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Pebble Smartwatch Steps Up With New Website To Promote Its Product Now At Best Buy & AT&T Retailers
Pebble Smartwatch recently unveiled its new website. The new design is more consistent with the product’s actual market. The overall tone is more bright and active, with a bolder visual layout. Pebble’s new website addresses comments in a previous post (Pebble Smartwatch, Now At AT&T And Best Buy, Needs To Get Aggressive). I also have […]
YC S13 Demo Day
Y Combinator is having its semi-annual Demo Day today. This time it’s for YC S13, which contains 53 companies. By Demo Day, most of these companies have already launched in the technical press. As of writing this, I already have 45 of the 53 companies in YC S13 on my complete list of known Y […]
MYO Armband: Unleash Your Inner Jedi
Thalmic Labs is a startup in YC’s current batch. Demo Day is still a few weeks away, but Thalmic Labs’ MYO Armband has already gotten buzz from press like Engadget, Wired, and NewScientist. MYO (rhymes with Leo) gets its name from the Greek “myos”, meaning “muscle”. Wearing the one-size-fits-all armband allows gesture control of your computer or smartphone. MYO […]
Moon Jellyfish
Jellyfish Art, from YCW12, sells moon jellyfish, jellyfish tanks, and jellyfish tank accessories. They also have a Twitter account. Alex Andon began Jellyfish Art based on his research catching jellyfish and building aquariums while finishing his B.S. in Biology and Environmental Science at Duke University. Moon jellyfish require special tanks because they are mostly water. The tank made by […]
Hardware Hackathon on February 23
Upverter is hosting a hardware hackathon at Y Combinator on February 23. To attend, you must apply with or without a team. 80 teams will be notified of acceptance on February 8. Upverter (YC W11) will provide information on how to design hardware and demonstrate how to use the Upverter design tools. Participating companies at the […]
Pebble Smart Watch (YC W11) Begins Shipping To Customers
Pebble will finally begin shipping its e-paper smart watch to customers on January 23, CEO Eric Migicovsky announced today at the Consumer Electronics Show. The genesis for Pebble was inPulse, a Bluetooth-enabled “ambient information display” for Blackberry that was part of YC Winter 2011. Better hardware technology and the popularity of iOS and Android resulted in a […]
Companies
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Boosted Boards
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Boosted Boards is developing the world's lightest electric vehicle. We launched on Kickstarter and we're now taking preorders on Boostedboards.com. |
Coco Controller
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Coco Controller is a Kickstarter project that adds directional controls and game buttons to almost any phone, including the Galaxy SIII, iPhone, and most standard Android handsets. Created by Harvard drop-outs Connor Zwick and Colton Gyulay, the project aims to be a usable, useful addition to the mobile gamer's arsenal. Coco Controller is made by Milkshake Labs. |