The Roundup
Everything you missed this past week on Product Hunt: Top products, spicy community discourse, key trends on the site, and long-form pieces we’ve recently published.
Standing desks for everyone! 🙏
Standing Desks: You've seen people use them, thought of getting one, maybe you use one. We've seen a lot of these chair-less innovations on Product Hunt, including a standing desk for kids, a $299 electric adjustable table with a memory pad, and a (very popular) $25 foldable desk.
Check out the full collection of standing desks on Product Hunt. 🚶🐱
Check out the full collection of standing desks on Product Hunt. 🚶🐱
Free tickets to Collision + $1,000 Airbnb gift card 💵😽
Where does Tom Brady want to go after the SuperBowl win? The Collision Conference — the fastest growing tech conference with an impressive speaker lineup that includes: Alexis Ohanian, Terrell Owens, Hope Solo, Walter Isaacson, and many others high profile tech investors, founders, and executives.
We are giving away 2 Premium Tickets ($1,480 each) to one lucky winner, as well as other great prizes that include:
🎷 2 free tickets to the NOLA Jazz Festival
✈️ $1000 towards flights
💵 $1000 Airbnb gift card
P.S. you can get double the points for following the share instructions when you enter to win. 😉
We are giving away 2 Premium Tickets ($1,480 each) to one lucky winner, as well as other great prizes that include:
🎷 2 free tickets to the NOLA Jazz Festival
✈️ $1000 towards flights
💵 $1000 Airbnb gift card
P.S. you can get double the points for following the share instructions when you enter to win. 😉
Who built the tech industry? 🤔
Immigrants. We are a nation of immigrants. More than half of all unicorn startups were founded by people born outside the United States. Their contributions should be celebrated and their impact on the economy and peoples’ lives cannot be understated.
Over the weekend we've seen powerful demonstrations all across the country as people congregate in cities, airports, and online with record-breaking donations. Many prominent people have even offered to match people's donations.
In true maker fashion, Alexandre just launched a new site that helps others double their contributions to the ACLU. Thank you to these generous folks. 🙌
Over the weekend we've seen powerful demonstrations all across the country as people congregate in cities, airports, and online with record-breaking donations. Many prominent people have even offered to match people's donations.
In true maker fashion, Alexandre just launched a new site that helps others double their contributions to the ACLU. Thank you to these generous folks. 🙌
Be like Tim Ferriss. Win $1,500 of FREE goodies. 🤑
Over the last two years Tim Ferriss has interviewed 200 of the most influential people in the world. In his new book, Tools of Titans, Tim brings together all the tactics, routines, and habits that make these people successful.
The book is packed with all kinds of product recommendations, some of which you can download for free, like f.lux, Momentum, and Headspace. The physical products can end up costing a pretty penny (there are many).
Good news: we've partnered with StackSocial and Tim Ferriss, who's agreed to give them all away! One lucky winner will get the items the world's most successful people use to get ahead ($1,500 in value). 😺
The book is packed with all kinds of product recommendations, some of which you can download for free, like f.lux, Momentum, and Headspace. The physical products can end up costing a pretty penny (there are many).
Good news: we've partnered with StackSocial and Tim Ferriss, who's agreed to give them all away! One lucky winner will get the items the world's most successful people use to get ahead ($1,500 in value). 😺
Must-download apps for your Mac 🍎
Other than the usual suspects of Chrome, Dropbox, Spotify, and your pick of non-Apple made email client, what are the first apps you download when setting up your new Mac?
We tweeted this question and found some great under the radar apps. A few interesting trends also came about...
1) Mac users LOVE menu bar apps! A lot of the responses mentioned Caffeine, Alfred, and f.lux.
2) macOS really needs to come with a built-in windows organizer. Popular apps include: Spectacle, Magnet, and BetterSnap.
3) The ubiquity of Slack means that Slack-like :emoji: commands are now essential, in every app. Rocket does just that.
4) Use a password manager! It should be one of the first apps you download (1Password was mentioned a lot).
5) Download this app last.
We tweeted this question and found some great under the radar apps. A few interesting trends also came about...
1) Mac users LOVE menu bar apps! A lot of the responses mentioned Caffeine, Alfred, and f.lux.
2) macOS really needs to come with a built-in windows organizer. Popular apps include: Spectacle, Magnet, and BetterSnap.
3) The ubiquity of Slack means that Slack-like :emoji: commands are now essential, in every app. Rocket does just that.
4) Use a password manager! It should be one of the first apps you download (1Password was mentioned a lot).
5) Download this app last.
Big news! Trello acquired for $425M 💰😳
Personal news from Trello...
This morning the wildly popular team productivity tool, Trello, announced it's being acquired by Atlasssian for a whopping $425m. 🎉
In honor of their big announcement, here are a few apps that make Trello even better:
🐶 Paws is a beautiful Mac app for Trello
📈 Screenful creates visual dashboards of your Trello activity
📱 Hillo reports your team's project status on mobile
👆 Tab is a must-download Mac menubar for Trello
Congrats, Trello. You've been added to Jack's collection of acquired companies.
This morning the wildly popular team productivity tool, Trello, announced it's being acquired by Atlasssian for a whopping $425m. 🎉
In honor of their big announcement, here are a few apps that make Trello even better:
🐶 Paws is a beautiful Mac app for Trello
📈 Screenful creates visual dashboards of your Trello activity
📱 Hillo reports your team's project status on mobile
👆 Tab is a must-download Mac menubar for Trello
Congrats, Trello. You've been added to Jack's collection of acquired companies.
Goof off in Slack with these apps 😂
Sure, Slack is pretty great for staying in touch with the rest of your team, but did you know you can use it for a whole host of other things? Here are some silly Slack products that can...
😛 Impersonate your teammates
🎶 Collaborate on Spotify playlists
💰 Make it rain (via GIFs) when you get paid via Stripe
😽 Make your Slack pretty with Pokemon themes
🃏 Host a poker tournament with your teammates
Explore more productive ways to have fun in Slack on Product Hunt.
😛 Impersonate your teammates
🎶 Collaborate on Spotify playlists
💰 Make it rain (via GIFs) when you get paid via Stripe
😽 Make your Slack pretty with Pokemon themes
🃏 Host a poker tournament with your teammates
Explore more productive ways to have fun in Slack on Product Hunt.
Who won the holidays 🎁📈
Yesterday, millions of fortunate folks opened amazon boxes and downloaded companion apps for their new doodads. If the App Store rankings are a sign of popularity, here are a few of the big winners this holiday season:
Super Mario Run was (finally) knocked off the #1 spot on the AppStore charts.That honors now goes to Fitbit, the winner of this year's holiday season gift unwrapping context.
Everyone's fav AI, Alexa, jumped to #4, while its competitor jumped to #30.
Meanwhile, VR made out of cardboard proved to be quite popular, taking #15 through #24 spots. Google Cardboard is clearly driving downloads.
Also, this simple meme bot is super fun. 😄
Super Mario Run was (finally) knocked off the #1 spot on the AppStore charts.That honors now goes to Fitbit, the winner of this year's holiday season gift unwrapping context.
Everyone's fav AI, Alexa, jumped to #4, while its competitor jumped to #30.
Meanwhile, VR made out of cardboard proved to be quite popular, taking #15 through #24 spots. Google Cardboard is clearly driving downloads.
Also, this simple meme bot is super fun. 😄
The best products of the year 🏆😻
The 2nd annual Golden Kitty Awards have come to an end. 15 categories, 200+ products, and 2 weeks of pure excitement from the community — it was a lot of fun! Time to announce the winners. 😸
Gboard took home Tech Product of the Year. Congrats to Bri Connelly and the Google team, the daily dance videos were awesome. 💃
Tesla's Solar Roof won the Breakthrough award, while the Model S P100D was voted Sexiest product. Two Golden Kitties for Elon Musk.
Other app of the year winners include Franz (Desktop), Momento (iMessage), Tinycards by Duolingo (Mobile), Toby (Chrome), and Leaf was voted this year's best Hardware product. 🍁😊
On Friday we introduced the nominees for two new (non-voting) data-driven categories. The Maker of the Year Golden Kitty goes to Mubashar Iqbal and Community Member of the Year is Chris Messina.
Congrats to all the nominees for building some of 2016's best products. See all of this year's winners, including the runner-ups, on Medium.
Gboard took home Tech Product of the Year. Congrats to Bri Connelly and the Google team, the daily dance videos were awesome. 💃
Tesla's Solar Roof won the Breakthrough award, while the Model S P100D was voted Sexiest product. Two Golden Kitties for Elon Musk.
Other app of the year winners include Franz (Desktop), Momento (iMessage), Tinycards by Duolingo (Mobile), Toby (Chrome), and Leaf was voted this year's best Hardware product. 🍁😊
On Friday we introduced the nominees for two new (non-voting) data-driven categories. The Maker of the Year Golden Kitty goes to Mubashar Iqbal and Community Member of the Year is Chris Messina.
Congrats to all the nominees for building some of 2016's best products. See all of this year's winners, including the runner-ups, on Medium.
Netflix launched a new thing this weekend...
Over the weekend Netflix launched a new app for Google's VR headset, Daydream. Continue your binge from the comfort of a Netflix's virtual living room and enormous TV screen. 📺
Virtual Reality headsets like Gear VR and Daydream may not be in the same league as the HTC Vive or Oculus Rift, but make for an excellent passive viewing experience. For under $100 you can watch your favorite movies and shows from your own virtual IMAX Theater.
With startups like Wolfprint 3D creating realistic avatars of people and multiplayer 3D movie theaters like CINEVR, we're not far away from going to the movies with friends from all across the world, virtually.
Companies are even bringing native advertising to virtual reality. 😅
Virtual Reality headsets like Gear VR and Daydream may not be in the same league as the HTC Vive or Oculus Rift, but make for an excellent passive viewing experience. For under $100 you can watch your favorite movies and shows from your own virtual IMAX Theater.
With startups like Wolfprint 3D creating realistic avatars of people and multiplayer 3D movie theaters like CINEVR, we're not far away from going to the movies with friends from all across the world, virtually.
Companies are even bringing native advertising to virtual reality. 😅
