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• Vertical Axis Beats Back UDRP On Ritchey.com

  Vertical Axis Inc. represented by Ari and Jason at ESQwire.com, just beat back a UDRP on the domain name Ritchey.com The complaint was brought by Ritchey Design... Read more

  Posted on 18 August 2014 BUSINESS, TECH

• Leading This Weeks New gTLD’s .Fund, Here Are The Taken Domains

  According to ntldstats.com, .Fund is leading the other new gTLD’s that go launch into general availability on Wednesday which includes .investments, .Cash and. Read more

  Posted on 18 August 2014 BUSINESS, TECH

• Ntldstats: 80% Of All New gTLD’s Are Parked & Has Stats For Each Extension; .Buz...

  ntldstats.com, has added parking stats to its system, both overall and by each new gTLD extension. Overall ntldstats says that just over 80% of all new gTLD... Read more

  Posted on 18 August 2014 BUSINESS, TECH

• The .ID is Here and It is Not Cheap

  Today is independence day in Indonesia, and on this day the shorter .id extension is now available. The extension is not cheap and comes with some... Read more

  Posted on 18 August 2014 BUSINESS, TECH

• New Go Daddy Phishing Email Going Around – Be Careful

  

  New Go Daddy phishing email going around so be careful. I have not received it but others have. Tip of the cap to Namepros member Tom Carl for posting the... Read more

  Posted on 17 August 2014 BUSINESS, TECH

• Popular Bitcoin Websites Being Imitated by Phishers

  

  Carolyn Moritz wrote an article on VPN Creative about impersonators using Bitcoin domains that are similar to existing websites for phishing attempts. Read more

  Posted on 17 August 2014 BUSINESS, TECH

• Internet Subscriber Growth Surpasses Cable for First Time in The U.S.

  I don’t think its a surprise to a lot of our readers but Wired magazine did a story on the Internet being more popular than cable tv by subscriber count. Read more

  Posted on 16 August 2014 BUSINESS, TECH

• Client of Mark Monitor’s Buys iPick.com From Vertical Axis

  A client of Brand protection company Mark Monitor has purchased the highly brandable domain name iPick.com from Vertical Axis. The domain name was transferred... Read more

  Posted on 16 August 2014 BUSINESS, TECH

• IRP Panel’s Declaration of the IRP Procedure in the Case of DotConnect Africa...

  

  IRP Panel’s Declaration of the IRP Procedure was released on August 14, dealing with the matter between DotConnectAfrica Trust (DCA) and ICANN. Read more

  Posted on 16 August 2014 BUSINESS, TECH

• Google’s Response to Negative SEO Extortion “No Bueno”

  

  Barry Schwartz wrote an article on Search Engine Land yesterday on Negative SEO extortion, and the Google response to these letters. First off here is the... Read more

  Posted on 15 August 2014 BUSINESS, TECH

• Ha.com Last Auction Now Over $800K in Sales & Post Auction Ends August 25th

  We just got an email from Heritage Auction and to date their last domain auction has produced around $800,000 in sales so far. The post-auction offers end in 9... Read more

  Posted on 15 August 2014 BUSINESS, TECH

• Another Previously Unreported Sale; Peep.com

  

  It appears the domain name Peep.com changed hand this year. The domain name that has been owned under privacy for many years, moved to Godaddy.com in May. Read more

  Posted on 15 August 2014 BUSINESS, TECH

• Big Changes To TRAFFIC & Awards: Escrow.com To Count Votes & Rick Schwartz Last...

  Some big changes are coming to the TRAFFIC domain name conference and the TRAFFIC awards. The TRAFFIC awards for 2014 will be handed out during TRAFFIC’s 10th... Read more

  Posted on 15 August 2014 BUSINESS, TECH

• Big Changes To TRAFFIC & Awards: Escrow.com To Count Votes & It Maybe Rick...

  Some big changes are coming to the TRAFFIC and the TRAFFIC awards. The TRAFFIC awards for 2014 will be handed out during TRAFFIC’s 10th anniversary conference... Read more

  Posted on 15 August 2014 BUSINESS, TECH

• Godaddy: Radix Landrush Fees Are Fully Refundable & Always Were

  

  I got a message from Godaddy today in response to my story of a few days ago, that they were charging a non-refundable $160 application Landrush fee for the... Read more

  Posted on 14 August 2014 BUSINESS, TECH

• Sued Yesterday As Part of BestRegistrar, Jeff Smith Is Also Applicant For New...

  Yesterday we reported that Simon Property Group (SPG) sued domain name registrar BestRegistrar along with a few alleged resellers and its principals individuall... Read more

  Posted on 14 August 2014 BUSINESS, TECH

• German Company Now Has $1 Billion Valuation After Acquiring Pizza.de

  TechCrunch.com is reporting that the German food delivery service Delivery Hero announced today that it has acquired Pizza.de, another food delivery service als... Read more

  Posted on 14 August 2014 BUSINESS, TECH

• Group On’s Ideeli, Acquires & Rebrands As Ideel.com

  ideeli, the online retailer, announced today it has acquired the domain name and rebranded itself to ideel.com The company recently acquired the domain ideel. Read more

  Posted on 14 August 2014 BUSINESS, TECH

• This Weeks 1st Day New gTLD Totals; .Dental 1,971; .Clinic 1,447; .Care 1,395;...

  Four new gTLD’s went into general availability yesterday, meaning domain names could be registered on a first come first served basis. Read more

  Posted on 14 August 2014 BUSINESS, TECH

• Overstock Sees Positive Earnings Impact from Accepting Bitcoin

  

  Overstock sees Bitcoin having a postitive effect on earnings for 2014. The company told Reuters they expect Bitcoin to add 4 cents per share, they are... Read more

  Posted on 14 August 2014 BUSINESS, TECH