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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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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
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Surprise? Facebook doesn’t apply .Facebook
Facebook doesn’t apply for any top level domains. Back in April AdAge reported that Facebook wasn’t applying for a new top level domain. I found that surprising, and wrote: Of course, it’s entirely possible that AdAge just didn&rsqu...
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Surprise? Facebook doesn’t apply .Facebook
Facebook doesn’t apply for any top level domains. Back in April AdAge reported that Facebook wasn’t applying for a new top level domain. I found that surprising, and wrote: Of course, it’s entirely possible that AdAge just didn&rsqu...
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June 13, 2012, 9:00 am
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.App most popular TLD application, .home, .inc, and .art close behind
13 applications for .app domain name. We must be in an app economy… .App is the most contested new top level domain name application with 13 applications, and there are some big players battling for the domain. Amazon.com and Google are among ...
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.App most popular TLD application, .home, .inc, and .art close behind
13 applications for .app domain name. We must be in an app economy… .App is the most contested new top level domain name application with 13 applications, and there are some big players battling for the domain. Amazon.com and Google are among ...
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June 13, 2012, 8:51 am
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VeriSign applies for 9 transliterations of .com and 3 of .net
VeriSign’s IDN plans finally unveiled. Internationalized Domain Name investors, your wait is over. We now know the transliterations of .com and .net that VeriSign has applied for. You can read more about VeriSign’s plans for how it will o...
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VeriSign applies for 9 transliterations of .com and 3 of .net
VeriSign’s IDN plans finally unveiled. Internationalized Domain Name investors, your wait is over. We now know the transliterations of .com and .net that VeriSign has applied for. You can read more about VeriSign’s plans for how it will o...
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June 13, 2012, 8:36 am
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Microsoft applies for 11 (mostly) .brand domain names including .skype
Microsoft goes easy on new top level domains. Compared to other internet giants Google and Amazon, Microsoft was conservative on the top level domains it has applied for. There are 11 in total: AZURE BING DOCS HOTMAIL LIVE MICROSOFT OFFICE SKYDRIVE S...
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Microsoft applies for 11 (mostly) .brand domain names including .skype
Microsoft goes easy on new top level domains. Compared to other internet giants Google and Amazon, Microsoft was conservative on the top level domains it has applied for. There are 11 in total: AZURE BING DOCS HOTMAIL LIVE MICROSOFT OFFICE SKYDRIVE S...
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June 13, 2012, 8:31 am
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Google applies for 101 top level domains
Google looks like the largest player amongst internet brands on new top level domain names. I count 101 total applications. The company applied for the domains under a unique name — Charleston Road Registry Inc. Only three of the names are inte...
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Google applies for 101 top level domains
Google looks like the largest player amongst internet brands on new top level domain names. I count 101 total applications. The company applied for the domains under a unique name — Charleston Road Registry Inc. Only three of the names are inte...
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June 13, 2012, 8:26 am
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Amazon.com applies for 76 top level domain names including .cloud, .hot, .wow, .amazon
Amazon.com goes big with new TLDs. Amazon.com has applied for 76 top level domain names, making it one of the largest internet brands to participate in ICANN’s historic expansion of the top level domain namespace. Names range from brands such a...
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Amazon.com applies for 76 top level domain names including .cloud, .hot, .wow, .amazon
Amazon.com goes big with new TLDs. Amazon.com has applied for 76 top level domain names, making it one of the largest internet brands to participate in ICANN’s historic expansion of the top level domain namespace. Names range from brands such a...
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June 13, 2012, 8:22 am
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Here are Frank Schilling’s 54 TLD applications
54 domains include some contested domains. ICANN has just revealed the full list of new TLD applications. Here are the 54 submitted by Frank Schilling and his Uniregistry, Corp: .BlackFriday is very interesting. Clever play on .sexy, too. ART AUCTION...
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Here are Frank Schilling’s 54 TLD applications
54 domains include some contested domains. ICANN has just revealed the full list of new TLD applications. Here are the 54 submitted by Frank Schilling and his Uniregistry, Corp: .BlackFriday is very interesting. Clever play on .sexy, too. ART AUCTION...
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June 13, 2012, 8:18 am
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As many as 1,409 top level domains on the way
1,409 unique top level domain applications submitted to ICANN. It’s “reveal day”, with ICANN set to reveal the applications for new top level domains at a press conference starting at 8 am EDT today. This morning ICANN released over...
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As many as 1,409 top level domains on the way
1,409 unique top level domain applications submitted to ICANN. It’s “reveal day”, with ICANN set to reveal the applications for new top level domains at a press conference starting at 8 am EDT today. This morning ICANN released over...
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June 13, 2012, 7:54 am
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Go Daddy hires ad agency as it changes its image
Company taps Deutsch to shift its image and advertising. For the first time since 2005, Go Daddy has hired an outside ad agency to manage its advertising. The company will formally announce tomorrow that it hired the New York office of ad agency Deut...
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Go Daddy hires ad agency as it changes its image
Company taps Deutsch to shift its image and advertising. For the first time since 2005, Go Daddy has hired an outside ad agency to manage its advertising. The company will formally announce tomorrow that it hired the New York office of ad agency Deut...
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June 12, 2012, 9:38 pm
