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• Porch.com Featured on Tech Crunch Was Privately Purchased from Mrs. Jello in 2012

  

  Porch.com was featured yesterday in Tech Crunch the company inked a deal with Lowe’s. The company is a start up that aggregates data about home improvement... Read more

  Posted on 15 January 2014 BUSINESS, TECH

• After 46 Years Pro Football Weekly Shuts Down & The Domain...

  Back in 1967 Pro Football Weekly started as a sports magazine, that covered the National Football League (NFL). It was owned by Pro Football Weekly LLC and... Read more

  Posted on 15 January 2014 BUSINESS, TECH

• Two Seattle Men Looking To Get High on Domains

  USA Today posted a story today about two Seattle men looking to cash in on Marijuana and domains. From the article: The longtime friends started buying... Read more

  Posted on 15 January 2014 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Why Would A Guy Making Millions in Just 8 Months Want to Sell ?

  

  Business Insider did not one but two articles on Scott DeLong and his ViralNova.com. ViralNova makes it bacon with click bait. DeLong started a site that in jus... Read more

  Posted on 15 January 2014 BUSINESS, TECH

• Uniregistry Wants ICANN To Slow Down The Last Resort Auction Schedule

  Uniregistry, Corp. (“Uniregistry”), an applicant for 52 top-level domains has gone against many other new gTLD applicants in asking ICANN to slow down the new... Read more

  Posted on 15 January 2014 BUSINESS, TECH

• Sedo’s Transactions Total Over $2.5 Million In Domains On Just 572 Domains

  

  Sedo just released its weekly report for the week of January 6th, 2014- January 13, 2014. In all just 572 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via... Read more

  Posted on 14 January 2014 BUSINESS, TECH

• Net Neutrality Ruled Unenforceable

  Net Neutrality looks like it could be in danger of being defeated. From NPR: In a landmark ruling Tuesday, a federal appeals court has struck down key parts of... Read more

  Posted on 14 January 2014 BUSINESS, TECH

• Sedo Tops Domain Industry Sales Charts in 2013

  

  Sedo put out a press release today looking back at their 2013 as related to domain sales. Sedo Tops Domain Industry Sales Charts in 2013 Leading Marketplace... Read more

  Posted on 14 January 2014 BUSINESS, TECH

• Chicago Sun-Times to Test Bitcoin and Twitter Paywall with Startup BitWall

  The Chicago Sun-Times, the 9th largest newspaper in the USA, is testing a social paywall that will accept both Tweets and Bitcoin in partnership with the conten... Read more

  Posted on 14 January 2014 BUSINESS, TECH

• “In the Face of Confusion, People Will Default to Something They Trust and...

  

  George Pongas is the general manager for Aus Registry, AusRegistry is the current registry operator and wholesale provider for all commercial .au (Australia)... Read more

  Posted on 14 January 2014 BUSINESS, TECH

• Go Daddy CEO Calls Current Domain Space Polluted and Not Descriptive

  

  Blake Irving CEO of Go Daddy sat down at the Consumer Electronics Show and gave a talk about the changes taking place in the domain space. Read more

  Posted on 13 January 2014 BUSINESS, TECH

• Heritage Auctions and RightOfTheDot.com Partner On Live Auctions Of New gTLD...

  Heritage Auctions and RightOfTheDot, LLC announced today an exclusive joint partnership to provide live and online auction services for premium domains in new... Read more

  Posted on 13 January 2014 BUSINESS, TECH

• Demand Media Files With SEC To Spin Off Domain Registries and Registrars Into...

  Demand Media, Inc. (DMD), a leading media and domain name services company, today announced that its newly formed wholly owned subsidiary, Rightside Group, Ltd. Read more

  Posted on 13 January 2014 BUSINESS, MEDIA, TECH

• RPG Life Sciences Ltd. of Mumbai Guilty Of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking

  

  RPG Life Sciences Ltd. of Mumbai, India, represented by Anand & Anand, India has just been found Guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking (RDNH) on the domai... Read more

  Posted on 13 January 2014 BUSINESS, TECH

• .CN Landrush Exceeds 50 Million Yuan

  NiceNic.net out with another interesting piece of news, the .CN Landrush auctions of previous reserved domains has generated over 50 Million Yuan/RMB.  That... Read more

  Posted on 13 January 2014 BUSINESS, TECH

• .PW Surprisingly Pretty Popular with Phishers in China

  

  NiceNic.net put out a report that looked at phishing activity in China, very few .cn sites are involved in phishing and surprisingly there was a decent number o... Read more

  Posted on 13 January 2014 BUSINESS, TECH

• Penn State Lets PennState.com Expire & The Domain Is In Auction W/ $4,583 Min Bid

  

  Penn State which certainly has had one of the biggest scandals in the United States over the last few years leading to criminal charges, the resignation of the... Read more

  Posted on 13 January 2014 BUSINESS, TECH

• Expect Some BIG News This Week Out Of NamesCon

  With the NamesCon conference getting ready to kick off in Las Vegas this week everyone in the domain industry should be on the look out for some big news and... Read more

  Posted on 12 January 2014 BUSINESS, TECH

• Virginia Says Yelp Must Reveal The Real Names of 7 Who Left Critical Reviews

  A decision in Virginia could affect the free speech of users of the popular review website Yelp. This could also trickle down to other areas where free speech i... Read more

  Posted on 12 January 2014 BUSINESS, TECH

• Overstock Reaches Sales of $130,000 in First Day of Accepting Bitcoin

  

  Overstock CEO says the company made $130,000 in first day of Bitcoin sales. #Bitcoin's first full day on @overstock.com was a huge success: 840 orders,... Read more

  Posted on 11 January 2014 BUSINESS, TECH