cocoon

Cocoon is a new startup built on the belief that greener steel production and the creation of concrete slag doesn’t have to be an either/or proposition.

Cocoon is transforming steel production runoff into a greener cement alternative

The platform is available in across all 50 states and is designed for any type of employee leave, like parental, medical, caregiver or bereavement.

Employee leave startup Cocoon launches after raising $20M in new funding

Subscription newsletter platform kingpin Substack shared today that they’ve acqui-hired the team behind Cocoon, a subscription social media app built for close friends. We covered the Y Combinator-backed startup’s initial…

Substack acqui-hires team behind subscription social app Cocoon

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You may have heard the pitch before, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram aren’t homes for your real friends anymore because they’re too big, too commercial and too influencer-y, the result is…

Cocoon’s social app for close friends gets VC backing to chase Path’s dream

Breed Reply, the London-based Internet of Things (IoT) incubator run by Italian publicly-listed Reply, has announced that it’s backed three new startups in the smart home, health and energy sectors,…

IoT Incubator Breed Reply Backs Smart Home Security Device Cocoon

Consumer home security devices usually consist simply of an Internet-connected camera of sorts, combined with motion detection and a supporting cloud service and smartphone app to ping you when a…

Cocoon Is A Smart Home Security Device That Uses Infrasonic Sound To Detect An Intruder

Short version: Just a simple backpack with clever styling and average material quality. I’d like the bag if it fit right.

Short version: A modest-priced messenger bag with average material quality and storage options. The bag itself is “okay” at best. The included Grid-It organizer, however, is sweet.

Back when the iPad was new and the world was a different place, we thought we could have it all. This was before the Gulf oil spill, before the horrors…

It’s a chair and an embryonic sac without the organic suspension and feeding tube! Check it out in cocoon mode after the jump.

Hardware

For British Eyes Only: The O2 Cocoon

For our readers on the other side of the pond, we have some lovely news for you. Seems O2 has unveiled its latest music phone, the Cocoon. It’s a white…