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If you got rejected, mind sharing what you're working on? Reply below!

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PressureNet, a high accuracy weather forecast using sensors in smartphones: * http://pressurenet.io

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ca.cumulonimbu...

Working on an IDaaS platform partly based on this open source work:

https://github.com/christiansmith/anvil-connect

Anyone interested in trying this out or collaborating, please get in touch using the email in my profile!

http://cubic.fm connects different music sources in a single player and helps users build a globally accessible online music library. Launched the public beta a week ago.

we want users to be able to

-Create an online music library, independent of the source providing the content. -Build it further by collecting any track discovered anywhere on the web. -Access and interact with other users' libraries, no matter which service they use or subscribe to.

My friend has an open source project that did this. Let me know if you want to get in touch with him about it.

https://github.com/udj

I'd love that! Can you send me an email : onur@cubic.fm. (I couldn't find yours in your profile.)

Thanks!

Hey, I tried this out. There are some solid playlists in there.

A couple things I found confusing:

- I don't have flash installed in Safari (comes packaged in Chrome) and there was no explanation as to why music didn't play back when I was in Safari

- initially Rdio playback was limited to 30s samples even though I had my Rdio account linked. I think I fixed this by logging into Rdio in the same browser session, but not certain

Thank you for your feedback! This is unexpected, I'm checking it right now. I'll let you know when it is solved.

Any plans to pull in Last.fm? I've got almost 10 years of listening data on Last.fm I'd love to use as seed data for recommendations.

Yep, within a week or so you will be able to connect your last.fm account. All your available data on last.fm will be imported into your library in cubic.fm. I'll let you know when it's done! Thanks!

I love music startups (doing one myself). Is it similar to what Bop.fm are trying to do, but more around having a entire library of music (like a cloud-based iTunes)?

Drop me an email (in my profile) if you're keen to chat.

Exactly!

The majority of companies in the music industry are aware of the problems driven by the fragmented setup. Some react by offering additional features for user retention. Others continue to drive the fragmentation further. New companies emerge, focusing on eliminating this setup. (bop.fm is one of them. check : tomahawk, wyhd and kollekt.fm)

This fragmentation though, is more the user’s problem than the industry’s. We start by accepting that music consumption, discovery and sharing has to be fragmented. Our competitors misperceive this problem and conclude that ‘sharing’ is broken in music. Taking a step backward, we know that the core problem is that ‘music consumption’ is broken.

On-demand services, download services, discovery services, terrestrial radio.. They are all complementary products from and end user perspective. This is why we accept that a user needs access to all these services and fulfil different consumption habits. This should not prevent a user to create a music library; accessible from anywhere and anyone. The users need an online Winamp!

Email is in your inbox! Thanks!

I'm working on an "escrow"/invoicing site + app for remodeling and repair contractors. They have big cash flow problems and often require homeowners to pay up front (don't do that). Homeowners benefit through better customer service and less risk of a contractor stealing from them.

I applied solo, so I wasn't holding my breath.

Congratulations to the teams that got in. I'm excited to see what you build.

I'm working on Storytella[0] which is a writing app aimed at self-publishing authors. I'm trying to bring more developer-like tools to authors in a simple way, so there's an entity system (think, database) and entities can be inserted into body text using an IDE-style context menu.

[0] https://storytel.la/

That's an awesome idea.

Thanks! It's been really interesting building something that has been so useful to me, and hopefully it will be useful to others too.

Building "Stackoverflow.com" for education to help out K-12 and college admission tests with Q&A platform that is student & teacher friendly. Any feedback will help.

http://test.studyboard.com/studyboard/app/#/questions

Why not build atop something like https://github.com/ASKBOT for this?

my version is more student/teacher friendly with improved editor for Q/A posting, whiteboard, responsiveness etc.

We connect IoTs with Mobiles. We were rejected but nothing changes, work plan continues as agreed.

Anyways we will apply again in the next round, YC is very important for us to get the right advice and move in the right direction.

Good luck everyone and keep moving forward! :)

note: We are http://monkey.io

Hi Comrades, we're a nonprofit using crowdfunding to empower women in science & tech. We won't be benefitting from YC this batch, but we're stopping at nothing to benefit HER https://www.instrumentl.com Wishing you all the best!

Hey Team Instrumentl, I'm Dan, one of the founders of Stempaks. We were really really lucky and somehow got an interview for this batch.

Our company is also focused on STEM ... and I'd really love to chat with you guys. daniel@stempaks.com

Not Giving Up Yet. Building a website that uses the WebMidi API to interact with the lessons and trainers. I thought it was quite a unique idea.

http://musicians-u.com

Decided to run an indiegogo

The idea is cool, but possibly the market is small?

Working on http://datapath.io, which is an SDN solution for WANs. We open the internet routing system to DevOps and provide anycast routing to cloud users and remote transit provider bypass.

very cool..

PrintToPeer, a common operating system for 3D printers connecting them to the web. www.printtopeer.com

We've just opened registrations to the public, and have a bunch of big OEMs embedding this in their next printers.

Working on Kobra, a realtime collaborative editor for programmers with built in video & voice chat :)

https://Kobra.io

Let me know what you think!

The infrastructure and initial apps for a decentralized communication platform to eventually compete with the internet. Starting with a modest messaging app. gounplugged.co

Solutions to important exam questions (currently for engineering) https://bookstreet.in

I'm really surprised(More like shocked) that your were rejected.

By the way if you ever get some quality material on your site for all the universities/colleges/boards/exams in India, you can make a fortune.

Didn't they know how important this idea is?

I was too. But we will continue working on it. Seeing good growth.

Cocoon lets you put your house on cloud for less than 20$ http://cocoonlab.com/

scrolling with the spacebar doesn't work

A website to compare and buy annuities. Don't have it up yet, any suggestions appreciated.

Hey do you want to collab? I pitched an idea to streamline the purchase of life annuities.

Definitely worth a chat. Email me, ydschwartz at gmail

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