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Blog on the domain industry including sales of domains, news and views on the industry including ICANN, UDRP, new gTLD's
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The Denver Post Apparently Has Never Heard of Neustar
The Denver Post is not too familiar with Neustar, they referred to the company as “virtually unknown”. The article is pertaining to Neustar and their bid to... Read more
Posted on 23 March 2014 BUSINESS, TECH -
Former CEO Of ICANN Beckstrom: US Surrender of Internet Governance Leads to...
In an email to subscribers of his newsletter, the former CEO of ICANN Rod Beckstrom says the US surrender of Internet governance role will leadsto new turbulenc... Read more
Posted on 23 March 2014 BUSINESS, TECH -
The 26th Highest Domain Sale of 2010, Reportedly Stolen
There was a press release put out that reported the domain name imoveis.com.br stolen. The release says that the domain was purchased in 2010 for $300,000 and... Read more
Posted on 22 March 2014 BUSINESS, TECH -
.Com Passes 113 Million Registrations
According to Verisign.com, the operator of the .Com registry the number of .Com domain names just broke the 113 Million mark for the first time.The official... Read more
Posted on 22 March 2014 BUSINESS, TECH -
TMCH Has Plenty Of “Trademarks” of Generic Words
In attempting to pre-order some new gTLD’s I have had to review trademarks filed with theMark: hostingJurisdiction: Benelux Office for Intellectual Property... Read more
Posted on 22 March 2014 BUSINESS, TECH -
German Discount Clothing Company Spends 178,500 Euros to Upgrade to KiK.de
German discount clothing company KiK Textilien which operates at Kik-Textilien.de and .com has stepped up the quality of their domain name and purchased Kik. Read more
Posted on 22 March 2014 BUSINESS, TECH -
Apple, Yahoo and Google All Reserve The Right To Read Your Email
So there was a story out this week that Microsoft had read the emails of a French blogger who had received code from a former Microsoft employee, the employee... Read more
Posted on 21 March 2014 BUSINESS, TECH -
Top Level Domain Holdings Starts Trading Under Minds + Machines Today
Top Level Domain Holdings Limited (“TLDH”) has officially changed its name to and started trading today under Minds + Machines Group LimitedFrom today, the... Read more
Posted on 21 March 2014 BUSINESS, TECH -
Sedo Macau Auction Concludes With Close to $200,000 in Sales
In what was an interesting way to follow an auction, Sedo concluded their Macau auction this morning and they were updating people on Twitter as the auction ran. Read more
Posted on 21 March 2014 BUSINESS, TECH -
Mt. Gox May Have Found 200,000 Bitcoins
There was a report out last night that bankrupt Bicoin exchange Mt. Gox may have found 200,000 Bitcoins in a forgotten wallet.Pete Rizzo of Coindesk wrote:A... Read more
Posted on 21 March 2014 BUSINESS, TECH -
ICANN: Important Corrections To Inaccuracies and Misconceptions Regarding U.S....
ICANN in a blog post today, entitled Important Corrections to General Inaccuracies and Misconceptions Regarding U.S. Announcement and IANA Functions tries to... Read more
Posted on 21 March 2014 BUSINESS, TECH -
Stock Analysis Firm Trefis On Verisign: Risk Is ccTLD’s; Doesn’t Mention New...
Stock Analysis firm Trefis had some interesting comments on Verisign in a note entitled “Drop In Verisign Shares Highlights Risks Associated With Domain... Read more
Posted on 20 March 2014 BUSINESS, TECH -
.XYZ Starts Sunrise Today
The .XYZ Sunrise period opened today and will run to May 20, 2014.The company put out a press release with all the details,Beverly Hills, CA (March 20, 2014) —... Read more
Posted on 20 March 2014 BUSINESS, TECH -
1st URS Denied: Panel Gets It Right & Denies URS on Branson.Guru
For the first time a Uniform Rapid Suspension (URS) complaint has been denied. URS panelist Douglas M. Isenberg Denied Virgin Enterprises URS on the domain... Read more
Posted on 20 March 2014 BUSINESS, TECH -
.CO Internet S.A.S Acquired for $109 Million
Neustar traded on the NYSE under the symbol NSR has a market cap of roughly $2.16 billion, today after the close they announced the acquistion of the company... Read more
Posted on 20 March 2014 BUSINESS, TECH -
Disturbing: 12 Year Old Hobbex.com Registered 4 Years Before Trademark Lost In...
Hobbex AB of Borås, Sweden, just won a UDRP on the domain name Hobbex.com which is owned by Vertical Axis Inc.The case is disturbing because the domain holder... Read more
Posted on 20 March 2014 BUSINESS, TECH -
Another Banner Day For Domains As Total Adds is Almost 65,000; 35K From .Com
Domain name registrations continue to grow with a bunch of new gTLD going live and as people continue to register more of the orginal TLD’s .com, .net and . Read more
Posted on 20 March 2014 BUSINESS, TECH -
Be Careful of Phishing Attack to Gain Google Credentials
Be careful using Google Docs and Google Drive as Symantec discovered a new phishing attack that is looking to get your Google log in credientials.Afterdawn. Read more
Posted on 20 March 2014 BUSINESS, TECH -
Frank Schilling’s Registrar Is Live; The Good & The Bad
Frank Schilling just rolled out Version 1 of his long anticipated registrar under Uniregistry as it went live today.Uniregistrar. Read more
Posted on 19 March 2014 BUSINESS, TECH -
15 Year Old Quebec.com Owned By Anything.com Saved In UDRP
The government of Quebec just lost its bid to grab the domain name Quebec.com, but the domain owner failed to get a Reverse Domain Name Hijacking Ruling. Read more
Posted on 19 March 2014 BUSINESS, TECH