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• Stuart Lawley Clarifies .XXX Registrant Rights in the Upcoming Adult New gTLDs

  

  Stuart Lawley from ICM Registry (.XXX) left a comment about .XXX registrant rights in the new adult gtlds, this is worthy of being its own post. I know many hav... Read more

  Posted on 10 November 2014 BUSINESS, TECH

• Court Orders Google To Help Marvel Discover Source of Leak

  We continue to see courts getting involved in telling registrars and search engines what they must do to comply with a growing number of complaints that arise... Read more

  Posted on 09 November 2014 BUSINESS, TECH

• New Site Domcomp Compares Price Of 10+ Registrars Across Over 600 Extensions

  

  A new site has popped up which compares the registration, renewal and transfer prices of 10 + different registrars across over .com, .net, .org selected ccTLD... Read more

  Posted on 08 November 2014 BUSINESS, TECH

• Donuts Beat Microsoft & Google For .Live

  According to ICANN’s site both Google (GOOG) and Microsoft (MSFT) have withdrawn their application for the new gTLD .Live, leaving .Donuts as the winner of the... Read more

  Posted on 08 November 2014 BUSINESS, TECH

• Shocker: Both Amazon & Google Lose New gTLD .Cloud Private Auction

  A private auction was held a couple of weeks ago for the new gTLD .Cloud and shockingly neither Amazon (AMZN) or Google (GOOG), which both applied for the... Read more

  Posted on 08 November 2014 BUSINESS, TECH

• Wall Street Journal: The Gold Rush Is On for .NYC Domains; Some May Resell for...

  The Wall Street Journal just covered .NYC domains name in a story “The Gold Rush Is On for .NYC Domains; Some May Resell for $100,000 +” In the story The Wall... Read more

  Posted on 07 November 2014 BUSINESS, TECH

• Another Scam Email: “I’m Selling Dontnology.com: Which Sold in 2000 For $2.5...

  Another day another scammy email from [email protected] “I am writing again because I have recently been fortunate enough to acquire a very... Read more

  Posted on 07 November 2014 BUSINESS, TECH

• Shocking: Holiday.com Fails To Sell For $30 Million As Breathe Luxury Had To...

  Despite a slew of press releases touting how Holiday.com at $30 Million was the sure bet steal of a lifetime, the domain name apparently failed to sell at the... Read more

  Posted on 07 November 2014 BUSINESS, TECH

• .XXX Registry Announces .Porn & .Adult Domain Matching Program Starts On April...

  ICM registry which operates the .XXX registry, announced today that the Sunrise period for .PORN and .ADULT will be made available for a thirty day (30) period... Read more

  Posted on 07 November 2014 BUSINESS, TECH

• .Com Domain Name Registrations Top 115 Million For The 1st Time

  

  According to Verisign’s zone file the number of .Com domain name registrations have topped 115 million, an all time high. As we have written the new gTLD progra... Read more

  Posted on 07 November 2014 BUSINESS, TECH

• Looks Like The Team Of Radix, Tucows & NameCheap Has Won .Online

  The new gTLD .online looks like it was won by the previously announced partnership with Tucows and Namecheap.com Last year Radix announced that the three... Read more

  Posted on 07 November 2014 BUSINESS, TECH

• Amazon Wins New gTLD .Hot As Donuts & Secondgen.com Withdraw Their Apps

  Amazon has won the rights to the new gTLD .Hot as the other two applicants, Donuts and SecondGen.com withdrew their applications from ICANN’s site. The new... Read more

  Posted on 07 November 2014 BUSINESS, TECH

• Law Enforcement Cracks Down on the Dark Web, Seizes 400 .onion Domains

  We have had news stories before about international law enforcement agencies banding together to take down websites that deal in illicit goods or counterfeit... Read more

  Posted on 07 November 2014 BUSINESS, TECH

• German Court Says Domain Registrar Can Be Held Liable For the Infringement of...

  Court rules registrars are responsible for fighting piracy In a case that involved the music of Robin Thicke and his album Blurred Lines, a German court has... Read more

  Posted on 07 November 2014 BUSINESS, TECH

• Rightside (NAME) Is Up 20% In After Hours Trading

  After its first earnings report as a public company, Rightside (NAME) is up about 20% in after hours trading. Rightside is currently trading at $11.26 up $1.85... Read more

  Posted on 06 November 2014 BUSINESS, TECH

• Rightside’s 1st Earnings Report: Revenue Up 15%: Makes $8.6 Million By Losing...

  Rightside Group, Ltd. (NAME) announced its financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2014. Rightside is the company that was spun off from... Read more

  Posted on 06 November 2014 BUSINESS, TECH

• Will Web.com Hurt Godaddy’s IPO?

  Web.com in reporting its earnings earlier today had a few comments on its earnings call that should be of concern to all domain name regisrtrars: CEO David L. Read more

  Posted on 06 November 2014 BUSINESS, TECH

• Web.com Is Down Over 22% & Hits a 52 Week Low After Earning Report

  Shares Of Web.com (WWWW) hit a 52 week low of $14.89 today after reporting its earnings which missed expectations. The company reported a loss of $3.4 million,... Read more

  Posted on 06 November 2014 BUSINESS, TECH

• 1st Day New gTLD Totals: .Capetown 1,772; .Joburg 1,458; .Market 1,229; .Durban...

  5 new gTLD extensions had their first day of general availability(GA) yesterday including three Geo’s of cities in Africa (Tuesday Africa time) and two by... Read more

  Posted on 06 November 2014 BUSINESS, TECH

• Cyclingtips.com.au Guilty Of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking On Cyclingtips.com

  Wallace Media Pty Ltd of Balaclava, Victoria, Australia, which owns the domain cyclingtips.com.au, and was represented by Holding Redlich, Australia has been... Read more

  Posted on 06 November 2014 BUSINESS, TECH