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• .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

• .xyz Is The First New gTLD to Surpass 700,000 Registrations

  

  .xyz is the first new gTLD to surpass 700,000 registrations with 701,495 today, according to nTLDstats.com. Last week, new gTLDs topped 3 million... Read more

  Posted on 06 November 2014 BUSINESS, TECH

• Nets.com Hits $71,300 on Ebay But Does Not Meet Reserve Price

  Nets.com was on auction at Ebay, Yes Ebay, the auction hit $71,300 but did not meet reserve. There were 9 bidders and 52 bids made. here is a look at the... Read more

  Posted on 05 November 2014 BUSINESS, TECH

• Marchex Reports & Sells $1.6 Million In Domain Names

  Marchex, Inc. (MCHX), announced its financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2014. Archeo its domain name division sold $1.6 Million dollars... Read more

  Posted on 05 November 2014 BUSINESS, TECH

• Bloomberg Gives Back His .NYC Domain Name Registrations

  According to Reuters, the former Mayor of new York City, Michael Bloomberg has “called off the purchase of a slew of website domain names that insult and... Read more

  Posted on 05 November 2014 BUSINESS, TECH

• CSC Digital Brand Services Acquires IP Mirror

  CSC Digital Brand Services announced today that it has acquired IP Mirror, a Singapore-based provider of corporate domain name registration and online brand... Read more

  Posted on 04 November 2014 BUSINESS, TECH

• Sedo’s Domain Name Transactions Total $1.4 Million

  Over the past week, 542 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1.4 Million Dollars 49% of total sales were the result of Buy... Read more

  Posted on 04 November 2014 BUSINESS, TECH

• TitCoin Wants To Be Your CryptoCurrency For All Things Risque

  

  Well we got Bitcoin, so it only makes sense that an adult version be called “TitCoin” A crypto solution for those in the adult business and those that want... Read more

  Posted on 04 November 2014 BUSINESS, TECH

• Endurance International (EIGI) Acquires The Assets of BuyDomains.com

  Endurance International Group Holdings, Inc. (EIGI), which bought Directi for $110 million ealier this year, has purchased the assets of BuyDomains. Read more

  Posted on 04 November 2014 BUSINESS, TECH