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Domain Name Wire
Google and Amazon compete on 20 new top level domain applications
Google and Amazon had a lot of the same ideas for new top level domains. One of the biggest battles over new top level domains will pit internet heavyweights Google and Amazon against each other. Amazon applied for 76 top level domains and Google app...
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Google and Amazon compete on 20 new top level domain applications
Google and Amazon had a lot of the same ideas for new top level domains. One of the biggest battles over new top level domains will pit internet heavyweights Google and Amazon against each other. Amazon applied for 76 top level domains and Google app...
Discussion
June 13, 2012, 10:12 am

Domain Name News
Uniregistry Corp. applies for 54 new top-level domains: .STORE, .NEWS, .DEAL, .AUTO
Frank Schilling has put up over $60 million of his own money to try and secure 54 new generic top-level domains (gTLDs). We now know exactly which strings, as the list of all 1900+ applicants has been made public by ICANN at it’s London press e...
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Uniregistry Corp. applies for 54 new top-level domains: .STORE, .NEWS, .DEAL, .AUTO
Frank Schilling has put up over $60 million of his own money to try and secure 54 new generic top-level domains (gTLDs). We now know exactly which strings, as the list of all 1900+ applicants has been made public by ICANN at it’s London press e...
Discussion
June 13, 2012, 10:11 am

The Domains
Demand Media Applies For 26 gTLD’s Including .Social; ..Gay; .Green .RIP; .Wow; .Airforce; .Navy
It looks like Demand Media, Inc. (DMD) has applied for 26 new gTLD’s and some of them are .Wow The applicant is United TLD Holdco Ltd. and the contract there is Mr. Jeffrey Eckhaus, who is a Senior Vice President of Demand. There are some inter...
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Demand Media Applies For 26 gTLD’s Including .Social; ..Gay; .Green .RIP; .Wow; .Airforce; .Navy
It looks like Demand Media, Inc. (DMD) has applied for 26 new gTLD’s and some of them are .Wow The applicant is United TLD Holdco Ltd. and the contract there is Mr. Jeffrey Eckhaus, who is a Senior Vice President of Demand. There are some inter...
Discussion
June 13, 2012, 10:08 am

The Domains
Our Biggest Suprises From The Big Reveal: Apple Didn’t Apply For .App; Google is 2nd Largest Applicant
I have at least another couple of hours trying to digest all of the 1,931 applications released by ICANN in the Big Reveal but already have found some pretty big surprises. Apple didn’t apply for .App The owner of the biggest App Store in the w...
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Our Biggest Suprises From The Big Reveal: Apple Didn’t Apply For .App; Google is 2nd Largest Applicant
I have at least another couple of hours trying to digest all of the 1,931 applications released by ICANN in the Big Reveal but already have found some pretty big surprises. Apple didn’t apply for .App The owner of the biggest App Store in the w...
Discussion
June 13, 2012, 9:54 am

Domain Name News
MarkMonitor getting billion dollar companies’ their own TLDs: JPMorgan, Hilton, etc..
It has been revealed that MarkMonitor is working closely with many multi-billion dollar companies, in an effort to secure their own top-level domains on the internet. These companies include American Automobile Association (AAA), JPMorgan Chase, Deut...
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MarkMonitor getting billion dollar companies’ their own TLDs: JPMorgan, Hilton, etc..
It has been revealed that MarkMonitor is working closely with many multi-billion dollar companies, in an effort to secure their own top-level domains on the internet. These companies include American Automobile Association (AAA), JPMorgan Chase, Deut...
Discussion
June 13, 2012, 9:51 am

Domain Name Wire
Donuts also applies for .sucks — here’s its list of 307 applications
A fight breaks out over .sucks top level domain. Donuts, Inc. is the biggest applicant for new top level domains. But it’s a little difficult to parse that information from ICANN’s release of applications since every one has a different c...
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Donuts also applies for .sucks — here’s its list of 307 applications
A fight breaks out over .sucks top level domain. Donuts, Inc. is the biggest applicant for new top level domains. But it’s a little difficult to parse that information from ICANN’s release of applications since every one has a different c...
Discussion
June 13, 2012, 9:40 am

Domain Name Wire
Demand Media’s 26 TLDs hit the armed forces, democrats, and republicans
Demand Media applies for 26 domain names — and some of them are very interesting. Publicly traded Demand Media, parent company of domain registrar eNom, has applied for 26 top level domain names through (what appears to be) a subsidiary called ...
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Demand Media’s 26 TLDs hit the armed forces, democrats, and republicans
Demand Media applies for 26 domain names — and some of them are very interesting. Publicly traded Demand Media, parent company of domain registrar eNom, has applied for 26 top level domain names through (what appears to be) a subsidiary called ...
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June 13, 2012, 9:33 am

Domain Name Wire
Amazon, Google, and Symantec to fight for .cloud domain name
Seven applicants to compete for .cloud top level domain include some really big internet giants. Seven applicants filed requests with ICANN for the .cloud top level domain name — and three of them are heavyweight contenders. Amazon.com, Google,...
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Amazon, Google, and Symantec to fight for .cloud domain name
Seven applicants to compete for .cloud top level domain include some really big internet giants. Seven applicants filed requests with ICANN for the .cloud top level domain name — and three of them are heavyweight contenders. Amazon.com, Google,...
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June 13, 2012, 9:24 am

Domain Name News
Only 113 new IDN gTLD domain names applied for
Less than 10% of the total applicants released at the ICANN’s Big Reveal day today are non-Latin IDN domain names. 113 of the new gTLD domain name applicants, seen below, appear to be IDNs. 12 of these applicants are from Verisign f...
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Only 113 new IDN gTLD domain names applied for
Less than 10% of the total applicants released at the ICANN’s Big Reveal day today are non-Latin IDN domain names. 113 of the new gTLD domain name applicants, seen below, appear to be IDNs. 12 of these applicants are from Verisign f...
Discussion
June 13, 2012, 9:21 am

Domain Name News
FairWinds Partners assists big brands with new gTLD’s: .WALMART, .HYATT, .DELL + 100 more.
FairWinds Partners is working hand in hand with many of the biggest companies and brands in the world to get them their own domains. A total of 109 applications are being handled by FairWinds including those for Nike, Wal-Mart, Sam’s Club, Stap...
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FairWinds Partners assists big brands with new gTLD’s: .WALMART, .HYATT, .DELL + 100 more.
FairWinds Partners is working hand in hand with many of the biggest companies and brands in the world to get them their own domains. A total of 109 applications are being handled by FairWinds including those for Nike, Wal-Mart, Sam’s Club, Stap...
Discussion
June 13, 2012, 9:12 am