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Video conferencing service Zoom is set to go public tomorrow, and will list its shares under the ticker “ZM” on the Nasdaq. Yesterday, Zoom raised the top end of its IPO range, pricing shares at $33 - $35 a piece.

Why it matters: Zoom is now positioned to see an initial market cap of $9B, which is 9X the $1B valuation its received after its last funding round in 2017. And another thing — Zoom is profitable, which is rare among tech unicorns hankering to IPO. 👀

A brief history: Zoom was founded in 2011 by Eric Yuan, who previously worked for Cisco and built WebEx. Zoom initially gained traction among startups, especially as small, distributed teams started to become more ubiquitous (we use Zoom!). 🤗

We took a trip down memory lane to find out what folks thought when Zoom first launched on Product Hunt five years ago:

“We have a distributed team, and we use Zoom all day every day to stay connected and quickly jump into conversations when needed.” - Thomas

“I don't know how they do it, but the quality and reliability are ridiculously amazing. We use it several times a day for our distributed team. Skype and Hangouts simply don't cut it for team calls” - Eric

“Tried them all. Cursed at the all. This is the best. Hands down.” - Jason

With the rise of distributed teams, demand for video communications is booming.

In addition to Zoom, big players include Google Hangouts, Skype and calls on Slack. There's also BlueJeans for video meetings and Livestorm for webinars.

P.S. In other IPO news: Pinterest is also planning to go public on Thursday.

Today’s Daily Digest was crafted by Product Hunt and sponsored by our friends at Blockstack.

Last week, blockchain software startup Blockstack announced its SEC filing for a $50M regulated token offering.

Why it matters: If approved by the SEC, the sale would allow Blockstack to raise capital through the U.S. securities markets via its subsidiary, Blockstack Token LLC. This could potentially set a precedent for other token offerings.

New York-based Blockstack got its start in 2013 with a mission to enable developers to build secure, privacy-focused apps. Fun fact: They were in the same Y Combinator batch as us at Product Hunt. Today, more than 80 such applications exist on Blockstack. Some include:

Lander is your personal home page on the decentralized internet 🏠

MyWhereAbouts is your location history, without the targeted ads 🌎

Scannie lets you securely scan and store your documents 🔒

Radicle is a safe, verified art marketplace and auction site 🎨

Travelstack is a decentralized Instagram 📸

Afari is decentralized and fast group messaging 💬

How to use Blockstack: Users can sign up once and “Sign in with Blockstack” just like you would on Facebook, Twitter, or any other website. If you want to make your own dApp, $100,000 is up for grabs every month. dApp developers can sign up for App Mining to earn for their traction. Blockstack will then divvy up $100k across (or ‘to’) registered Blockstack dApps based on their overall ranking each month.

Check out the full list of top dApps from March and register here for App Mining to be eligible for next month’s payouts. 👏

Amazon is reportedly in talks to launch a free, ad-supported music service, which would directly compete with Spotify, Pandora and YouTube (owned by Google).

But Amazon may be taking a different approach to “free” listening — and it will involve asking Alexa. Reports suggest that you'll only able to listen to Amazon's music service through Echo-connect speakers.

For clarity, Amazon already has a music steaming service — Amazon Music — which it launched way back in 2007. Launching a free music service that exclusively plays through Echo speakers would really be more of a retail play, in that you'd have to own an Echo device to use it.

Spotify is currently the only major streaming music subscription service with a free tier, and YouTube has always been free to use. As such, this new format from Amazon might appeal to folks who currently listen to music on YouTube — it would be a similar listening experience (one with ads) but without a screen.

It's rumored that Amazon could launch this service as early as this week. In the meantime, here's a few other products to shake up your music listening:

AirBuddy makes it easy to listen to music with your AirPods on the Mac 👂

Playlist Shuffle creates Amazing playlists with an AI bot 🎵

Tidal for Amazon Echo is...exactly what you think it is 🔊

Roadtrip is kind of like running your own radio station 📻

Generative.fm is endlessly ambient music 😌

Flow State is two hours of free music for working, every day 🙌

And of course there's a whole slew of apps that help you find new music.

Google+ is back!

Google shut down down the failed social network earlier this month, but has decided to let Google+ live on as Google Currents — a reborn product that's still going to compete with Facebook.

Google Currents will focus on enterprise, giving employees a place to share knowledge and discuss things internally. It's primary competitors are Facebook's “Workplace” and Microsoft's “Yammer.”

For the most part, Currents looks exactly like Google+ and is now Google's second big enterprise communication tool. Google also has Google Hangout Chat, its Slack competitor.

Google+ came on the scene in 2011 as a competitive answer to Facebook proper, but it never really took off with users. A 2018 data leak that affected 5K users was the nail in the coffin for Google+.

Funny enough, this is not even the first time Google has named a product “Currents.” Currents was previously used for a magazine app that came before Google Play Newsstand, which was eventually replaced by Google News.

Google Currents also joins a long list of social enterprise tools. There's Zoho Connect, Basecamp, Monday, Winio and ActiveCollab for syncing on ongoing projects (to name a few). There's LumApps for a social 'intranet.' There's Front for sharing your inbox. There's Roadmap for planning sprints. And many, many more.

Who remembers Sunrise? ☀️📅

If you don't, it was a beloved calendar app bought by Microsoft for $100M in 2015. In 2016, Microsoft shut down Sunrise, and absorbed some of its features into Outlook.

If you were a bereaved Sunrise user — good news. The former Sunrise CEO Pierre Valade just launched his next product.

The app is called Jumbo, and it touts itself as “your privacy assistant.” How it works: The app lets you simply and easily clean up your social profiles. You can automatically adjust 30 Facebook privacy settings, delete old Tweets and make new ones ephemeral, clean old Google searches and erase your Amazon Alexa requests. 👀

Some initial reactions on Product Hunt:

“This service is so needed. I hope it helps bring attention to something we should all be concerned about.” - Yann

“PLEASE do jumbo for e-mail. PLEASE” - Daniel

With privacy being the topic of the year, it seems Jumbo is coming at the right time. But the app definitely poses a threat to big tech companies, which make money by gathering and leveraging user data to deliver targeted ads. Though Jumbo is still living and breathing today, time will tell if big tech finds a way to shut it down.

Next up for Jumbo? The company is working on a privacy feature for Twitter that lets you manage your settings. It's also planning to help you manage your privacy on Instagram and Tinder.

“Long-term, we simply want to build the best privacy assistant, which works for you (and not anyone else). I think of this as your digital agent, similar to a lawyer in the real world, who represents you and make decisions in your favor, because it's incentivized to do so (ie: you will pay for it at some point).” - Pierre

For now, it's free to use.

Jumbo joins a growing list of apps designed to help users take control of their privacy on the internet. Vanish provides step-by-step instructions for controlling your social media presence. DeleteHub and Cardigan are tools for deleting old Tweets. And Facebook even has its own ”Clear History” feature, which lets you erase data Facebook has collected on you.

YouTube is getting into interactive programming.

The Google-owned company is now investing in choose-your-own-adventure-style shows, similar to Netflix's Black Mirror: Bandersnatch. YouTube has already experimented with interactive advertising, but interactive storytelling will be a first. It also puts the company in direct competition with Netflix. 📺

Netflix launched its interactive storytelling unit back in 2017 with several kids titles. Some initial reactions on Product Hunt:

“This could be a great feature for Netflix if they can keep content fresh. Obviously not as fresh for younger kids, but for older kids and adults they'll need to have regular interactive content” - Smokie

“An alternate ending for House of Cards would be awesome! Don't forget about us adults who are paying the subscription fee, Netflix” - Jordan

But Netflix's first big success with the format was Bandersnatch. Since the interactive style proved so popular with adults, Netflix is now reportedly doubling down on creating interactive shows.

But while high-end interactive programming could give Netflix an advantage in the streaming market (which includes Apple, Amazon, Hulu, HBO and Disney), it seems others want a piece of the pie.

Beyond YouTube, Walmart has also invested $250M in a venture with interactive storytelling platform Eko. We could also see Amazon carving out a niche in audio-only interactive content or perhaps Facebook will help everyone make their own interactive shows. 🔮

But big tech isn't alone in changing how stories are told in video. There's also Firework for watching short-form videos on mobile, Dreams for watching TV on your phone and PlutoTV for live-streaming (acquired for $340M).

Yesterday, Alphabet's drone delivery company Wing announced it's launching one of the world's first drone delivery services in Canberra, Australia following regulatory approval. ✈️📦

How it works: Customers place an order for popular items — like food, coffee and medicine — through Wing’s app. Minutes later, a drone arrives with the goods at their doorstep. 100 homes have access to start.

Perhaps Wing took inspiration from Sliceline, the pizza drone from HBO’s Silicon Valley. 😉

Wing has reportedly been testing a pilot program (pun intended) for 18 months and has already made over 3K deliveries.

Wing's Australia launch also marks a significant achievement for Alphabet — beating Amazon to market. Jeff Bezos predicted his company would be making drone deliveries by 2018, but there hasn't been a commercial launch yet.

Beyond Amazon, a few others are throwing their hat into the last-mile delivery ring. In 2016, 7-Eleven partnered with drone maker Flirtey to deliver items from its store and UPS teamed up with drone startup Matternet this year to deliver medical supplies through the air. On the ground, there's also Serve from Postmates, SameDay Bot from FedEx, Starship, Robomart and Scout.

Over the last three weeks, we've seen nearly 1K Makers from all over the world take part in the Product Hunt Makers Festival to create awesome products — all without code.

Our showcase last week had over 120 products, ranging from simple (but effective) calculators to open source libraries to Tinder for brains. 🧠

So without further ado, here are the winners and runners up across the festival's six categories.

Thank you to all of our community members who voted, and to our good friends over at Coda.

Tools for teams 🛠

Winner

Feature Monkey is a feedback tracker that helps you build features for your customers using AI and no code. Made by Gautham.

Runners Up

Implementation Tracker helps catch development implementation choices early, and course correct where necessary. Made by Wira and Sam.

Remote HQ will teach you how to hire global employees for your remote team. Made by Dominic.

Life Hacks ⚡️

Winner

Wardrobe Genie helps you to choose what to wear everyday (and can even tell your laundry times!). Made by Merbil.

Runners Up

Master your life is a life-changing board to organize your mind. Made by Florian.

Project Work lets solo entrepreneurs work with others. Made by Johnny.

Health and Wellness 💕

Winner

Remetea helps you find the perfect tea to drink based on how you’re feeling. Made by Dianna.

Runners Up

Done With Life measures you burnout and gives you recommendations on how to move forward. Made by Madison.

FriskyList helps you discover body-safe sex toys and sex-positive products. Made by Alex.

Social Impact 😇

Winner

Product Accessibility Checklist helps to make your product delightful and usable for everyone. Made by Valia and Lisa.

Runners Up

Food Still Good helps you Marie Kondo your fridge and help save the planet with a food tracking app. Made by Sally.

Braille Buildies is an interactive app that demystifies Braille. Made by Kathy.

Tiny Apps 💡

Winner

The Books by Women is a crowdsourced and curated list of books written by women. Made by Kalina.

Runners Up

Tiny Chat Bot is a simple no code chatbot engine built with Coda. Made by Paul.

ShopperGram makes your Instagram content shoppable. Made by Najmuzzaman, Adam, Aamna and Prakhar.

Everything Else 🤔

Winner

MirrorMirror helps you to make the right choice with quick and simple A/B user testing. Made by Matt and Vincent.

Runners Up

Freelance Calculator teaches you how much to charge for your services. Made by Marina and Anita.

Request for Product is a crowdsourced directory of product ideas people wish exist. Made by Sharath.

Maker In Chief 🏆

Emoodji is your personal mood tracker. Made by Kevin.

“We loved the creative representation of the PANAS scale in this Coda doc. The combination of mobile friendly quiz, randomized gifs, historical tracking, and automated reminders is an awesome example of how to make a doc as powerful as an app. Congrats!” - Evan Davies, Head of Solutions & Partnerships at Coda

Congratulations to all the Makers in the Festival, and thank you to everyone who participated. We hope to see you all at our next one - stay tuned!

Yesterday, Snap debuted “Snap Games,” its new platform that lets you play live multiplayer games, at its first-ever partner event in Los Angeles.

The first game is called “Bitmoji Party,” a Mario Party-syle game where your Bitmoji avatar competes with up to seven friends in a series of mini games (like staying balanced on a giant record as a DJ scratches).

The games platform comes after Snapchat's 2017 acquisition of PrettyGreat, an Australian game company founded by the creator of Fruit Ninja.

Some initial reactions to Snap Games on Product Hunt:

“Every communication app that hits significant scale seems to eventually adopt games, including Facebook, Messenger, LINE, WeChat, and more recently Houseparty with their first title, Heads Up.” - Ryan

“Does it feel like MySpace to anyone else or was I the only one that played those games?“ - Marcus

Indeed, the new gaming platform comes as Snap finds new ways to generate revenue. These games will be free to play but users will opt-in to watching six-second unskippable ads that reward them with in-game power ups.

According to Snap's own metrics, it has 186 million daily active users — with 90 percent of 13-24 year olds in the U.S. using Snapchat. The company also stated yesterday that their advertising reaches more users in that demographic than Facebook or Instagram. And with a long-standing emphasis on privacy, Snap may be positioning itself to excel in an area where its biggest social competitor does not.

While Snap's 2018 redesign was a bit of a disaster, Snap Games marks a return to its roots — the app is fun again.

Something worth noting: Snap shares rose 1.1% yesterday.

Snap also launched a redesigned in-app camera aimed at creators who design their own AR lenses. Snap also said that its Stories product would soon become available for developers to use in their own apps. Tinder and Houseparty have already agreed to include Stories in their products.

RIP Google Inbox.

If you didn't hear the news, Google Inbox — Google's beloved email client that launched back in 2014, shut down yesterday. This means that if you're a Google Inbox user, you're now being forced to switch to Gmail.

Google announced it would be sunsetting Google Inbox last September, and needless, to say people have been upset.

“My heart goes out to the millions of bereaved Google customers. Remember that we're all in this together.” - Ron Amadeo

Every single person I know who uses Google Inbox is using it until the bitter end, ignoring the nags, hoping it won't die” - Owen Williams

For some context, this is how people felt about Google Inbox when it launched:

“Can't remember ever being more excited to share a Google product with the world. Has completely changed how I use email.” - Ken

“Can't upvote any harder. Combines a lot of my favorite Google Now / Gmail Labs features into a much better package.“ - Ece

Google Inbox rethought how an inbox should work (like a to-do list), and a lot of its pioneering features are now deployed across Gmail. But if you're a bereaved Inbox fan and not ready to hop on the Gmail train, here are some alternatives you can check out:

Spike presents email as chats 🗣

Spark has smart filters and customizable designs ⚡️

Consider keeps you calm 😌

Zero sorts by relevance and importance 💌

June.ai wants to replace the inbox with AI 👀

Superhuman is super fast email 🚀

You can pay your respects to Inbox at the Google Cemetery, along with all other dead Google products.