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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. 😄
How to write good 📝💫
If you've ever said "I should start writing more" but never got around to it, these are for you. Spectacular Writing Tools that will give you the motivation to start, while improving your writing from the very first draft.
A few of our favorites:
📝 Hemingway Editor (above) makes your writing bold and clear
💻 Refly is a smart editor for Mac that helps you write better content
💩 Rough Draft's motto: "The first draft of anything is s***" (edit later)
👥 IO is like an anonymous Medium by the co-founder of Secret
🔑 Grammarly for Chrome will help you write real good
Lastly, check out the Most Dangerous Writing App. ⚠️
A few of our favorites:
📝 Hemingway Editor (above) makes your writing bold and clear
💻 Refly is a smart editor for Mac that helps you write better content
💩 Rough Draft's motto: "The first draft of anything is s***" (edit later)
👥 IO is like an anonymous Medium by the co-founder of Secret
🔑 Grammarly for Chrome will help you write real good
Lastly, check out the Most Dangerous Writing App. ⚠️
Essential accessories for Apple's AirPods 🎧
People are starting to get their hands on Apple's wireless AirPods, and the reviews are consistent: pairing is magical, having Siri in your ear is quite pleasant, and sometimes they fall out. Enter, innovation.
• Courage ensures you never lose your AirPods again
• Uncourage ensures you never lose your iPhone 7 dongle
• How To Lose An AirPod will help prepare you for the inevitable
If you haven't yet upgraded to the iPhone 7, check this out.
In all seriousness, AirPods — along with Alexa and Google Home — provide a new, audio-based interaction model with our devices. Watch this space in 2017. 🔮
• Courage ensures you never lose your AirPods again
• Uncourage ensures you never lose your iPhone 7 dongle
• How To Lose An AirPod will help prepare you for the inevitable
If you haven't yet upgraded to the iPhone 7, check this out.
In all seriousness, AirPods — along with Alexa and Google Home — provide a new, audio-based interaction model with our devices. Watch this space in 2017. 🔮
Apple’s new gaming platform 👇
A number of things have been said about the new MacBook Pro Touch Bar: "it's amazing!", "it's a gimmick", "there's no space between the 'Touch' and the 'Bar'", etc. Also, a number of truly innovative apps (other than TouchFart) have already launched.
The Touch Bar is, in a way, is Apple's new gaming platform, with games like Nyancat, Pac-Man, and Knight TouchBar 2000. Our favorite (actually super useful) Touch Bar Apps:
🔄 TouchSwitcher: Switch between apps with just the Touch Bar
📸 Screenie: Take timed screenshots from the Touch Bar
💧 Drop: A beautiful color picker, right from the Touch Bar
📧 Spark for Mac: A stunning email app with Touch Bar support
🎹 Piano Touch Bar: Play piano, make music, have fun.
For more, follow the new Touch Bar Topic on Product Hunt. 💻🐱
The Touch Bar is, in a way, is Apple's new gaming platform, with games like Nyancat, Pac-Man, and Knight TouchBar 2000. Our favorite (actually super useful) Touch Bar Apps:
🔄 TouchSwitcher: Switch between apps with just the Touch Bar
📸 Screenie: Take timed screenshots from the Touch Bar
💧 Drop: A beautiful color picker, right from the Touch Bar
📧 Spark for Mac: A stunning email app with Touch Bar support
🎹 Piano Touch Bar: Play piano, make music, have fun.
For more, follow the new Touch Bar Topic on Product Hunt. 💻🐱
Facebook enters the hottest social space 🔥
The demand for "group FaceTime" is strong, as evidenced by a flood of new social video apps entering the market. Of course, Facebook is paying attention. Yesterday, Messenger launched Group Video Chats, a highly requested feature in this newly competitive space.
Houseparty is red hot around college campuses, more than 1 million people downloaded Fam in less than a month, Sean Parker’s making moves with Airtime, Sequoia’s placing a bet on Tribe, and everyone’s wondering what Evan Spiegel will do following Snapchat’s introduction of Group Messaging. With VR on the horizon, what will be the ultimate form-factor for virtually chilling with friends? 🤔
Explore more live-chilling apps in this collection.
Houseparty is red hot around college campuses, more than 1 million people downloaded Fam in less than a month, Sean Parker’s making moves with Airtime, Sequoia’s placing a bet on Tribe, and everyone’s wondering what Evan Spiegel will do following Snapchat’s introduction of Group Messaging. With VR on the horizon, what will be the ultimate form-factor for virtually chilling with friends? 🤔
Explore more live-chilling apps in this collection.
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.
Maker and Community Member of the Year 🏆😺
Today, we’d like to announce the Golden Kitty Award nominees for Maker and Community Member of the year, a celebration of a few of the people that made 2016 awesome. This year we took a data-driven approach in selecting the people that received the most upvotes for things they made or hunted, in addition to other factors. Here they are:
Maker of the Year: Lucy Guo, Mikael Cho, Moritz Kobrna, Mubashar Iqbal, Seth Louey.
Community Member of the Year: Chris Messina, Gabriel Lewis, Jack Dweck, Jack Smith, Kevin William David.
The winners will be announced together with the 13 product categories on Monday morning. Voting ends this Sunday at 7pm PST.
Maker of the Year: Lucy Guo, Mikael Cho, Moritz Kobrna, Mubashar Iqbal, Seth Louey.
Community Member of the Year: Chris Messina, Gabriel Lewis, Jack Dweck, Jack Smith, Kevin William David.
The winners will be announced together with the 13 product categories on Monday morning. Voting ends this Sunday at 7pm PST.
The Force is strong with these products.
The first stand-alone Star Wars film hits theater tonight! The reviews are in, and the Force is strong with this one.
Be sure to install the Star Wars Spoiler Blocker if you're not going to see Rogue One on opening night. If you want to be the coolest person at work/school, create your own Star Wars Intro crawl right MEOW. 😸
For more, follow the Star Wars Topic to stay up to date as Rogue One-related products come out.
Be sure to install the Star Wars Spoiler Blocker if you're not going to see Rogue One on opening night. If you want to be the coolest person at work/school, create your own Star Wars Intro crawl right MEOW. 😸
For more, follow the Star Wars Topic to stay up to date as Rogue One-related products come out.
Learn to code in Napa (for free) 🍷🤓
Skill up and wine down. You and your friends could win a weekend getaway at a rustic luxury estate in Napa Valley, California. Also included is an interactive General Assembly workshop of your choice in coding, data, design, or marketing, taught against a picturesque backdrop.
Enter by Sunday, January 8 and you could win:
🍳 Welcome breakfast at General Assembly San Francisco.
🏪 Two nights at a Mediterranean-inspired estate in Napa Valley, CA
🤓 A GA workshop of your choice for in-demand skills
Enter by Sunday, January 8 and you could win:
🍳 Welcome breakfast at General Assembly San Francisco.
🏪 Two nights at a Mediterranean-inspired estate in Napa Valley, CA
🤓 A GA workshop of your choice for in-demand skills
Snapchat Groups are here! 👻🎉
Snapchat just released its most requested feature: Groups. Now you can exchange selfies and make plans with up to 16 friends, and it all disappears within 24 hours, just like regular snaps.
Group chat is a highly competitive space, with new apps like Houseparty making a strong claim at the top of the App Store charts, following a recent $50M raise from Sequoia reported by the WSJ. But if anyone can own the Group domain, it's Snap.
Add ProductHuntTeam so we can group chat.
Group chat is a highly competitive space, with new apps like Houseparty making a strong claim at the top of the App Store charts, following a recent $50M raise from Sequoia reported by the WSJ. But if anyone can own the Group domain, it's Snap.
Add ProductHuntTeam so we can group chat.
