Product Hunt gets a desktop app for Mac

 Everything seems to be going mobile these days, but the Product Hunt community actually uses their desktops more for finding and upvoting products they find online says founder Ryan Hoover. So to keep hunters happy, the Product Hunt team introduced a new Mac desktop app today. The desktop version is pretty close to the online […]

21 signs its spring in New York

It’s spring! The birds are chirping, the leaves are blooming and flowers are quietly emerging from the ground.  Unless, of course, you live in America’s brightest shining dump-hole of New York City.  SEE ALSO: Inside the squalid tenements of 1890s New York City After five violent months of subzero temperatures, urine-drenched snow and frozen rat […]

The RealReal grabs another $40 million to expand its luxury consignment business

 Luxury consignment site The RealReal, which focuses on authenticated, high-end resale items for women, men, and the home, announced this morning it has raised an additional $40 million in Series E financing. The round, led by Greenspring Associates, comes on top of a $40 million investment from new and existing investors announced just one year ago. Besides Greenspring, other […]

We should all thank Devo for inspiring Space Pants on Saturday Night Live

Few sketches from Saturday Night Live this year have been more weirdly wonderful than one from the episode hosted by Peter Dinklage, which featured the Game of Thrones star rocking a Sia-esque wig and a pair of intergalactic trousers.  Though officially called “Mafia Meeting,” the sketch, which also featured a cameo from musical guest Gwen Stefani, […]

Why you should attend the Disrupt NY Hackathon

 The Disrupt NY Hackathon at the Brooklyn Cruise Terminal is so close we can almost taste the greasy pizza and beer. The best Hackathon in the Big Apple is just over two weeks away, and we’re thrilled to announce that the next wave of free tickets to the Hackathon is available now. Read More from […]

Teacher trolls student with worst letter of recommendation ever

As the school year comes to an end, it’s important for teachers to get in their last laugh. So, when Redditor _yakmo, whose real name is Jack, asked his teacher for a letter of recommendation, she decided to write a very bland note.  SEE ALSO: ‘Coy’ 7-year-old tips off teacher that his spelling test was leaked […]

Why venture capital isnt the only way to build a successful business

 In “Silicon Valley’s Unchecked Arrogance,” Ross Baird and Lenny Mendonca boldly ask an important question that’s becoming a white elephant in the Silicon Valley pitch room: How can we enable great people, regardless of zip code, to solve messy societal problems? To get to an answer, as investigative journalists would say, we need to follow […]