Comcast taught us about customer service, our Smart Homes just got smarter and KickStarter and IndieGoGo continue to bring up new and innovative products.
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This is the Weekly Roundup by the Digital Product Critic.
iPhone, Smart Home, Comcast and Gamification | DPCritic 19Jul14
1. iPhone, Smart Home,
Comcast and Gamification
Weekly Roundup by the
Digital Product Critic
Comcast taught us about customer service, our Smart
Homes just got smarter and KickStarter and IndieGoGo
continue to bring up new and innovative products.
Hello again. A new week is just about to start, and this is a
great time to take a quick look at what we had this week.
2. Startup Travels
Travel the startup way
and meet local
entrepreneurs and
business professionals
while traveling.
Startup Travels
already have over
3000 registered
entrepreneurs.#startuptravels
3. oPhone
The oPhone is a
revolutionary device that,
in combination with our
free iPhone app “oSnap”,
allows you to send and
receive electronic aroma
messages. Think of it as a
kind of telephone for
aromas. With the oPhone,
you can now bring
complex scent texting into
your mobile messaging
life, and share sensory
experience with anyone,
anywhere.
#oPhone
4. Homey
Homey is speech-
controlled home
automation. Talk to
your home to control
everything: from lights
to music, from
climate to TV.
#Homey
5. OwnPhones
OwnPhones is the world’s first 3D printed
wireless earbuds custom fitted to your ears and
perfectly designed to match your personality.
#OwnPhones
6. Koken
Every day, easy and
quick recipes with
offers. In addition to
preserving and
sharing recipes you
can track how much
you save. For iPad,
Tablets and Smart
Phones.
#Koken
7. SOOFA
The creators behind the smart urban furniture,
Soofa, are three women who share one vision:
Getting you out of the homes and into a new,
smarter and more sustainable city.
#Soofa
8. FlowDock
Chat & inbox for teams
- One place to talk and
stay up-to-date.
Flowdock is a team
collaboration app for
desktop, mobile & web.
Work on things that
matter, be transparent
and solve problems
across tools, teams &
time zones.
#FlowDock
9. Stash
Stash is sourcing their
inventory of grooming,
beauty and personal
essentials from the best
stores, to create an
amazing selection of
95,000 products (and
counting) at the most
competitive prices to
bring an intuitive price
comparison for the
everyday essentials.
#Stash
10. Electric Objects
There’s more art on the
Internet than in every
gallery and museum on
Earth.
Electronic Objects
presents a framed high-
definition screen and
integrated computer
that hangs on your wall
and brings art from the
Internet into your home.
#ElectricObjects
11. SoundHawk
A simple, sleek, and affordable way to hear more of
what matters most. Crowded streets. Loud
restaurants. Busy meetings. It’s getting harder to
hear what matters most.
#SoundHawk
12. Modos
Modos is a tool free furniture system that uses
connectors and boards to make anything you
want. We created Modos because there are a
lot of things wrong with traditional furniture.
#Modos
13. Ritot
Ritot is a projection watch (the first). Inspired
by future technologies we wanted to create
a completely different, original timepiece.
#Ritot
14. Brand Colors
Whether you a
designer, developer
or a product
manager, this simple
tool will help you get
the want you need.
When it comes to
Brands, you often
need to have colors
for reference and
work.#BrandColors
15. Comcast
Ryan and Veronica
wanted to cancel their
Comcast internet
service. As any of us
would do, Veronica
called the Comcast
customer service
number. And, as
everyone expects these
days, she was
immediately shunted to
“customer retention” –
listen to the “excellent
customer service”!
#Comcast
16. OurCrowd
Ahead of the Pack,
OurCrowd a hybrid VC-
equity crowdfunding
platform for accredited
investors who wish to
invest in Israeli and
global early stage
companies, has raises
$60M in Equity
Crowdfunding for 46
Companies.
#OurCrowd
17. Enterprise Gamification Wiki
The Enterprise Gamification
Wiki covers examples,
companies, technologies,
and everything you need to
know about applying
gamification in the
enterprise.
This wiki is not purely focused
on gamification only, but
also includes related and
complimentary technologies
and methodologies, such as
design thinking, or
innovation.
#GamificationWiki
18. iPhone 6 Design
iPhone 6 is
already causing
problems for
Apple’s rivals –
and it doesn’t
even exist yet.
#iPhone6
19. Sapphire Screens
Earlier this week,
YouTube vlogger
Marques Brownlee
showed what
appears to be a
sapphire display for
the next iPhone.
#SapphireScreens
20. Middle Work
Issues that could be solved by web-connected
humans using advanced software platforms.
#MiddleWork
21. SV Angle
SV Angel, the seed-
stage VC firm
founded by Ron
Conway and ex-
Googler David Lee, is
raising a fifth, $70
million fund — its
largest to date.
#SVAngle