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• Wired.com: .Com Is The Choice of VC Backed Startups

  Wired.com just published a post entitled “Why .Com is the Venture Capital Community’s Power Player” highlighting the use of .Com by VC backed startups. Read more

  Posted on 28 September 2016 BUSINESS, TECH

• Donuts Launches DPML Plus To Protect Trademarks & 3 Typos for $9,999 For 10 Yrs

  The largest new gTLD operator in terms of number of new domain extensions, Donuts Inc. today announced DPML Plus, an enhancement to its existing Domains... Read more

  Posted on 28 September 2016 BUSINESS, TECH

• Sedo Weekly Sales Led by StarWorld.com at $35,000

  Sedo reported their weekly sales and StarWorld.com was the top sale. The domain sold for $35,000. This is a week where you did not have to have a premium name t... Read more

  Posted on 27 September 2016 BUSINESS, TECH

• Must Read Story: Nominet Overcharges .UK Customers To Pay For Cheaper New gTLD’s

  Kieren McCarthy published a post yesterday entitled “The Great British domain name rip-off: Overcharged .uk customers help pay for cheaper . Read more

  Posted on 27 September 2016 BUSINESS, TECH

• Snapchat Rebrands to Snap; Acquired Snap.com Back in June; Spectacles.com in May

  

  Snapchat has rebranded to Snap, Inc. It appears the domain name Snap.com was acquired back in June 2016 when the domain moved over to the corporate domain... Read more

  Posted on 24 September 2016 BUSINESS, TECH

• Huntsville TV Station: “Squatters Are Hijacking Expired Domain Names”

  WHNT a television station in Huntsville Alabama doesn’t seem to know much about domain names, at least when it comes to domain names that expire. In a story... Read more

  Posted on 24 September 2016 BUSINESS, TECH

• Domain Registrations Point To a Downton Abbey Attraction At Universal Studios

  Domain registrations by NBC Universal Media, LLC yesterday indicate some sort of attraction maybe coming to Universal Studio Parks based on the television show... Read more

  Posted on 23 September 2016 BUSINESS, TECH

• UDRP Battle Between Dating Sites CheekyLovers.com & CheekyDevil.com Results in...

  Together Networks Holdings Limited which owns the domain name CheekyLovers.com and a trademark on the term CheekyLovers lost a UDRP to grab the domain... Read more

  Posted on 23 September 2016 BUSINESS, TECH

• Bitcoin.com Owner Sues For $10K a Month In Lost Revenue

  According to cryptocoinsnews.com, Bitcoin investor and early evangelist Roger Ver is suing a Hong Kong website operator for $567,000 USD, over an alleged... Read more

  Posted on 22 September 2016 BUSINESS, TECH

• Domain Registrations By Sony Indicate Movie Maybe Coming on Puff Daddy

  Several domain name registrations made by Sony yesterday, through corporate domain registrar and brand manager Mark Monitor, indicate a movie my be in the... Read more

  Posted on 22 September 2016 BUSINESS, TECH

• Rightside Launches .Games & Shares Rise Over 5%

  

  Rightside Group LTD (NASDAQ: NAME) launched the .GAMES domain extension today. The Sunrise Phase where trademark holders could preregister names, . Read more

  Posted on 22 September 2016 BUSINESS, TECH

• .NYC to Hold 1st Ever Premium Name Domain Name Auction of 20 .NYC Domain Names

  .NYC announced it would be holding its 1st premium domain auction to begin on October 24th. Only businesses, organizations and individuals with a physical... Read more

  Posted on 22 September 2016 BUSINESS, TECH

• Sedo Weekly Sales Led by Smiile.com

  Sedo reported their weekly sales and Smiile.com was the top sale at $18,000. These kinds of names have been trending at BrandBucket over the last few months. Read more

  Posted on 20 September 2016 BUSINESS, TECH

• TV Station Loses Bid To Get WDBJ.com Domain Name Through UDRP

  Gray Television Group, Inc. just lost a UDRP in an attempt to grab the domain name wdbj.com. The Complainant is the owner of numerous television stations in... Read more

  Posted on 20 September 2016 BUSINESS, TECH

• The App Market is Slowing Down

  

  comScore published a study that showed we might be reaching the peak for app downloads. The report showed that 49% of all smartphone users don’t download any... Read more

  Posted on 20 September 2016 BUSINESS, TECH

• Frank Schilling’s North Sound Names Starts Deleting Its 230,000 Uniregistry...

  On Thursday Frank Schilling North Sound Names started to delete the registrations for the approximately 230,000 domain names it registered in Uniregistry new... Read more

  Posted on 17 September 2016 BUSINESS

• Every Vote Counts: Former Godaddy Counsel Christine Jones Loses Election For...

  Christine Jones the former chief counsel for Godaddy has lost her bid to become the Republican nominee for the US Congress by just 27 votes. After the election... Read more

  Posted on 17 September 2016 POLITICS

• GOP Senators Issue Statement Against ICANN October 1 Oversight Transition

  U.S. Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Roy Blunt (R-Mo.), Richard Burr (R-N.C.), Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), James Lankford (R-Okla.), Mike Lee... Read more

  Posted on 16 September 2016 BUSINESS, TECH

• .SHOP Grossed Over $2 Million With 2K Domain Registrations 1/2 Way Through EAP

  GMO Registry, Inc. the registry operator for .Shop, announced today that new top level domain has already grossed over $2 million dollars in revenue with close... Read more

  Posted on 16 September 2016 BUSINESS, TECH

• Verisign: As Of June 30 There Are 334.6 Million Domains In The World; Up 12.9%...

  VeriSign, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRSN), today announced that approximately 7.9 million domain name registrations were added to the internet in the second quarter of 2016... Read more

  Posted on 16 September 2016 BUSINESS, TECH