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Elon Musk's newest company! 👀
It all started the morning of Dec 17th, 2016. Elon Musk was in a Tesla, LA traffic was doing its thing. He pulls out his phone while signaling to the AI (using his thoughts) to take over the wheel, and starts tweeting:
5:05 AM: Traffic is driving me nuts. Am going to build a tunnel boring machine and just start digging...
6:15 AM: It shall be called "The Boring Company"
6:16 AM: Boring, it's what we do
Boring, it's what he did.
On Friday afternoon the world learned that Elon was actually serious, as he revealed this video. It shows an underground network of tunnels where cars travel at 130 mph under major cities.
It's only a matter of time before Netflix has to rename the Science-Fiction category into Near-Term Technology.
P.S. This isn’t the only new company Elon announced this year. He wants to turn people into cyborgs.
5:05 AM: Traffic is driving me nuts. Am going to build a tunnel boring machine and just start digging...
6:15 AM: It shall be called "The Boring Company"
6:16 AM: Boring, it's what we do
Boring, it's what he did.
On Friday afternoon the world learned that Elon was actually serious, as he revealed this video. It shows an underground network of tunnels where cars travel at 130 mph under major cities.
It's only a matter of time before Netflix has to rename the Science-Fiction category into Near-Term Technology.
P.S. This isn’t the only new company Elon announced this year. He wants to turn people into cyborgs.
What's the best writing app for desktop? 🤔
Back in the day, when teachers used to assign students paper-based blog posts for homework, all you had was a pen and the ability to write without autocorrect technology. Those were simpler times.
Today, if you asked people which tools they use for writing, you will get 30+ different responses. Here are the most popular recommendations to Veni's question on Ask Product Hunt:
🐻 Bear is a simple, beautiful writing app for iPhone, iPad, and Mac, and is by far the most recommended writing app from all the responses.
📝 iA Writer comes in at #2, and is the cleanest writing app of the bunch. It gets out of the way and lets you focus on your thoughts.
💻 Ulysses is the third most recommended tool, and it’s powerful particularly for writing long form content across all devices.
Other writing tools that come very highly recommended include: Grammarly, Marked, Hemingway Editor, and dozens of others for you to check out.
Today, if you asked people which tools they use for writing, you will get 30+ different responses. Here are the most popular recommendations to Veni's question on Ask Product Hunt:
🐻 Bear is a simple, beautiful writing app for iPhone, iPad, and Mac, and is by far the most recommended writing app from all the responses.
📝 iA Writer comes in at #2, and is the cleanest writing app of the bunch. It gets out of the way and lets you focus on your thoughts.
💻 Ulysses is the third most recommended tool, and it’s powerful particularly for writing long form content across all devices.
Other writing tools that come very highly recommended include: Grammarly, Marked, Hemingway Editor, and dozens of others for you to check out.
The Ultimate Tools For Freelancers 👩💻👨💻
Freelancing as a career path is getting more and more popular. But with great freedom comes responsibility to find work, manage clients, and take a shower when WFH. These new freelance products will help:
• Simple, fully integrated time tracker for freelancers ⏱
• A controversial service that makes sure you get paid 💵
• Beautiful proposal tool for creatives 💫
• A digital job notebook for freelancers (lots of 🔥 features)
Next Steps: Find your next gig on the Airbnb for Freelancers and use the Freelance Rate Explorer to make sure you're getting paid what you should be. 👌
• Simple, fully integrated time tracker for freelancers ⏱
• A controversial service that makes sure you get paid 💵
• Beautiful proposal tool for creatives 💫
• A digital job notebook for freelancers (lots of 🔥 features)
Next Steps: Find your next gig on the Airbnb for Freelancers and use the Freelance Rate Explorer to make sure you're getting paid what you should be. 👌
📱The Homescreen Club (ft. @DeRay + @Jack)
In our inaugural edition of Homescreen Club, we analyzed @Jack’s homescreen. Today, we look into the mind of @DeRay, civil rights activist and leader of the movement #BlackLivesMatter.
Let’s start. With 102k emails, 1.4k unopened iMessages, 3k Mentions, and 14 missed calls, people are trying to get a hold of DeRay, all the time. Upon further analysis, we found that:
• DeRay uses both Google and Apple Maps
• Is an expert in all forms of social media
• Uses Engage (a special Twitter app for public figures)
• Likes Spotify and parking lots (prime homescreen location)
• Uses Signal, an app for sending encrypted texts & phone calls
Before we get into DeRay's favvvvorite app, subscribe to Pod Save the People, DeRay's new show on activism, social justice, and politics. 🎙
Let’s start. With 102k emails, 1.4k unopened iMessages, 3k Mentions, and 14 missed calls, people are trying to get a hold of DeRay, all the time. Upon further analysis, we found that:
• DeRay uses both Google and Apple Maps
• Is an expert in all forms of social media
• Uses Engage (a special Twitter app for public figures)
• Likes Spotify and parking lots (prime homescreen location)
• Uses Signal, an app for sending encrypted texts & phone calls
Before we get into DeRay's favvvvorite app, subscribe to Pod Save the People, DeRay's new show on activism, social justice, and politics. 🎙
📰 NEW from Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales! #NotFakeNews
Yesterday, the founder of Google’s favorite search result (Wikipedia) launched Wikitribune to fight fake news.
In the video, Jimmy Wales shares his vision:
✅ No ads, no paywall
✅ Community-powered, just like Wikipedia
✅ Authored and fact-checked by professional journalists
In a world (said in dramatic movie trailer voice), where fake news and clickbait have the potential to dramatically influence peoples’ views, we need this more than ever. 🙌
In the video, Jimmy Wales shares his vision:
✅ No ads, no paywall
✅ Community-powered, just like Wikipedia
✅ Authored and fact-checked by professional journalists
In a world (said in dramatic movie trailer voice), where fake news and clickbait have the potential to dramatically influence peoples’ views, we need this more than ever. 🙌
Win FREE tickets + flights to Disrupt NYC! ✈️🎉
Q: If AirPods are dropped from the top of the Empire State Building, will they break? Help us find out by winning. 😊
TechCrunch Disrupt is taking place May 15-17 in New York City and we're giving away 2 free tickets! The speaker list includes (among others) Product Hunt acquirer and AngelList co-founder Naval Ravikant, world chess champion Garry Kasparov, and Pharrell Williams.
Enter for a chance to win:
• 2 tickets to Disrupt New York (plus access to after party) 🎉
• A $500 gift card toward flights ✈️
• Private chef-led dinner at a top NYC restaurant 🍷
• One-year subscription access to Mogul Courses 🙇
• 2 nights at The William Vale Hotel ✨ it's stunning ✨
TechCrunch Disrupt is taking place May 15-17 in New York City and we're giving away 2 free tickets! The speaker list includes (among others) Product Hunt acquirer and AngelList co-founder Naval Ravikant, world chess champion Garry Kasparov, and Pharrell Williams.
Enter for a chance to win:
• 2 tickets to Disrupt New York (plus access to after party) 🎉
• A $500 gift card toward flights ✈️
• Private chef-led dinner at a top NYC restaurant 🍷
• One-year subscription access to Mogul Courses 🙇
• 2 nights at The William Vale Hotel ✨ it's stunning ✨
The Best Wunderlist Alternatives ✅
"Let's get acquired by Microsoft!" –App from your 2015 homescreen
Microsoft shut down the beloved Wunderlist app in favor of To-Do, a new app from the Wunderlist team. To-Do is slick and carries all the best features, but the comments here feel more like a eulogy. 😿
What should you use instead? Excellent question.
🏆 The most popular community recommendation is Any.do, which just added a full calendar view and integrates well with Alexa and Siri.
👌 The closest match to Wunderlist's feature-set is Todoist.
🕵 If you like staying in Google's ecosystem, check out Google Keep.
🗒 Paper-based sticky note technology also works (but costs money).
Microsoft shut down the beloved Wunderlist app in favor of To-Do, a new app from the Wunderlist team. To-Do is slick and carries all the best features, but the comments here feel more like a eulogy. 😿
What should you use instead? Excellent question.
🏆 The most popular community recommendation is Any.do, which just added a full calendar view and integrates well with Alexa and Siri.
👌 The closest match to Wunderlist's feature-set is Todoist.
🕵 If you like staying in Google's ecosystem, check out Google Keep.
🗒 Paper-based sticky note technology also works (but costs money).
Host a Product Hunt meetup in your city 🌍🍕😻
Meetups have been a part of Product Hunt since the early days. Hosting and supporting these events is an important part of the community’s growth and culture. In the last 3 years, the community’s hosted more than 300 meetups around the world in New York, Austin, Tel Aviv, Hong Kong, Tokyo, Toronto, Amsterdam, and beyooooonddd.
If you’re interested in organizing a community happy hour, brunch, or hackathon, we’d love to help! Fill out this short form and we’ll send you:
• Tips and ideas inspired from past events 🔑
• Feature you in our directory of Product Hunt Meetups📍
• Share your event on Twitter and Facebook 📈
• Tons of shirts, stickers and swag… maybe some tattoos 📮👕
Learn more about Product Hunt meetups here (lotssss of pictures from previous events worldwide).
San Francisco: Join us tonight at Upload SF for an unforgettable night of Corgis & Virtual Reality (you read that right). Tickets here. 🎟
If you’re interested in organizing a community happy hour, brunch, or hackathon, we’d love to help! Fill out this short form and we’ll send you:
• Tips and ideas inspired from past events 🔑
• Feature you in our directory of Product Hunt Meetups📍
• Share your event on Twitter and Facebook 📈
• Tons of shirts, stickers and swag… maybe some tattoos 📮👕
Learn more about Product Hunt meetups here (lotssss of pictures from previous events worldwide).
San Francisco: Join us tonight at Upload SF for an unforgettable night of Corgis & Virtual Reality (you read that right). Tickets here. 🎟
Facebook's biggest F8 announcement 😲👀
Yesterday at F8, Mark Zuckerberg made it very clear what Facebook’s big area of focus will be: “We’re making the camera the first augmented reality platform.”
Facebook launched a new developer platform for Augmented Reality. The Camera Effects Platform will empower developers to build interactive AR experiences, from “silly” Snapchat-like filters to a futuristic HUD (heads up display) for everything around you. 😳
Also revealed: Facebook’s social virtual reality platform (the reason why Zuck bought Oculus in 2014 for $2B). Our take: it looks like a much friendlier version of The Matrix (watch here).
Lastly, Facebook announced Messenger Platform 2.0. Chris Messina lists out all the new things in his comment. TL;DR: bots are maturing.
Facebook launched a new developer platform for Augmented Reality. The Camera Effects Platform will empower developers to build interactive AR experiences, from “silly” Snapchat-like filters to a futuristic HUD (heads up display) for everything around you. 😳
Also revealed: Facebook’s social virtual reality platform (the reason why Zuck bought Oculus in 2014 for $2B). Our take: it looks like a much friendlier version of The Matrix (watch here).
Lastly, Facebook announced Messenger Platform 2.0. Chris Messina lists out all the new things in his comment. TL;DR: bots are maturing.
Facebook's innovative new bugs feature 👀🚀
Today is the first day of Facebook's big F8 developer conference, where the company is expected to reveal an innovative new "bug fixes and improvements!" feature.
Mark Zuckerberg will kick off the event with his opening keynote, where he'll share new mind-blowing WhatsApp and Messenger stats, and shed some light on the big area of focus that's coming up. A recap:
💰 2014: Facebook unveiled its ad network, Audience Network
💬 2015: Messenger split out as a standalone messaging app
🤖 2016: Facebook introduced the Bot Platform for Messenger
🤔 2017: Hardware (possibly new cameras and augmented reality)
Today and tomorrow we're going to see a lot of new products from Facebook. Follow the Facebook Topic for all the newest Facebook-related launches, and @ProductHunt on Facebook and Twitter. 🚀
Mark Zuckerberg will kick off the event with his opening keynote, where he'll share new mind-blowing WhatsApp and Messenger stats, and shed some light on the big area of focus that's coming up. A recap:
💰 2014: Facebook unveiled its ad network, Audience Network
💬 2015: Messenger split out as a standalone messaging app
🤖 2016: Facebook introduced the Bot Platform for Messenger
🤔 2017: Hardware (possibly new cameras and augmented reality)
Today and tomorrow we're going to see a lot of new products from Facebook. Follow the Facebook Topic for all the newest Facebook-related launches, and @ProductHunt on Facebook and Twitter. 🚀
