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After 24 Hours of GA .Online did 37,544 Regs – Contest winner inside
Radix reported to us that number of registrations after 24 hours of General Availability was 37,544. The winner who guessed closest to the actual number was: John Aitken says AUGUST 20, 2015 AT 11:59 AM 32,670 registrations in first 24 hours. Co...
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After 24 Hours of GA .Online did 37,544 Regs – Contest winner inside
Radix reported to us that number of registrations after 24 hours of General Availability was 37,544. The winner who guessed closest to the actual number was: John Aitken says AUGUST 20, 2015 AT 11:59 AM 32,670 registrations in first 24 hours. Co...
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August 28, 2015, 3:49 pm
The Domains
Apple Is Going Head to Head with iHeart Music Festival With Apple Music Fest: Domain Regs Say So
Apple Inc. has registered 11 new domain names relating to a music festival and also announced on September 18, 2015 the rebranding of iTunes Music Festival to Apple Music Festival. iHeart Music Festival starts September 18, 2015 and Apple Music Festi...
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Apple Is Going Head to Head with iHeart Music Festival With Apple Music Fest: Domain Regs Say So
Apple Inc. has registered 11 new domain names relating to a music festival and also announced on September 18, 2015 the rebranding of iTunes Music Festival to Apple Music Festival. iHeart Music Festival starts September 18, 2015 and Apple Music Festi...
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August 28, 2015, 3:31 pm
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Domain Movers: LifeMoment.com, TrackKey.com & More Domains
In the latest Domain Movers, we see Paypal acquire the domain name LifeMoment.com, Unilever Plc gains control over brand typo Hellmans.com (single n), CVS acquired typo CVVS.com from GoDaddy and many more corporate domain movers.
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Domain Movers: LifeMoment.com, TrackKey.com & More Domains
In the latest Domain Movers, we see Paypal acquire the domain name LifeMoment.com, Unilever Plc gains control over brand typo Hellmans.com (single n), CVS acquired typo CVVS.com from GoDaddy and many more corporate domain movers.
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August 28, 2015, 1:21 pm
The Domains
Can The FTC Sue You For Lax CyberSecurity ?
A couple years ago after some famous website hack, I was sitting in a Chipolte and said to a friend that somewhere down the road companies are going to get sued big time for getting hacked if they were lax in their security. My friend told me I was a...
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Can The FTC Sue You For Lax CyberSecurity ?
A couple years ago after some famous website hack, I was sitting in a Chipolte and said to a friend that somewhere down the road companies are going to get sued big time for getting hacked if they were lax in their security. My friend told me I was a...
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August 27, 2015, 8:39 pm
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Meet The Owners of The Domain Name Twins.com & It’s Not MLB But Actual Twins
Major League Baseball owns 27 of 30 team names as "domain names" and one of them not owned by MLB is Twins.com, that is actually owned by real twins.
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Meet The Owners of The Domain Name Twins.com & It’s Not MLB But Actual Twins
Major League Baseball owns 27 of 30 team names as "domain names" and one of them not owned by MLB is Twins.com, that is actually owned by real twins.
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August 27, 2015, 7:25 pm
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One Guys Registered 15 Domains At $12,500 On .Loans/.Credit
.Loans and .Credit went into the 1st day of the Early Access Program for collision domain names (EAP) Period yesterday and one guy, Ken Bramon of KB Productions Kirkland Canada spent around $180,000 registering new gTLD domain names. The wholesale co...
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One Guys Registered 15 Domains At $12,500 On .Loans/.Credit
.Loans and .Credit went into the 1st day of the Early Access Program for collision domain names (EAP) Period yesterday and one guy, Ken Bramon of KB Productions Kirkland Canada spent around $180,000 registering new gTLD domain names. The wholesale co...
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August 27, 2015, 5:00 pm
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RightoftheDot/4.CN Domain Auction from DOMAINfest.asia is Live & Over 30% Have Bids
The online auction that RightoftheDot.com along with 4.CN are holding, in conjunction with DOMAINfest.asia, went live yesterday afternoon and out of the 531 domain names in the auction, as of publication 165 of them have bids which over 3...
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RightoftheDot/4.CN Domain Auction from DOMAINfest.asia is Live & Over 30% Have Bids
The online auction that RightoftheDot.com along with 4.CN are holding, in conjunction with DOMAINfest.asia, went live yesterday afternoon and out of the 531 domain names in the auction, as of publication 165 of them have bids which over 3...
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August 27, 2015, 12:30 pm
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Thomson Reuters Acquires Premium Domain Name TR.com
Publicly traded company Thomson Reuters, parent company of corporate domain name registrar MarkMonitor, has purchased the premium two letter domain name TR.com according to whois records.
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Thomson Reuters Acquires Premium Domain Name TR.com
Publicly traded company Thomson Reuters, parent company of corporate domain name registrar MarkMonitor, has purchased the premium two letter domain name TR.com according to whois records.
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August 27, 2015, 10:41 am
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Minds + Machines Picks Up $3.5 Million For Withdrawing New gTLD Apps For .Art & .Data
Minds + Machines (LSE:MMX), today announced the Company has gained, in aggregate, net proceeds of over $3.5 million (approximately £2.3 million) for withdrawing its applications for .data and .art. The new gTLD .Art was won by UK Creative Ideas...
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Minds + Machines Picks Up $3.5 Million For Withdrawing New gTLD Apps For .Art & .Data
Minds + Machines (LSE:MMX), today announced the Company has gained, in aggregate, net proceeds of over $3.5 million (approximately £2.3 million) for withdrawing its applications for .data and .art. The new gTLD .Art was won by UK Creative Ideas...
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August 27, 2015, 6:23 am
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.Online Breaks All New gTLD Records With 28,000 Registrations in 1st 30 Minutes
Radix the registry behind .Online entered General Availability earlier today announced that .Online has smashed the record for a new gTLD launch by registering 28,000+ domains in the first 30 minutes itself. After a stellar Sunrise performance, .onli...
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.Online Breaks All New gTLD Records With 28,000 Registrations in 1st 30 Minutes
Radix the registry behind .Online entered General Availability earlier today announced that .Online has smashed the record for a new gTLD launch by registering 28,000+ domains in the first 30 minutes itself. After a stellar Sunrise performance, .onli...
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August 26, 2015, 5:31 pm
