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• For The 1st Time, There Are More Than 114 Million .Com Domain Names Registered

  

  According to Verisign, which operates the .Com and .Net registry the number of .Com domain names passed the 114 Million mark for the first time in history today... Read more

  Posted on 14 August 2014 BUSINESS, TECH

• Suit Filed Against BestRegistrar Over “Ransom” to Transfer Over 5K Domains Out

  A company has filed a federal lawsuit against the company that owns the ICANN accredited registrar, BestRegistrar.com a few alleged resellers of BestRegistrar... Read more

  Posted on 13 August 2014 BUSINESS, TECH

• Verisign: Only 3% of New gTLD Domain Names Are Resolving To Business Websites

  

  Verisign issued a report on new gTLD registrations through June 29, 2014, finding that 41% of all new gTLD registrations are parked and only 3% of New gTLD... Read more

  Posted on 13 August 2014 BUSINESS, TECH

• Sedo Transactions Total $1.6 Million Led By Chat.Fr for 99,999 Euro; Ecal.com...

  Sedo reported that over the past week, 527 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1.6 Million, 52% of total sales were the... Read more

  Posted on 13 August 2014 BUSINESS, TECH

• Warning: WOI.com Reported Stolen

  The three letter domain name WOI.com has been reported stolen. The domain name was at Godaddy until just a few days ago registered to a Bernard Naiborhu of... Read more

  Posted on 13 August 2014 BUSINESS, TECH

• 1 & 2 Character.GD and .VG Domains Will Be Charged A Higher Registration Fee

  The registry for the .GD and .VG ccTLD announced today that beginning on September 2, 2014, all 1 and 2 character domains under .GD and . Read more

  Posted on 13 August 2014 BUSINESS, TECH

• Tucows Earnings Call: gTLD’s & ccTLD’s Increase Margins & They Bank Money Off...

  

  In the earnings call Tucows (TCX) which reported earnings yesterday revealed some interest facts and figures. In general profit margins from domain name is... Read more

  Posted on 13 August 2014 BUSINESS, TECH

• As .Clinic Launches Into General Availability Tomorrow Here Are The Taken Domains

  The new gTLD .Clinic launches tomorrow into general availability here are the more interesting domains that were taken in Sunrise or Early Access Program (EAP)... Read more

  Posted on 12 August 2014 BUSINESS, TECH

• Warning: Some Registrars (Godaddy) Are Making The Radix $160 Landrush Fee...

  

  Radix a new gTLD registry, landrush for three new gTLDs .Host, .Website and .Press opens up on August 26th and runs until September 15th. Read more

  Posted on 12 August 2014 BUSINESS, TECH

• From Buying Guns with Bitcoin to Consumer Protection Warnings Its the Crypto...

  

  A lot of news over the last two days on the crypto currency front, from guns for Bitcoin to Consumer warnings about the dangers and risks of virtual currencies. Read more

  Posted on 12 August 2014 BUSINESS, TECH

• Robin Williams Domains Regged in the Aftermath of His Passing

  Hollywood and fans around the world lost one of its most popular and famous icons on Monday. Robin Williams passed away from an apparent suicide at the age of... Read more

  Posted on 12 August 2014 BUSINESS, TECH

• Demand Media Names New CEO Shares Sink Now Down 20% From Last Week

  Demand Media, Inc, named one-time Ticketmaster Chief Executive Sean Moriarty as its new CEO and the market didn;t like the news sending shares down over 8% to... Read more

  Posted on 11 August 2014 BUSINESS, TECH

• Google Wins Control Of GlassForSnap.com Based On Its Trademark on Glass in UDRP

  Google Inc. (“Complainant”), just won the rights to the domain name GlassforSnap.com. The one member panel of James A. Carmody, Esq., found the domain name... Read more

  Posted on 11 August 2014 BUSINESS, TECH

• Verisign’s Domain Industry Brief: There Are 276 Million Domain Names As Of End O...

  

  Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN), today published its Domain Name Industry Brief for the first quarter of 2014, and five million domain names were added to the Internet... Read more

  Posted on 11 August 2014 BUSINESS, TECH

• A Lot of Good Domains Grabbed In The EAP Of .Care

  We took a look into the zone file for The new gTLD .Care that goes into general availability on Wednesday meaning it can be registered on a first come, first... Read more

  Posted on 11 August 2014 BUSINESS, TECH

• CFF.com & COA.com Hit $25K On NameJet & Cash.org Is At $15K; Which Will Sell...

  Three very good domain names are at auction on Namejet.com which today and tomorrow, CFF.com, COA.com and Cash.org. Each of the domain name have hit reserve... Read more

  Posted on 11 August 2014 BUSINESS, TECH

• RMIT University Loses URS On RMIT.Education, To A Parked Page With Links To It

  

  RMIT University of Melbourne, Australia lost its bid to get the domain name RMIT.education suspended through a Uniform Rapid Suspension (URS) proceeding. Read more

  Posted on 11 August 2014 BUSINESS, TECH

• More Brands Are Using Anonymous Apps To Market Their Product

  

  Christopher Heine wrote a piece on Ad Week about the increasing ad campaigns on anonymous app platforms. The article looks at some of the big brands that are... Read more

  Posted on 11 August 2014 BUSINESS, TECH

• EU Court to Decide If Bitcoin Transactions Are Subject to Value Added Tax

  

  Jane Genova wrote an article on PaymentWeek.com about the EU deciding on whether or not to tax Bitcoin transactions. Earlier in the year Sweden asked for the... Read more

  Posted on 11 August 2014 BUSINESS, TECH

• Adam Strong Sells Racing.com To Australian Company; Racing Victoria

  According to AFR.com, Racing Victoria based in Melbourne Australia has purchased the domain name ­Racing.com “a further step in establishing its own media... Read more

  Posted on 10 August 2014 BUSINESS, TECH