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Braid aims to untangle pooling money with friends

Group-financing platform Braid is trying to make transactions work for various entities, from shared households to side hustles to creative projects.

How 4 New Jersey pools turned into a startup that just raised $10M

As the oldest of 12 children, Bunim Laskin spent much of his teen years looking for ways to help keep his siblings entertained. Noticing that a neighbor’s pool was often empty, Laskin reached out to

Sutro’s smart pool-monitoring device arrives next month

Sutro’s device has changed a lot since the company appeared as a contestant in our Hardware Battlefield way back in 2015. But who hasn’t, really? The startup happened to be in town as TechCrunch p

Deep Green, The Pool-Playing Robot

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Old sofa hides pool table underneath cushions

<img src="http://crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/sofa4.jpg" alt="sofa" />If you're severely limited on space and you can't stand the thought of NOT having a snooker table, here's a couch wit

Start saving up for this glass pool table

<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/pooltable.jpg">If you’ve been cursing the standard felt and slate pool table concept ever since you started playing, perhaps it’s tim

Review: Adrenaline Pool Online for iPhone/iPod Touch

Looking for a good time-waster? Check out Adrenaline Pool Online for the iPhone/iPod Touch. It’s just $4.99, easy to pick up, and features online play. You can play four different games: 8-ball, 9-b

Trap door pool table is a good weekend project

Finally, a solution to the whole “I wish I had a pool table” problem for those of us living in cramped city apartments. All I’ve needed to do this whole time was cut a big four foot deep rectang

Pools and computers usually don’t mix, but China wants to change that

If this product from China can really do what they say it can, it could make working from in the pool a reality. Not that I would want to work while I was relaxing in the pool but I still would be nic

Google Earth: Throw a party in someone else’s pool

Some no-good kids in the UK have been harnessing the power of Google Earth to find houses with nice pools. Once a suitable house has been found, the kids use Facebook to send out some sort of “Crash

America Rules: 535-foot Slip n Slide Built

So here’s the story: Guy and his father get drunk Guy and his father decide to build Slip n Slide for party Guy and his father use bulldozer to clear 535-foot pack Slide goes through woods and e