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.
Free shirts! Be brutally honest. 👕📮
Last week we launched one of our biggest Product Hunt updates, including badges, descriptions, product reviews (and offered t-shirts to the most popular ones). Unlike comments, reviews are categorized by sentiment, and include both positive and critical feedback for makers to work on.
From the thousands of submissions, here are snippets of the most helpful reviews so far (click the name for the full review).
• Brendan Hersh on Carrd: The most amazing web building platform I've seen to date – and trust me, I've tried everything.
• Jack Dweck on Apple AirPods: The best Apple product since the iPhone. I don't go anywhere without my AirPods.
• Eugine Dychko on Crello: Really easy to use, lots of free templates. Would be great to include presentation templates.
• Roxanne Girouard on Taffy (a new dating app): I totally enjoy that I can chat with the person before my photo is totally clear.
• Evan Zimmerman on CryptoLadder: It's a fun app! Best way to casually update yourself on the crypto market I've seen so far.
More Free Product Hunt Shirts 😻
Many of the most upvoted products have yet to be reviewed by the community. As a small incentive, we'll send shirts to 10 of the most helpful reviews that are added today. 👕📮
Get started by browsing through the most upvoted products of 2014, 2015, 2016, and 2017, or log in and revisit products you've upvoted in the past.
From the thousands of submissions, here are snippets of the most helpful reviews so far (click the name for the full review).
• Brendan Hersh on Carrd: The most amazing web building platform I've seen to date – and trust me, I've tried everything.
• Jack Dweck on Apple AirPods: The best Apple product since the iPhone. I don't go anywhere without my AirPods.
• Eugine Dychko on Crello: Really easy to use, lots of free templates. Would be great to include presentation templates.
• Roxanne Girouard on Taffy (a new dating app): I totally enjoy that I can chat with the person before my photo is totally clear.
• Evan Zimmerman on CryptoLadder: It's a fun app! Best way to casually update yourself on the crypto market I've seen so far.
More Free Product Hunt Shirts 😻
Many of the most upvoted products have yet to be reviewed by the community. As a small incentive, we'll send shirts to 10 of the most helpful reviews that are added today. 👕📮
Get started by browsing through the most upvoted products of 2014, 2015, 2016, and 2017, or log in and revisit products you've upvoted in the past.
Wanna go to Europe? 🤔
We want to send you to Europe, for free! And you get to bring a friend (who will love you for eternity). Enter to win.😻
This free trip to Prague (for two) includes a 5-day stay in a boutique hotel, a luxurious cruise on the Vltava River, a Bohemian Brewery Tour, and more Product Hunt stickers and shirts than you'll know what to do with. See the full-list here.
P.S. You can still win a free trip to Paris. 🇫🇷
This free trip to Prague (for two) includes a 5-day stay in a boutique hotel, a luxurious cruise on the Vltava River, a Bohemian Brewery Tour, and more Product Hunt stickers and shirts than you'll know what to do with. See the full-list here.
P.S. You can still win a free trip to Paris. 🇫🇷
How to watch the solar eclipse today 🌔🐱
Today is a very special day. It is Monday, the beginning of the work week. It's also the first time a total solar eclipse will be visible from the North American continent since the invention of the iPhone, fidget spinner, and internet. How to watch:
The safest most informative way of watching the spectacle is through the Exploratorium's Total Solar Eclipse app, including expert commentary and live HD video.
If you insist on "experiencing" the rare spectacle with people, this site will show you all the eclipse viewing events in your area.
The Totality app will tell you when, where, and what you’ll see.
If you missed it, sign up to get notified when this beautiful Eclipse product will be available (totally unrelated to astronomy).
Safety Warning: Do not let the Sun look directly into your cat during the solar eclipse.
The safest most informative way of watching the spectacle is through the Exploratorium's Total Solar Eclipse app, including expert commentary and live HD video.
If you insist on "experiencing" the rare spectacle with people, this site will show you all the eclipse viewing events in your area.
The Totality app will tell you when, where, and what you’ll see.
If you missed it, sign up to get notified when this beautiful Eclipse product will be available (totally unrelated to astronomy).
Safety Warning: Do not let the Sun look directly into your cat during the solar eclipse.
Watch SpaceX launch a rocket into space 🚀✨
Today we're at NASA for the SpaceX launch! Follow along on Twitter, Instagram, and Snapchat (p.s. Snap is alive) for a behind the scenes look leading up to the launch. We'll be streaming the big spectacle ~2 feet away from the 🚀 on Facebook Live around 9:30am PT.
Now lets talk about the key breakthrough SpaceX is working on.
There is nothing routine about launching rockets into space. It’s even harder to bring them back safely. SpaceX has push the boundaries of what we thought was possible.
"Going to Mars" may be the ultimate goal, but the fundamental breakthrough SpaceX is working on is taking place right before our eyes. With each launch, SpaceX is slowly pushing the limit to what is possible. Remember, it was only 4 years ago when the company was uploading YouTube videos titled "Grasshopper vs. Cows". 🐄
“If one can figure out how to effectively reuse rockets just like airplanes, the cost of access to space will be reduced by as much as a factor of a hundred. A fully reusable vehicle has never been done before. That really is the fundamental breakthrough needed to revolutionize access to space.” – Elon Musk
In June, SpaceX completed two Falcon 9 landings in 48 hours. We're finally on a path to seeing full reusability in the rocket business, the key to going to Mars and everything else.
Practice! You can test your skills landing Elon's rocket as you wait for the actual launch to start. 😬💥
Now lets talk about the key breakthrough SpaceX is working on.
There is nothing routine about launching rockets into space. It’s even harder to bring them back safely. SpaceX has push the boundaries of what we thought was possible.
"Going to Mars" may be the ultimate goal, but the fundamental breakthrough SpaceX is working on is taking place right before our eyes. With each launch, SpaceX is slowly pushing the limit to what is possible. Remember, it was only 4 years ago when the company was uploading YouTube videos titled "Grasshopper vs. Cows". 🐄
“If one can figure out how to effectively reuse rockets just like airplanes, the cost of access to space will be reduced by as much as a factor of a hundred. A fully reusable vehicle has never been done before. That really is the fundamental breakthrough needed to revolutionize access to space.” – Elon Musk
In June, SpaceX completed two Falcon 9 landings in 48 hours. We're finally on a path to seeing full reusability in the rocket business, the key to going to Mars and everything else.
Practice! You can test your skills landing Elon's rocket as you wait for the actual launch to start. 😬💥
Outsource Your Memory With These Apps 🐘
Reminder apps can help you form habits, stay hydrated, and save your relationship. Now you can outsource reminders with these:
Ulla is a smart device that attaches to your bottle and glows
PillPack will make sure you don’t forget to take your meds or vitamins
Gestimer is a simple menu bar app for creating reminders
Prio is a beautiful mobile to-do list to help you win the day
Things 3 just won Apple's Design Award (great video review in the comments by Francesco).
Shout out to Jordan Gonen for putting together the collection.
Ulla is a smart device that attaches to your bottle and glows
PillPack will make sure you don’t forget to take your meds or vitamins
Gestimer is a simple menu bar app for creating reminders
Prio is a beautiful mobile to-do list to help you win the day
Things 3 just won Apple's Design Award (great video review in the comments by Francesco).
Shout out to Jordan Gonen for putting together the collection.
How to Launch on Product Hunt Guide 😺🚀
Happy Monday! We made you something: a long overdue How to Launch on Product Hunt guide! Get it here.
Our goal is to help make your product successful by sharing the best practices that have developed over the years. The guide includes a checklist of things to focus on for your launch, as well as what to avoid doing, and what you can start doing today. 📆
We also added a bonus section with tips on how to #viral, including an analysis of some of the most popular product launches to date – while debunking common misconceptions. 😉
P.S. Throughout the day we’ll be giving away PH shirts to 5-10 people who retweet this tweet or share. 🔁👕😻
Our goal is to help make your product successful by sharing the best practices that have developed over the years. The guide includes a checklist of things to focus on for your launch, as well as what to avoid doing, and what you can start doing today. 📆
We also added a bonus section with tips on how to #viral, including an analysis of some of the most popular product launches to date – while debunking common misconceptions. 😉
P.S. Throughout the day we’ll be giving away PH shirts to 5-10 people who retweet this tweet or share. 🔁👕😻
$3,500 Smart Home Giveaway 🎁🏠
Make your home smart with one of our largest giveaways to date. All it takes is 10 seconds to enter and you could win a smart home starter pack worth ~$3,500!
Your package includes:
🔊 Pair of Sonos Speakers
🤖 Google Home
🍎 Apple TV
🌀 Amazon Echo Dot
💤 Snoo Smart Sleeper
🎮 Insteon Hub for controlling your home
⚡️ Insteon Dimmer Switches, Modules, Motion Sensor
👫 Decorilla Design Package (where 2 designers come into your home and bring it into the future). 🏠🔮
Your package includes:
🔊 Pair of Sonos Speakers
🤖 Google Home
🍎 Apple TV
🌀 Amazon Echo Dot
💤 Snoo Smart Sleeper
🎮 Insteon Hub for controlling your home
⚡️ Insteon Dimmer Switches, Modules, Motion Sensor
👫 Decorilla Design Package (where 2 designers come into your home and bring it into the future). 🏠🔮
Our longest email. Ever. 😬🌏
Today is World Emoji Day! A day to remember that our ever-expanding universal language did not exist in 1995. Read this to learn where emoji come from.
Warning: We're about to show you a dangerous amount of emoji-related products. Please celebrate responsibly and share this email with at least one emoji-loving person in your life.
Before we begin:
1) The header of this email is dedicated to people who don't like emoji. We hope the animated ASCII art gets you through this difficult time.
2) Check out the recent LIVE Chat with Jeremy Burge, Creator of World Emoji Day and Founder of Emojipedia.
3) Celebrate the day by voting for your favorite emoji 🏆
Emoji Essentials
🚀 Rocket: Slack-style emoji everywhere on your Mac
🙏 Emoji.Life: Emojilytics for your Twitter timeline
🕵 Emoji Tracker: Realtime tracking of all emoji used on Twitter
🔎 Spotlight Emoji: Search and copy emoji inside Spotlight
1️⃣ EmojiOne: The best emoji Chrome extension around
Emoji Utilities
🖥 Macmoji: Slack-style emoji for your mac! :smile:
🏠 Emoji Homepage: A fast way to find your emoji online
🚙 Emoji Engine: A search engine for emoji
🐙 Mosho.ws: Shorten URLs using emoji
🌐 Emojify: Shorten and create single-emoji URLs
🎩 Alfred Emoji Pack: Get :Slack: :style: emoji everywhere on Mac
😏 Browji for Chrome: Add emojis as you type on the web
Emoji Translators
💬 Emoji Translate: Turn your text into emoji automatically
📜 Bible Emoji Translator: Translate Bible verses into emoji-verses
🤓 Emojisaurus: Turn English phrases into emojigrams
📚 Emoji Dictionary: Quickly lookup any emoji meaning on Mac
💎 WhatMoji: A dictionary for all those confusing emojis
🌀 Emojilator: Translate English text to emoji
👾 Text to Emoji: A simple text to emoji converter Android app
👍 Decodemoji: Facebook bot that translates emojis to English
🤖 Botmoji: Emojipedia's Twitter bot makes you an emoji master
Emoji for Developers
🛠 Emojicode: An emoji based programming language
🕹 Emoji CSS: Easily add Emoji's to your website
💅 Designer Emojis: Vector emojis for designers
🤑 Pricemoji: An API for pricing products with emojis
✏️ Feedback Emoji: Capture user feedback with emojis
🐼 Gitmoji: An emoji guide for your GitHub commit messages
💻 Emoj: Find relevant emojis from text on the command-line
⚡️ Emoji Mart: A customizable emoji picker component for React
🎚 GH Emoji: A Github emoji parser you'll love
😱 Emoji React: Add Emoji reactions to any webpage
💚 ❤❤❤.ws: Emoji website domain registration
Emoji for Slack
🍭 Slackmoji: Browse, search, install Slack emojis in just a click
📋 Slackmojis: Directory of the best custom Slack emojis
🤖 Emojify Bot: Translates any text into emoji in Slack
🍫 Emoji Packs: Import emoji packs into your Slack + chat apps
🐯 Pokemoji: Upload all 151 original Pokemon to your Slack
Emoji Apps
📱 Moji: The App Store of emoji
📷 Fotomoji: Turn your photos and into an emoji explosion
👦 InstaEmoji: Replace your friend's face with emoji
🔊 Audiots: Emoji’s you can hear! This is what emojis sound like!
🎓 Duolingo Emoji Language: The world’s first emoji language course
⌨ Swiftmoji: Emoji-predicting keyboard by Swiftkey
⬆️ Emoji Voting App: Addictive emoji voting on food, sports, and politics
😎 Memoji: Turn your face into an emoji using augmented reality
🤗 Emojify: Filters are boring. Add emoji to your photos instead
🤐 Secretmoji: Messages are scrambled into emojis until you unlock it
🌎 EmojiStone: Practice languages by playing with emoji
Emoji Fun
🎉 Emoji Party: An audio visual interactive emoji experience
🖌 Emoji Brush: Draw with emoji online
🎨 Emoji Mosaic: Upload and convert photos to an emoji portrait
😈 Emoji Ransom Generator: Create a ransom note made of emoji
🙈 Emojis & Earth Porn: Find the unmoving emoji amongst the beauty
🔑 Emoji Big Keys: The only big iOS keyboard with emojis
🔮 The Emojini 3000: Determines the best emojis for photos
🔀 Image2Emoji: Turn any image into a collage of emojis
✨ Emojigram: Turn words into emoji art
📸 Picmoji: Super simple selfie to emoji art converter
👌 Emojify Everything: Replaces words on websites into emoji
Emoji Gifts
🖼 Emoji Oil Paintings: Beautiful emoji oil paintings you can buy
💦 Emoji Pool Floats: Be a hero with the coolest pool float this summer
🍎 Emoji Poster: Every Apple emoji on your wall
🖨 Emoji Printer: Easily design your own emoji posters
💌 MojiGram: Giant emoji postcards you’ll love
🤡 Emoji Masks: Wearable emojis that cover your face
📖 Emoji Book: A collection of artist interpretations of emoji
🙃 Emoji Dick: A crowdsourced translation of Moby Dick into emoji
💆 Emoji Pillows: Quality Throwboy emoji pillows in huggable form
🗣 How to Speak Emoji: Become fluent in the world's universal language
Warning: We're about to show you a dangerous amount of emoji-related products. Please celebrate responsibly and share this email with at least one emoji-loving person in your life.
Before we begin:
1) The header of this email is dedicated to people who don't like emoji. We hope the animated ASCII art gets you through this difficult time.
2) Check out the recent LIVE Chat with Jeremy Burge, Creator of World Emoji Day and Founder of Emojipedia.
3) Celebrate the day by voting for your favorite emoji 🏆
Emoji Essentials
🚀 Rocket: Slack-style emoji everywhere on your Mac
🙏 Emoji.Life: Emojilytics for your Twitter timeline
🕵 Emoji Tracker: Realtime tracking of all emoji used on Twitter
🔎 Spotlight Emoji: Search and copy emoji inside Spotlight
1️⃣ EmojiOne: The best emoji Chrome extension around
Emoji Utilities
🖥 Macmoji: Slack-style emoji for your mac! :smile:
🏠 Emoji Homepage: A fast way to find your emoji online
🚙 Emoji Engine: A search engine for emoji
🐙 Mosho.ws: Shorten URLs using emoji
🌐 Emojify: Shorten and create single-emoji URLs
🎩 Alfred Emoji Pack: Get :Slack: :style: emoji everywhere on Mac
😏 Browji for Chrome: Add emojis as you type on the web
Emoji Translators
💬 Emoji Translate: Turn your text into emoji automatically
📜 Bible Emoji Translator: Translate Bible verses into emoji-verses
🤓 Emojisaurus: Turn English phrases into emojigrams
📚 Emoji Dictionary: Quickly lookup any emoji meaning on Mac
💎 WhatMoji: A dictionary for all those confusing emojis
🌀 Emojilator: Translate English text to emoji
👾 Text to Emoji: A simple text to emoji converter Android app
👍 Decodemoji: Facebook bot that translates emojis to English
🤖 Botmoji: Emojipedia's Twitter bot makes you an emoji master
Emoji for Developers
🛠 Emojicode: An emoji based programming language
🕹 Emoji CSS: Easily add Emoji's to your website
💅 Designer Emojis: Vector emojis for designers
🤑 Pricemoji: An API for pricing products with emojis
✏️ Feedback Emoji: Capture user feedback with emojis
🐼 Gitmoji: An emoji guide for your GitHub commit messages
💻 Emoj: Find relevant emojis from text on the command-line
⚡️ Emoji Mart: A customizable emoji picker component for React
🎚 GH Emoji: A Github emoji parser you'll love
😱 Emoji React: Add Emoji reactions to any webpage
💚 ❤❤❤.ws: Emoji website domain registration
Emoji for Slack
🍭 Slackmoji: Browse, search, install Slack emojis in just a click
📋 Slackmojis: Directory of the best custom Slack emojis
🤖 Emojify Bot: Translates any text into emoji in Slack
🍫 Emoji Packs: Import emoji packs into your Slack + chat apps
🐯 Pokemoji: Upload all 151 original Pokemon to your Slack
Emoji Apps
📱 Moji: The App Store of emoji
📷 Fotomoji: Turn your photos and into an emoji explosion
👦 InstaEmoji: Replace your friend's face with emoji
🔊 Audiots: Emoji’s you can hear! This is what emojis sound like!
🎓 Duolingo Emoji Language: The world’s first emoji language course
⌨ Swiftmoji: Emoji-predicting keyboard by Swiftkey
⬆️ Emoji Voting App: Addictive emoji voting on food, sports, and politics
😎 Memoji: Turn your face into an emoji using augmented reality
🤗 Emojify: Filters are boring. Add emoji to your photos instead
🤐 Secretmoji: Messages are scrambled into emojis until you unlock it
🌎 EmojiStone: Practice languages by playing with emoji
Emoji Fun
🎉 Emoji Party: An audio visual interactive emoji experience
🖌 Emoji Brush: Draw with emoji online
🎨 Emoji Mosaic: Upload and convert photos to an emoji portrait
😈 Emoji Ransom Generator: Create a ransom note made of emoji
🙈 Emojis & Earth Porn: Find the unmoving emoji amongst the beauty
🔑 Emoji Big Keys: The only big iOS keyboard with emojis
🔮 The Emojini 3000: Determines the best emojis for photos
🔀 Image2Emoji: Turn any image into a collage of emojis
✨ Emojigram: Turn words into emoji art
📸 Picmoji: Super simple selfie to emoji art converter
👌 Emojify Everything: Replaces words on websites into emoji
Emoji Gifts
🖼 Emoji Oil Paintings: Beautiful emoji oil paintings you can buy
💦 Emoji Pool Floats: Be a hero with the coolest pool float this summer
🍎 Emoji Poster: Every Apple emoji on your wall
🖨 Emoji Printer: Easily design your own emoji posters
💌 MojiGram: Giant emoji postcards you’ll love
🤡 Emoji Masks: Wearable emojis that cover your face
📖 Emoji Book: A collection of artist interpretations of emoji
🙃 Emoji Dick: A crowdsourced translation of Moby Dick into emoji
💆 Emoji Pillows: Quality Throwboy emoji pillows in huggable form
🗣 How to Speak Emoji: Become fluent in the world's universal language
Sorry about the tabs 😕
On Friday we took the unprecedented step of linking to every single top product for every day of the month. We tried to link responsibly – the subject line of the newsletter read: "Warning: Lots of cool products" – but it wasn't enough.
An onslaught of too many tabs horror stories proceeded. Browsers were crashing. We tried to push the limits of interesting products, and we're sorry for that.
Fortunately, we found the cure to tab hoarding. You should also clear your browsing data periodically and consider spreading the open-tab load between Chrome, and multiple Rad Browsers. 🌐✌️
An onslaught of too many tabs horror stories proceeded. Browsers were crashing. We tried to push the limits of interesting products, and we're sorry for that.
Fortunately, we found the cure to tab hoarding. You should also clear your browsing data periodically and consider spreading the open-tab load between Chrome, and multiple Rad Browsers. 🌐✌️
The real game-changer in iOS11 👀🚀
The iPhone 8 will be great, but iOS 11 is going to blow your mind. 😳
iOS 11 introduces a customizable control panel, screen recording, playable GIFs in Photos, and iCloud versions of Venmo and Dropbox. But the real game-changer is ARKit.
Developers have been playing with it for a few weeks since its debut at WWDC and we’re starting to see practical use cases (like an AR measuring tape, upvoted by more than 1,400 people) to Elon Musk-level “sci-fi” (like a SpaceX rocket landing in someone's backyard).
You can see all these videos on Made With ARKit, and we recommend you follow the @MadeWithARKit Twitter account. 🔥🔥
Here’s what you need to know: ARKit lets developers make apps that blend virtual objects with your environment. As the first demo apps show, the technology is powerful and will be an accelerant toward our AR and mixed reality future.
iOS 11 drops to the public in September. We asked Robert Scoble for his thoughts. He said: “195 million users in September is why ARKit matters.” In a few months, Apple will have the biggest AR platform on Day 1.
iOS 11 introduces a customizable control panel, screen recording, playable GIFs in Photos, and iCloud versions of Venmo and Dropbox. But the real game-changer is ARKit.
Developers have been playing with it for a few weeks since its debut at WWDC and we’re starting to see practical use cases (like an AR measuring tape, upvoted by more than 1,400 people) to Elon Musk-level “sci-fi” (like a SpaceX rocket landing in someone's backyard).
You can see all these videos on Made With ARKit, and we recommend you follow the @MadeWithARKit Twitter account. 🔥🔥
Here’s what you need to know: ARKit lets developers make apps that blend virtual objects with your environment. As the first demo apps show, the technology is powerful and will be an accelerant toward our AR and mixed reality future.
iOS 11 drops to the public in September. We asked Robert Scoble for his thoughts. He said: “195 million users in September is why ARKit matters.” In a few months, Apple will have the biggest AR platform on Day 1.
