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Internet In China By The Numbers
Some pretty interesting numbers coming out of the ICANN meeting’s Opening Session in Beijing today. China has 564 Million Internet users, which represents over 42% of their population and almost double the population of th...
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Internet In China By The Numbers
Some pretty interesting numbers coming out of the ICANN meeting’s Opening Session in Beijing today. China has 564 Million Internet users, which represents over 42% of their population and almost double the population of th...
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April 7, 2013, 10:23 pm

The Domains
Following On Success of .Tk, .ML To Offer Free Domains
Following on its highly successful management of the .TK registry Freedom Registry announced today its going to ‘Power” the Dot ML, the Mali domain name, .Ml .ML domain names will be operated as ” generic, unrestricted, ...
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Following On Success of .Tk, .ML To Offer Free Domains
Following on its highly successful management of the .TK registry Freedom Registry announced today its going to ‘Power” the Dot ML, the Mali domain name, .Ml .ML domain names will be operated as ” generic, unrestricted, ...
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April 7, 2013, 9:55 pm

The Domains
Escrow.com Re-Designs & Launches New Updated Site
Escrow.com just launched its re-designed site. Its not only the design that has changed but more information and features are now available. Andee Hill of Escrow.com, shared some of the new features with us: The big upgrade to our services is our Mil...
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Escrow.com Re-Designs & Launches New Updated Site
Escrow.com just launched its re-designed site. Its not only the design that has changed but more information and features are now available. Andee Hill of Escrow.com, shared some of the new features with us: The big upgrade to our services is our Mil...
Discussion
April 6, 2013, 4:04 pm

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Hollywood Reporter: “Godaddy Alleges ‘The Oscars’ Aren’t That Famous”
A story in the Hollywood Reporter of all places has landed domain name registrar Godaddy.com on the front pages The story talks about the lawsuit that the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has against GoDaddy.com for “allegedly traffi...
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Hollywood Reporter: “Godaddy Alleges ‘The Oscars’ Aren’t That Famous”
A story in the Hollywood Reporter of all places has landed domain name registrar Godaddy.com on the front pages The story talks about the lawsuit that the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has against GoDaddy.com for “allegedly traffi...
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April 6, 2013, 1:19 pm

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Guest Post By Bill Sweetman “Why I Support The ICA”
This is a guest Post by Bill Sweetman who is General Manager of YummyNames, a service from Tucows.com, a top 5 domain name registrar, that allows marketers, entrepreneurs, and startups to buy premium domain names for their business. Bill is als...
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Guest Post By Bill Sweetman “Why I Support The ICA”
This is a guest Post by Bill Sweetman who is General Manager of YummyNames, a service from Tucows.com, a top 5 domain name registrar, that allows marketers, entrepreneurs, and startups to buy premium domain names for their business. Bill is als...
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April 6, 2013, 9:08 am

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66 More Objections To New gTLD: .Shop, .Search, .Book, .Music, .Cloud ++
66 More Community Objection to New gTLD applications have hit the official site of International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Objectors include Ralph Lauren which objected to .polo; TD Ameritrade which objected to .MutualFunds, .IRA, .Broker and .Retire...
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66 More Objections To New gTLD: .Shop, .Search, .Book, .Music, .Cloud ++
66 More Community Objection to New gTLD applications have hit the official site of International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Objectors include Ralph Lauren which objected to .polo; TD Ameritrade which objected to .MutualFunds, .IRA, .Broker and .Retire...
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April 5, 2013, 4:59 pm

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39 More New gTLD Pass Initial Evaluation As ICANN Gets Through The IDN’s
39 more new gTLD’s passed ICANN Initial Evaluation (IE) today and more importantly ICANN has now gotten through all the IDN applications, meaning that next week non-IDN domain names for the first time will pass initial Evaluation. All applicati...
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39 More New gTLD Pass Initial Evaluation As ICANN Gets Through The IDN’s
39 more new gTLD’s passed ICANN Initial Evaluation (IE) today and more importantly ICANN has now gotten through all the IDN applications, meaning that next week non-IDN domain names for the first time will pass initial Evaluation. All applicati...
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April 5, 2013, 2:47 pm

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Afternic Opens Up Its Escrow Service To All Domain Transactions
Afternic Escrow Service has just opened up its service for sales that take place out outside of Afternic.com For transactions taking place outside the Platform the fee is 3% of the transaction with a $60 minimum. “” Afternic Escrow Servi...
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Afternic Opens Up Its Escrow Service To All Domain Transactions
Afternic Escrow Service has just opened up its service for sales that take place out outside of Afternic.com For transactions taking place outside the Platform the fee is 3% of the transaction with a $60 minimum. “” Afternic Escrow Servi...
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April 5, 2013, 10:13 am

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Dr. Dre’s Beats Electronics Files UDRP On Beats.co Against Innovation HQ
Beats Electronics, Inc. best know for the Dr. Dre Beats Headphone products known as Beats By Dre just filed a UDRP on the domain name Beats.com The company official website is beatsbydre.com The domain name, Beats.co is owned by Innovation HQ, Inc. a...
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Dr. Dre’s Beats Electronics Files UDRP On Beats.co Against Innovation HQ
Beats Electronics, Inc. best know for the Dr. Dre Beats Headphone products known as Beats By Dre just filed a UDRP on the domain name Beats.com The company official website is beatsbydre.com The domain name, Beats.co is owned by Innovation HQ, Inc. a...
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April 5, 2013, 10:03 am

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26 More Community/Limited Public Interest Objections on New gTLD Filed With ICC
There are now a total of 54 community objections & and limited public interest objections filed with the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) , which is 26 more objections filed since last reported. While most of the 1st 28 objections were fil...
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26 More Community/Limited Public Interest Objections on New gTLD Filed With ICC
There are now a total of 54 community objections & and limited public interest objections filed with the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) , which is 26 more objections filed since last reported. While most of the 1st 28 objections were fil...
Discussion
April 4, 2013, 1:35 pm