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.Club partnered with Domain.com to offer all the TechCrunch Disrupt Hackathon in San Francisco 2016 participants a free .CLUB domain and hosting from Domain.com. They also offered a $5,000 cash prize for the best use of a .CLUB name for a project.
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The event, held annually by TechCrunch in the Bay area garners attendance from across the world, with this year witnessing nearly 1000 hackers battling it out to create innovative projects within the stipulated 24 hours. Products and hacks created at the Hackathon have seen great success in the past with GroupMe, a group text messaging service, being ultimately acquired by Skype for $80M.
With over 140 teams showcasing their hacks, the judges had a tough time picking the most innovative and unique project with the best scope for success. PointShop.space was adjudged the overall winner. The app uses augmented reality to give users highly contextual information about any product by showing live information via the camera. Anuj, from the PointShop team explained that [they] "are extremely happy with the choice of the domain name. It showcases exactly what the product does. You point and shop, in space!"
Every year thousands of startups are created in the Bay Area alone which in turn increases the demand for high quality memorable domain names....
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