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• Former AFRINIC CEO Adiel Akplogan Joins ICANN to Aid Global Outreach

  ICANN has selected the former CEO of AFRINIC (Africa’s Regional Internet Registry) Adiel Akplogan as its vice president for technical engagement, a newly create... Read more

  Posted on 08 February 2015 BUSINESS, TECH

• Flippa Domain Sales for The Past Week Led by Pharmaceuticals.com at $50,000

  Flippa had a nice week and they released their sales numbers on their blog and Pharmaceuticals.com was the top sale. Pharmaceuticals gets 6600 exact searches a... Read more

  Posted on 08 February 2015 BUSINESS, TECH

• Marchex Hit with a UDRP on The Domain eBottle.com By Owner of eBottles.com

  

  Marchex has been hit with a UDRP on the domain name eBottle.com The Complaint was filed by Lerman Container Corporation. Marchex has owned the domain name... Read more

  Posted on 07 February 2015 BUSINESS, TECH

• UDRP Filed on 15 Year Old Domain GreatRun.com By Owner Of GreatRun.org

  

  A UDRP has been filed on what seems to be a very generic term GreatRun.com which was has been owned by the same owner, Product Reports, Inc which has owned the... Read more

  Posted on 07 February 2015 BUSINESS, TECH

• .Com Top 116 Million Active Domain Names For The 1st Time & Is Up 600K...

  

  The number of active .Com domain names has passed the 116 million mark for the firs time in history. At the end of 2014 there were 15.3 million .Com domain... Read more

  Posted on 07 February 2015 BUSINESS, TECH

• Google Vs the Mississippi A.G. Could Set A Precedent for a State’s Right to...

  

  Matt Schruers wrote an article yesterday on an upcoming legal battle that could set a precedent for content censorship. This is Google going up against the... Read more

  Posted on 07 February 2015 BUSINESS, TECH

• Do Cheap Domain Names Fuel The eCrime Economy ?

  It looks like the business of cheap domain names will be getting its own track at a security conference. RSA Conference draws nearly 30,000 attendees per year,... Read more

  Posted on 06 February 2015 BUSINESS, TECH

• Which Brands Got The Biggest Brand Lift From The Super Bowl ? That Little...

  AdWeek published an article that looked at what brands won the Super Bowl. The survey conducted by Bully Pulpit Interactive surveyed 700 people before the... Read more

  Posted on 06 February 2015 BUSINESS, TECH

• SeekingAlpha.com Covers Qihoo Purchase of 360.com

  SeekingAlpha.com just covered Qihoo 360’s (NYSE:QIHU) purchase of 360.com saying it “looks smart strategically, but it needs to improve its search and... Read more

  Posted on 05 February 2015 BUSINESS, TECH

• Verisign Reports: Revenue up 4.7%; Profit Margin 55.9% & $1.4 Billion In The Bank

  VeriSign, Inc. (VRSN), today reported financial results for the fourth quarter and full year of 2014. Fourth Quarter GAAP Financial Results VeriSign, Inc. Read more

  Posted on 05 February 2015 BUSINESS, TECH

• Today’s The Day: RightoftheDot Extended Auction From Namescon Ends Today On...

  The extended auction held by RightoftheDot at the Namescon conference ends today on Snapnames.com at 3:15 PM EST. As of publication 10 domain names have hit... Read more

  Posted on 05 February 2015 BUSINESS, TECH

• Trademark Holder of Dana & Spicer Loses URS On Dana.parts and Spicer.parts;...

  Car parts manufacturer, Dana Limited of Maumee, Ohio, just lost a URS on the domain names Dana.parts and Spicer.parts which are owned by FleetTruckParts.com of... Read more

  Posted on 05 February 2015 BUSINESS, TECH

• Google To Get Access To The Twitter Firehose – Tweets To Get Indexed Again

  Google will get access to the Twitter firehose once again and tweets should become indexed in Google right after they are posted. Read more

  Posted on 05 February 2015 BUSINESS, TECH

• Chinese Retailers Playing Poker in Empty Malls as Their Customers Shop Online

  Online sales are having a real impact in China, and while that is good for companies like Alibaba and JD.com, it is taking a toll on the brick and mortar... Read more

  Posted on 04 February 2015 BUSINESS, TECH

• NameJet.com Report Almost $800K In Sales In January

  NameJet.com just published its reported sales for the month of January 2015 for all domains that sold for $2K or over The total amount of such reported sales... Read more

  Posted on 04 February 2015 BUSINESS, TECH

• Meet Two More Judges Of The Verisign 30th Anniversary Contest #internetofficial

  

  Last week I was introduced as one of three judges for the contest Verisign the .Com Registry is running to celebrate the 30th Anniversary of .Com in which they... Read more

  Posted on 04 February 2015 BUSINESS, TECH

• The DNA.org Global Domain Name Preferences Survey: 85% Type Domains Into Browsers

  

  The DNA.org, a trade association whose members include new gTLD registries, domain name registrars and consultants to the industry (Disclaimer a company I’m a... Read more

  Posted on 04 February 2015 BUSINESS, TECH

• ThinkingPhones.com Acquires Klink.com and Contactive & Its 1.5 Million Customers

  ThinkingPhones, a three-time Gartner Magic Quadrant for UCaaS “Leader,” has announced its acquisition of Contactive.com, a big data solution that connects... Read more

  Posted on 04 February 2015 BUSINESS, TECH

• Flippa.com Sells $2.15 Million In Domains in 2014

  According to a post on its company blog, Flippa.com sold $2.15 million dollars in domain names in 2014. “It’s been 13 months since Flippa’s Domains division... Read more

  Posted on 04 February 2015 BUSINESS, TECH

• My Top Picks From The RightoftheDot.com Extended Auction From Namescon

  The RightoftheDot.com extended auction from the Namescom conference is running on Snapnames.com and closed out on Thursday at 3:15pm EST according to the... Read more

  Posted on 03 February 2015 BUSINESS, TECH