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Will .Poker Take Off ?
Christopher Hofman from European Domain Centre interviewed Roland LaPlante and Brett Samuels from Afilias on the eve of .Poker going live. Brett Samuels listed a number of high profile brands among early stage registrants including basically any...
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Will .Poker Take Off ?
Christopher Hofman from European Domain Centre interviewed Roland LaPlante and Brett Samuels from Afilias on the eve of .Poker going live. Brett Samuels listed a number of high profile brands among early stage registrants including basically any...
Discussion
April 21, 2015, 2:56 am
The Domains
FairWinds Partners: ” Top-Level Domains Owned by Brands Gaining Momentum”
Jennifer Schoelwer wrote an article on the FairWinds Partners blog that delves into gaining momentum for branded top level domains. The article is focused on .brands, not generic strings open to everyone. The article takes a look at French bank BNP P...
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FairWinds Partners: ” Top-Level Domains Owned by Brands Gaining Momentum”
Jennifer Schoelwer wrote an article on the FairWinds Partners blog that delves into gaining momentum for branded top level domains. The article is focused on .brands, not generic strings open to everyone. The article takes a look at French bank BNP P...
Discussion
April 20, 2015, 5:14 pm
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WDD.2015.Delhi SnapNames Domain Auction Gets $100K Bid On Computer.de
The domain name auction being run in conjunction with The World Domain Day conference on Snapnames.com has drawn over $400,000 in bids. All bidding is led by Computer.debut there is also a $75K bid on enetwork.com and LatinoTimes.com as well as a $50...
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WDD.2015.Delhi SnapNames Domain Auction Gets $100K Bid On Computer.de
The domain name auction being run in conjunction with The World Domain Day conference on Snapnames.com has drawn over $400,000 in bids. All bidding is led by Computer.debut there is also a $75K bid on enetwork.com and LatinoTimes.com as well as a $50...
Discussion
April 20, 2015, 5:06 pm
The Domains
Domain Movers: Chong.com, Voice.com and More
Domain Movers is an exclusive series where Jamie Zoch scours hundreds of thousands of domain names and discovers the many acquired by large companies, while providing his findings on why the domain name is moving. Was it acquired, newly registered or...
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Domain Movers: Chong.com, Voice.com and More
Domain Movers is an exclusive series where Jamie Zoch scours hundreds of thousands of domain names and discovers the many acquired by large companies, while providing his findings on why the domain name is moving. Was it acquired, newly registered or...
Discussion
April 20, 2015, 2:16 pm
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Sorry Kids There Will Be No .Unicorn In The Domain Space But There Will Be A .Unicom
.Unicorn will remain a mythical creature when its comes to new domain names. You will not be able to register a .Unicorn domain as two domain name extension that were put into the same contention group by ICANN .Unicorn and .UNICOM have resolved with...
Discussion
Sorry Kids There Will Be No .Unicorn In The Domain Space But There Will Be A .Unicom
.Unicorn will remain a mythical creature when its comes to new domain names. You will not be able to register a .Unicorn domain as two domain name extension that were put into the same contention group by ICANN .Unicorn and .UNICOM have resolved with...
Discussion
April 20, 2015, 12:01 am
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Google April Fool’s Prank Actually Backfires
ArsTechnica.com published an article that a Google April Fools prank actually pranked their own security. The error allowed a click – jacking exploit that tricks users into changing things they don’t want changed. Apparently hackers would...
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Google April Fool’s Prank Actually Backfires
ArsTechnica.com published an article that a Google April Fools prank actually pranked their own security. The error allowed a click – jacking exploit that tricks users into changing things they don’t want changed. Apparently hackers would...
Discussion
April 19, 2015, 9:31 pm
The Domains
The Continuing Uptrend in .io
Park.io published an article on the continued growing usage of .io. The article titled, “The explosive growth of .io domains” takes a look at the growing percentage of websites using .io and the fact that Hillary Clinton has got her own ....
Discussion
The Continuing Uptrend in .io
Park.io published an article on the continued growing usage of .io. The article titled, “The explosive growth of .io domains” takes a look at the growing percentage of websites using .io and the fact that Hillary Clinton has got her own ....
Discussion
April 19, 2015, 6:14 pm
The Domains
.Science Still Getting Over 3K registrations A Day: Is This a Revolution or Another .TK
.Science which launched at the end of February is still adding more domain registrations a day than any other new gTLD extension by far on a daily basis Yesterday .Science a...
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.Science Still Getting Over 3K registrations A Day: Is This a Revolution or Another .TK
.Science which launched at the end of February is still adding more domain registrations a day than any other new gTLD extension by far on a daily basis Yesterday .Science a...
Discussion
April 19, 2015, 4:15 pm
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Having Some .Fun? Oriental.com Beats Google & .Buzz to The New gTLD .Fun
.Fun which was scheduled to go to an ICANN Last Resort Auction later this month has been resolved with Oriental Trading Company, Inc who owns the domain Oriental.com prevailing in a private auction beating Google and the company that owns and operate...
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Having Some .Fun? Oriental.com Beats Google & .Buzz to The New gTLD .Fun
.Fun which was scheduled to go to an ICANN Last Resort Auction later this month has been resolved with Oriental Trading Company, Inc who owns the domain Oriental.com prevailing in a private auction beating Google and the company that owns and operate...
Discussion
April 18, 2015, 6:12 pm
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Owned For At Least 14 Years Nat Cohen’s Telepathy, Inc Hit With UDRP on Boon.com
Domain Investor Nat Cohen’s company Telepathy, Inc, has been hit with a UDRP on the domain name Boon.com which according to DomainTools.com it has owned since at least 2001. The UDRP was filed by Wirecard AG, a “global financial services ...
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Owned For At Least 14 Years Nat Cohen’s Telepathy, Inc Hit With UDRP on Boon.com
Domain Investor Nat Cohen’s company Telepathy, Inc, has been hit with a UDRP on the domain name Boon.com which according to DomainTools.com it has owned since at least 2001. The UDRP was filed by Wirecard AG, a “global financial services ...
Discussion
April 18, 2015, 3:40 pm
