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Namecheap began to target college students earlier last year when they became involved in college hackathons. According to the company’s website, students who use Namecheap receive the following in the “student bundle deal”: Free .ME Domain (1 year)Discounts on .com/.io/.rocks/.link/.club/.website (1 year)Free about.me Premium or GitHub Pages 1-click setupFree Private email account Namecheap is currently available at various colleges and universities in the US, UK, and Canada. The company’s main goal is to continue to expand while also having mentors teach students the importance of building a brand online....

If you’ve ever wondered what it was like to travel to the Moon, or at a minimum build something for space travel, it might seem like a dream from out of this world. Fortunately for three companies from the NASA iTech Challenge, they will be teaming up with some of the finest scientific minds to help with space exploration and NASA’s mission to Mars. The NASA iTech Challenge invites companies from around the world, whether they’re in the aerospace industry or not, to bring ideas and innovations to them in the hopes of finding ways to improve space mission directorates including space travel and their mission to Mars....

New York City is home to many of the world’s largest and trendiest tech companies like Facebook, Etsy, and Uber. Less known are the startups that pave the way for innovation. These ten founders over 40 continue to reimagine new frontiers and put their mark on NYC and the world. Joseph Lubin (52), Founder of Consensys & Cofounder of Ethereum Joseph Lubin, 52 years old, is both the founder of Consensys and cofounder of Ethereum, the blockchain computing platform that’s been setting the world all abuzz in recent news....

Trunk Club provides a personalized shopping experience for men. With 250 stylists, the company focuses on building one-on-one relationships with its members to fully understand their lifestyles and personal styles. Members are then hand-selected clothing that best fits their preferences, and a box is shipped to their home. There’s no subscription fee for the service; rather, members just pay for an of the items that they wish to keep. According to a statement, the acquisition by Nordstrom is a part of the high-end retailer’s mission to integrate the online and offline customer experience....

We are proud to announce these community influencers, growth hackers, and design experts who will be available for our lightning mentor chats. To sign up to meet with a mentor, carefully read the description of the event and select the mentor who most closely matches your needs. This is a great lineup, so even if you’re not going to SXSW, you can check out what these mentors are doing online and follow their work: Jason Seats: Jason is the Managing Director of Techstars Austin....

Just install the Uppidy app on your Android or Blackberry, and all SMS text conversations are safely stored in the cloud, where they can be easily searched using a dashboard on your web browser. Texts are categorized by sender, and you can set sync intervals from 1 minute to 10 minutes. If your smart phone has storage limitations, Uppidy is great for archiving everything. Because of its ability to add more than one number to the account, Uppidy also can be used as an enterprise solution....

Impact Hub is an online marketplace for socially responsible outsourcing. Through Impact Hub, small and medium companies can easily connect with socially conscious outsourcing firms that ethically employ workers and invest in poor communities. The startup connects enterprises with 30+ service providers in five countries (in Africa and rural India) to help them meet cost objectives and easily migrate responsibilities abroad. Impact sourcing is a kind of outsourcing that focuses on providing work to disadvantaged people in areas of severely low employment....

After graduating from Emory University with a degree in economics and political science, Ulin worked as a research analyst at McKinsey. His time there was defined by long hours, lots of travel, good opportunities. But perhaps most fortuitously, he sat next to McKinsey’s data science group, where he witnessed tremendous growth compared to other areas of the company. Entrepreneur Marc Andressen’s famous assertion that “Software is eating the world” resonated with Ulin as he considered the growing evidence of a global shift toward data-driven software and services....

So what are the biggest rumors and features in question? If reports are right, both Pixel 2 phones will ditch the 3.5mm or headphone jack, toss in front-facing speakers, and use USB-C for charging. Queue mass hysteria. Actually, that already happened when the news first hit. The Pixel 2 XL is also said to have reduced bezels, whereas the regular sized ones may retain a similar design to the original phone....

The data was analyzed by the London, UK-based Atomico, a growth-stage, global venture firm, and looked at the overall state of billion-dollar startup valuations. While their data does indeed back up this notion that the Bay-area is prime spot for technology companies (with San Francisco leading the billion-dollar company count at 29 startups; 57 total in the overall Silicon Valley-area), they also show that opportunities lay outside that area – even outside the United States (with Beijing coming in at second with 17 billion-dollar companies; 20 total in the overall area in and around Beijing)....

The mobile app aims to revolutionize the storage experience for everyone, starting with college students. The app allows users to rent space from other users in a similar fashion to Airbnb. Luke Amargo (right) and Joshua McGuire presented the team’s pitch year. They made sure to note their verification process of users and that they were beginning conversations with insurance companies, as they were asked some insurance based questions in previous competitions....

“My goal is to connect everybody in the world in a new way,” says cofounder Tatsuo Sato, who has visited over a hundred countries himself. On one trip to eastern Europe, Sato decided to try something different. He emailed a local student, who offered to give him a tour. And Sato was pleasantly surprised: they visited the student’s former elementary school and local restaurants and clubs that he might not have discovered otherwise–it was “like scenes in movies,” Sato recalls....

SkinnyScoop has built a community of hundreds of thousands of women who turn to each other for suggestions on apps and books, child care, beauty products, and more. In the process, woman can become influencers within their field and build an online reputation. Godsoe started SkinnyScoop after having her first child – and facing tons of confusing decisions. She would email her friends about what stroller to buy or what books to read, while other moms were building spreadsheets and reading long emails chains to find the right products....

GroupMe was founded by the team of Jared Hecht and Steve Martocci at the TechCrunch Disrupt NY Hackaton in 2010. Since then they went on to grow the service, get funded by Betaworks, SV Angel, First Round Capital, Lerer Ventures and a number of prominent angels (amounting to an $850,000 first round), and build a product that was extremely useful for anyone looking to organize a small group of people around a particular subject....

How to be different Many entrepreneurs succeed by finding a way to differentiate themselves from the competition. If the customer views your firm differently from others in the marketplace, they will remember you. The next time they need a product or service, they may choose your business. These are some important strategies for a business owner: Market yourself as an authority or expert in your field. When you’re perceived as an expert, more people will come to you....

According to a recent statement from Niantic chief executive John Hanke, sponsored Pokéstops will become part of the immensely popular mobile game in the future. As he explains, business owners will be able to purchase Pokéstops in order to create foot traffic around their stores. Advertisers would be charged on a cost-per-visit basis, which based on the popularity, could end up being quite lucrative for Niantic. The idea is, frankly, genius....

Find your great idea First of all, think of a business idea you feel you could turn into a viable company. Think of something you are good at. Think of an idea that will solve a problem for a lot of people. But, make sure it is something you are willing to invest a great deal of time and effort on. What do you want to do when you aren’t working?...

Tech Cocktail: What is StatSims? StatSims: StatSims (@statsims) is the first community-driven NFL football prediction site. There are several other game forecasters, but what makes StatSims a wholly unique experience is that we are opening up our 29-year-old SimEngine™ (which is already as accurate as the number one company in the space) to the crowd. This is a large plus because no single analyst can consistently be as accurate as a crowd, we can provide a whole new level of predictions: help fantasy players get the most points from their fantasy team, help fans win their office pools, and even win against the spread....

Can I Stay with You While I Rent My Place on Airbnb? is simple: the service pairs Airbnb hosts with people who are willing to offer them a place to stay while they rent out their own place on the website. The service is completely free to anyone who wants to sign up, and it essentially serves as a kind of Craigslist for those who ever find themselves in these kinds of situations....

There’s no denying that tech has had a gender and racial issues for quite some time. Between a lack of representation and the persistent problem of pay, the industry — which prides itself on progressive support — has been far from stellar when it comes to diversity. Now, a clear-cut study shows that these companies are actually getting worse at promoting equal pay, which is not a trend you want to see coming out of tech....