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• Fast Company: Rips .Green Calling It “An Idea Whose Time Has Passed”

  

  Over the years I have read a ton of stories on new gTLD program and certainly some particular new gTLD’s, but few have gone as far as FastCompany just... Read more

  Posted on 23 February 2015 BUSINESS, TECH

• Media Company Awarded $7million in Online Piracy Case

  

  Torrent Freak reported that the largest media company in the Philippines was awarded $7million in damages and that several domains were forfeited in the process. Read more

  Posted on 22 February 2015 BUSINESS, TECH

• More Big Brand Fails; As Bang On Trademarked Domains Continue To Drop To Third...

  This is another post in a continuing series on how big brands are missing and allowing third parties the opportunity to register domain names that are bang on... Read more

  Posted on 22 February 2015 BUSINESS, TECH

• Government Set To Auction Another 50,000 Bitcoins Seized from Silk Road Bust

  

  Joel Dalais reported on BitcoinMagazine.com that the third government auction of Bitcoins that were seized during the Silk Road bust will take place March 5,... Read more

  Posted on 22 February 2015 BUSINESS, TECH

• For the 3rd Time This Week UDRP Panel Awards Domain To Company That Dropped It

  For the third time this week a UDRP panel has awarded a domain to the company that previously owned the domain and allowed ti to drop. Read more

  Posted on 21 February 2015 BUSINESS, TECH

• Del Monte Foods Loses UDRP ON Delmontefarm.com, Delmontefarms.com &...

  Del Monte Foods, Inc. just lost a UDRP on three domain names delmonteexpress.com, delmontefarm.com and delmontefarms.com The three member UDRP panel of Robert A... Read more

  Posted on 20 February 2015 BUSINESS, TECH

• Coca-Cola Puts Smiley Face Emojis Into Web Address Using .WS Domains

  

  Ad week is reporting that Coca-Cola Puerto Rico that puts smiley-face emojis right in the brand’s web addresses. The brand registered URLs for every emoji that... Read more

  Posted on 20 February 2015 BUSINESS, TECH

• MediaOptions Brokers Sales Of 50.com After Being Listed In Newsletter For $3.5...

  The domain name 50.com has been purchased and the domain transferred to its new owner, Wang Yi of China. The domain was brokered by MediaOptions.com under a NDA. Read more

  Posted on 20 February 2015 BUSINESS, TECH

• Afnic Takes A Look at Year Zero For The New gTLDs – What Have We Learned So Far ?

  

  Afnic published a report on the new gtlds and looked at “Year Zero” for the new extensions. The report covered, looking back at 2014, the fee or free business... Read more

  Posted on 20 February 2015 BUSINESS, TECH

• European Start Up Accelerator Reveals Latest Startups and a Lot of Them Use the...

  Tech Crunch did a story on Entrepreneur First which is a European accelerator for start-ups along the lines of the popular Y Combinator. Read more

  Posted on 19 February 2015 BUSINESS, TECH

• Rightside Reports 4Q Revenue Up 13.5%: Makes Almost $8 Million on Losing New gTL...

  Rightside reported its earnings for the 4th Quarter today and full year ended December 31, 2014 after the market closed. Domain Name Services Revenue Increases... Read more

  Posted on 19 February 2015 BUSINESS, TECH

• L’Oréal Wins New gTLD .BEAUTY Beating Donuts & Minds + Machines/Adding To Its...

  L’Oréal has won the new gTLD .Beauty beating Donuts and Minds + Machines. We reported earlier today that L’Oréal also won the rights to operate .Hair L’Oréal wa... Read more

  Posted on 19 February 2015 BUSINESS, TECH

• Quick Poll: How Much Will .APP Sell For Next Week?

  The new gTLD .App, which was the most applied for new gTLD, seems to be heading to an ICANN Last Resort Auction next week. All of the other new gTLD’s that... Read more

  Posted on 19 February 2015 BUSINESS, TECH

• 2 More New gTLD’s Settled; Amazon Loses .Box; L’Oréal Wins .Hair

  Two more new gTLD’s that were scheduled to go to the ICANN Last Resort Auction next week have been settled by privately. Amazon has withdrawn its application fo... Read more

  Posted on 19 February 2015 BUSINESS, TECH

• Under Armour Looking to Kick A Little Ass – Ass Armor That Is

  The Baltimore Sun’s Lorraine Mirabella published an article on local athletic apparel maker Under Armour. It seems that Under Armour has not taken kindly to a... Read more

  Posted on 19 February 2015 BUSINESS, TECH

• .College To Offer Trademark Holders & Universities Free Registrations

  XYZ.COM LLC, the company behind the .xyz domain extension, announced the global launch of the .College domain extension today offering for the first time free... Read more

  Posted on 18 February 2015 BUSINESS, TECH

• Tech.Co “What’s In A Domain Name ?”

  Ann Diab wrote a piece on Tech.co that featured Howard Lefkowitz who keynoted NamesCon 2015. The article delves into the deeper meaning of a brand, that it is... Read more

  Posted on 18 February 2015 BUSINESS, TECH

• SnapDeal Acquires Exclusively.com

  Exclusively.com Acquired Medianama.com published an article on Exclusively.com getting acquired by SnapDeal, the company was originally Exclusively.in before... Read more

  Posted on 18 February 2015 BUSINESS, TECH

• Jered Kenna The Man Who Lost The Rights To Bitcoin.com And How He Bounced Back

  Coin Desk/ ZapChain Interview with Jered Kenna Jered Kenna is someone who got into Bitcoin early and not only did he get into Bitcoin, but his company... Read more

  Posted on 18 February 2015 BUSINESS, TECH

• 1st Day New gTLD Totals: .Yoga 1,546; .Sydney 1,508; .Party 1,105; .Vote 264:...

  Six new gTLD’s had its first day of general availability (GA) yesterday where domain names could be registered on a first come, first served basis and from the ... Read more

  Posted on 18 February 2015 BUSINESS, TECH