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24 alternatives to While You Were Away, Episode 2 - Feat. Semil Shah

Rap Genius for tech Twitter conversations

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. While You Were Away, Episode 2 - Feat. Semil Shah launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Twitter: While You Were Away▲62

   “Rap Genius” to what people are blabbering about on Twitter

   2016 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Whileaway▲97

   Never miss a tweet from your favorite tweeters.

   2016 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Stayed Up All Night▲221

   A retro way to create & share mixtapes online

   2014 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Tung▲96

   A social podcast player

   2016 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Inside Podcasting▲126

   Curating the resurgence of the spoken word

   2017 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Console.fm - 024▲56

   Best of last week's tracks from Soundcloud

   2016 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Rapthatbeat▲98

   Rap over your favorite instrumentals

   2017 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Never Ending Playlist▲96

   Listen to your favorite artist, nonstop.

   2014 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Whatsrapp▲80

   Start texting some rappers.

   2014 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Remarks▲128

    Discuss a podcast while you listen

    2016 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Drop by Jawbone▲197

    Your personal DJ for every moment

    2014 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Console.fm - Artisan 023▲67

    An hour of last week's top tracks on Soundcloud

    2016 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Radiotopia▲112

    A podcasting revolution: remaking public radio

    2014 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Melt▲74

    Twitter for short audio recordings (aka micro-podcasting)

    2014 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Demuxed: Ep. #2, Adaptive Streaming & DASH▲55

    Podcast for & by engineers working with web video

    2016 · its alternatives →

16. 16IM
    I made an app that listens for a rapper's songs and raps along in sync▲119

    2014 · thenextweb.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Out Loud▲99

    Twitter for audio

    2015 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Full Stack Radio▲128

    A podcast for devs interested in building great products.

    2015 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Thru You Too▲84

    A music album made out of unrelated YouTube videos

    2014 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Sidenotes▲118

    Medium & Rap Genius-like in-line commenting by Livefyre

    2014 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Podcatch▲81

    A good podcast listen, now.

    2015 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Dudes of Disruption - Episode 2 - Disrupting the Automatics w/ musical guest Bustling Hedgerow▲55

    More of the automatics that show up in our lives.

    2016 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Hear Your Handle▲90

    Discover great podcasts based on your Twitter handle.

    2015 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Oversubscribed #7: Tech Media, Relevant Advertising, and Livestreaming with Caroline McCarthy▲72

    Shooting the sh*t on tech & media with Parr and Baptiste.

    2016 · its alternatives →

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