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eBay patents the exit pop up window
Company gets patent for way to deliver a pop up window when you leave a web site. It was once a favorite advertising tool and then a popular last-ditch effort from internet marketers. Yes, I’m talking about the exit pop up. When you leave a sit...
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eBay patents the exit pop up window
Company gets patent for way to deliver a pop up window when you leave a web site. It was once a favorite advertising tool and then a popular last-ditch effort from internet marketers. Yes, I’m talking about the exit pop up. When you leave a sit...
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April 9, 2013, 12:02 pm
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Oops…U.S. Government lets Medicaid.com expire, now in private hands
Domain expired in January and wasn’t renewed despite plenty of warning. The official site for Medicaid, the U.S. health program for lower income families and individuals, is Medicaid.gov. But you can bet many people looking for information abou...
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Oops…U.S. Government lets Medicaid.com expire, now in private hands
Domain expired in January and wasn’t renewed despite plenty of warning. The official site for Medicaid, the U.S. health program for lower income families and individuals, is Medicaid.gov. But you can bet many people looking for information abou...
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April 9, 2013, 10:53 am
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Donuts raises more funds at double the valuation
Donuts raises more dough to pursue new top level domains. Donuts Inc., which applied for 307 top level domain names, has raised new funding. The company did not disclose the amount of funding in the new round, but the valuation doubled compared to th...
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Donuts raises more funds at double the valuation
Donuts raises more dough to pursue new top level domains. Donuts Inc., which applied for 307 top level domain names, has raised new funding. The company did not disclose the amount of funding in the new round, but the valuation doubled compared to th...
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April 9, 2013, 2:30 am
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California furniture seller files suit over UrbanHome.com
Second lawsuit filed after UDRP decision. The legal expenses are mounting on this one. Urban Home, the California furniture maker that filed a UDRP on UrbanHome.com, has now filed a federal lawsuit in California to try to get the domain name. The sui...
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California furniture seller files suit over UrbanHome.com
Second lawsuit filed after UDRP decision. The legal expenses are mounting on this one. Urban Home, the California furniture maker that filed a UDRP on UrbanHome.com, has now filed a federal lawsuit in California to try to get the domain name. The sui...
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April 8, 2013, 2:58 pm
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Canadian court orders company pay costs over wrongful domain claim
George Kirikos gets big court victory; judge orders defendant pay costs. A Canadian court has ordered Micys Company pay $4,512.45 to George Kirikos stemming from a UDRP it filed against Kirikos’ name Pupa.com. Micys filed a UDRP against Pupa.co...
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Canadian court orders company pay costs over wrongful domain claim
George Kirikos gets big court victory; judge orders defendant pay costs. A Canadian court has ordered Micys Company pay $4,512.45 to George Kirikos stemming from a UDRP it filed against Kirikos’ name Pupa.com. Micys filed a UDRP against Pupa.co...
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April 8, 2013, 10:08 am
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Craigslist sues CraigsTruck.com
Classifieds site takes issue with delivery service’s name. Online classifieds site Craigslist has filed a federal lawsuit against a Washington company that offers delivery services under the name Craigstruck.com. Craigslist alleges that Craigst...
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Craigslist sues CraigsTruck.com
Classifieds site takes issue with delivery service’s name. Online classifieds site Craigslist has filed a federal lawsuit against a Washington company that offers delivery services under the name Craigstruck.com. Craigslist alleges that Craigst...
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April 8, 2013, 9:56 am
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Internet tops 250 million domain names
Verisign says milestone reached at end of 2012. There are now more than 250 million domain names registered, according to Verisign’s latest Domain Name Industry Brief. The company reports that there were 252 million domains registered at the en...
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Internet tops 250 million domain names
Verisign says milestone reached at end of 2012. There are now more than 250 million domain names registered, according to Verisign’s latest Domain Name Industry Brief. The company reports that there were 252 million domains registered at the en...
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April 8, 2013, 9:42 am
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.Jobs likely to be first “new TLD” to launch this year
It’s not really “new”, but .jobs is likely to beat other TLDs to the market later this year. Forget prioritization draw numbers, new TLD objections, and contention sets: .jobs may be the first “new TLD” to be available f...
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.Jobs likely to be first “new TLD” to launch this year
It’s not really “new”, but .jobs is likely to beat other TLDs to the market later this year. Forget prioritization draw numbers, new TLD objections, and contention sets: .jobs may be the first “new TLD” to be available f...
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April 5, 2013, 10:28 am
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Apparently Verisign is worth the same with or without price hikes
Company’s market cap is back up to October levels. Just as I don’t understand why the DOW has been hitting all time records lately, I also don’t understand this: Verisign is apparently worth the same with or without seven-percent-a-...
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Apparently Verisign is worth the same with or without price hikes
Company’s market cap is back up to October levels. Just as I don’t understand why the DOW has been hitting all time records lately, I also don’t understand this: Verisign is apparently worth the same with or without seven-percent-a-...
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April 4, 2013, 3:04 pm
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.WTF: .Lotto, .Weather, .Game, .Retirement hit with objections
Seriously, WTF? International Chamber of Commerce has posted more community and limited public interest objections on its web site. On the surface, these look to be quite misdirected. Afilias’ application for .lotto has been hit with a communit...
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.WTF: .Lotto, .Weather, .Game, .Retirement hit with objections
Seriously, WTF? International Chamber of Commerce has posted more community and limited public interest objections on its web site. On the surface, these look to be quite misdirected. Afilias’ application for .lotto has been hit with a communit...
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April 4, 2013, 2:27 pm
