Pair (YC W12) is a Path for the Two of Us
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Pair (YC W12) is a Path for the Two of Us
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Re: Pair (YC W12) is a Path for the Two of Us
#2This is the cutest thing ever. Congrats guys - looking forward to seeing you at alumni demo day.
Re: Pair (YC W12) is a Path for the Two of Us
#3Oh my god, thumbkissing.
"A feature called 'thumbkissing' shows your partners thumbprints whenever they’re touching the screen, and both phones will vibrate if your thumbs are on the same place."
This is clearly the best YC startup ever. Hurry up on the Android app for those of us in mixed relationships!
Re: Pair (YC W12) is a Path for the Two of Us
#4Tl;dr: the sexting app. I met one of the cofounders at the Stripe CTF meetup. They're a Waterloo U. Team, seemed like a sharp group. Pair was their pivot. Initially they had a 3D mouse based on the iPhone accelerometers.
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#5Call me old school but I'd rather find someone who lives in the same city than try to maintain a relationship through an app. If you absolutely need to stay in touch with someone every minute of everyday it's probably better to just move.
The solution to working too much to be in touch with the partner you really care about is not an app, it's telling your boss to shove the job up his ass. That said, I doubt there will be any shortage of suckers who prefer to spend time at the office than with their partner.
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#6It started with a thumbkiss i never though it would come to this :)
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#8Sounds like exactly the same thing as the South Korean produced 'Between' app, which is already cross platform. Not to say that they couldn't execute better, but it's not a novel idea.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=kr.co.vcnc.and...
Re: Pair (YC W12) is a Path for the Two of Us
#9Congrats guys!
Re: Pair (YC W12) is a Path for the Two of Us
#10The biggest problem I find with long distance relationships, especially across time zones, is the real time nature of it. It's blocking. Especially for two busy people.
I would rather record a small video (rather than video chat), write an actual email (rather than IM back and forth), draw a silly picture (than send smiley faces back and forth). If you could change it from feeling like a status report to a message in a bottle, it really does change the dynamics of a long distance relationship.
Funny enough I recently stopped dating someone because of the distance factor. Maybe Pair could have solved that "problem".