficult to compete with established household names. The creators of Swell believe that headless e-commerce with a no-code editor is the way to go.
In case you’re wondering what headless means, Michelle Teo, one of the makers, explains, “The front end and back end are completely separated, which means brands get freedom of expression to build whatever and however they want.”
Here are some early impressions from the community:
“Eric, Joshua, and the rest of their team are so thoughtful when it comes to the future of the space. Swell is going to crush it, love what they have built.” – Taylor Clauson
“Looks like Shopify Plus on steroids. Really nicely done. And those illustrations are just so captivating.” – Jake Disraeli
“Really impressed by the performance and speed. I've checked out some websites that use swell, and they're quite fast. Good stuff.” – Celik Nimani
If you were waiting for a sign to start selling online, this may be it.
Last weekend, project SHERPA released an AI-powered analyzer titled How Normal am I? The tool creates an interactive documentary about your face and reveals how average it is.
Enable your webcam to start a live video showing how different algorithms, (beauty, age, gender, emotion, BMI, and life expectancy) assess your face, and how companies use this to make judgements (good and bad) about you.
SHERPA is an EU-funded project that analyses how AI and big data analytics impact ethics and human rights.
While the project provides interesting insights into the world of AI algorithms, one score, in particular, has triggered the most discussion; ‘how attractive am I’?
Here are some reactions from the community:
“This is incredibly interesting, informative & fun. Glad to have tried it and figured out my level of cloud-attractiveness ;)” – Merlin Laffitte
“That was fun! I'm a 5.5 in attractiveness 😆” – Jon Jones
“No way Beauty is 8.4... creepy but fun!” – David Villalón
No need to worry about data collection. According to the project creators, no data is sent to the cloud, it is all processed within your browser.
Find out how ‘normal’ you are.
