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• Catching Up With NameJet.com: FountainPens.com A Dropped Domain Sells For $10K

  The domain name fountainpens.com sold on NameJet.com yesterday highlighting our catching up with NameJet.com sales. Fountainpens.com was a dropped domain that... Read more

  Posted on 28 June 2013 BUSINESS, TECH

• Two More gTLD Applications Are Withdrawn; .Movie By Straat & .BWAY

  Two more new gTLD application were withdrawn and reflected on the ICANN site tonight. Straat which applied for 13 new gTLD’s withdrew their second application... Read more

  Posted on 28 June 2013 BUSINESS, TECH

• Breaking: New gTLD Program Committee Votes Not To Change Policy on...

  The ICANN Board New gTLD Program Committee (NGPC)  voted tonight to not change the policy on new gTLD applications concerning singular and plural terms. Read more

  Posted on 28 June 2013 BUSINESS, TECH

• Breaking New gTLD Program Committee Puts Closed Generics On Hold

  The ICANN Board New gTLD Program Committee (NGPC)  has put “Closed Generic” new gTLD applications on Indefinite Hold by passing a  resolution tonight. Read more

  Posted on 28 June 2013 BUSINESS, TECH

• Two Almost Identical Domains, Two UDRP’s, Two Opposite Decisions

  Two UDRP decided days apart by the Czech Arbitration Court (CAC) on two very similar domains got completely results. Both UDRP’s were brought by the same... Read more

  Posted on 27 June 2013 BUSINESS, TECH

• Sen. Rockefeller To ICANN: Follow GAC Advice & Allow “Limited 1st Round” Of New...

  

  In a bombshell letter to the CEO of ICANN sent today by Senator Jay Rockefeller, head  of the Senate Commerce Committee he told  telling ICANN to “tread... Read more

  Posted on 27 June 2013 BUSINESS, TECH

• Site Goes From Longer .Com To Shorter. Net: ShareMyPlaylists.com Goes To...

  According to TechCrunch, ShareMyPlaylists.com which allows Spotify  users to upload and share their Spotify playlists with other users has changed their domain... Read more

  Posted on 27 June 2013 BUSINESS, TECH

• Guest Post By Dan Warner: New gTLD Registries Cannot Own Their Domains!

  

  This is a Guest Post by Dan Warner.  Dan in a domain industry veteran who has presented and spoken at many industry conferences. Dan is was part of the Exclusiv... Read more

  Posted on 27 June 2013 BUSINESS, TECH

• Brit.Co Bought For $4,750, Gets $6.3 Million In Funding Including Yahoo’s CEO...

  Another .Co domain name is in the news today as Brit + Co., a San Francisco-based media company focused on DIY ideas for “creative living in the digital age,”... Read more

  Posted on 26 June 2013 BUSINESS, TECH

• .BUZZ Goes With Afternic/NameJet

  Afternic, the world’s largest premium domain marketplace, and NameJet, a leading domain name auction platform, announced today have been selected by... Read more

  Posted on 26 June 2013 BUSINESS, TECH

• Japan’s Largest Registrar GMO To Use SnapNames Exclusively To Send All Dropping...

  SnapNames®, a KeyDrive S.A. company announced today that GMO Internet Group, the largest domain registrar in Japan, entered into an exclusive partnership to... Read more

  Posted on 26 June 2013 BUSINESS, TECH

• 6 Arbitration Providers Win 18 of 19 Arbitration Domains in One UDRP

  Six Arbitration Panels brought a single UDRP seeking  19 domain names all owned by ICSID Lawyers, LLC and collectively won 18 of the domains. Read more

  Posted on 25 June 2013 BUSINESS, TECH

• Demand Media Shares Sink Over 20% To 52 Week Low On Yesterday’s News

  Shares of Demand Media, Inc (DMD) have hit a 52 week low, dropping over 20% in trading today. As of publication shares of Demand Media, Inc. are trading at $6.2... Read more

  Posted on 25 June 2013 BUSINESS, TECH

• Biba.com Purchased for 57,400 Euros, Launches With $15 Million More In Funding

  TechCrunch.com this morning covered “Biba, a new company coming out of stealth, has spent more than a year and $5 million in a Series A investment to quietly... Read more

  Posted on 25 June 2013 BUSINESS, TECH

• Do We Have Our 1st New gTLD Application Trade? 4 More Applications Withdrawn

  Its possible that we have our first new gTLD application trade? Top Level Domain Holdings withdrew two applications tonight one for .Review which had a... Read more

  Posted on 25 June 2013 BUSINESS, TECH

• Demand Media Acquires Society6 For $95 Million & Lowers Revenue Guidance For 2Q

  

  In two announcements today Demand Media (DMD) acquired Society6, an e-commerce marketplace for artwork and related merchandise for $94 Million dollars. Society6... Read more

  Posted on 24 June 2013 BUSINESS, TECH

• IBM Loses UDRP On OpenPower.org Despite TM Being 5 Years Older Than The Domain

  International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) just lost a UDRP in an attempted grab of the domain name OpenPower.org against White Label Energy GmbH The UDR... Read more

  Posted on 24 June 2013 BUSINESS, TECH

• Former Founder Of Oversee Launched RTB.com (Real Time Bidding)

  According to Mediapost.com, the former co-founder of Oversee.net,  Fred Hsu, new company officially launched RTB.com today which stands for Real Time Bidding. Read more

  Posted on 24 June 2013 BUSINESS, TECH

• Founder Of Oversee Launched RTB.com (Real Time Bidding)

  According to Mediapost.com, the co-founder of Oversee.net,  Fred Hsu, new company officially launched RTB.com today which stands for Real Time Bidding. Read more

  Posted on 24 June 2013 BUSINESS, TECH

• AtFirstSight.com Purchased For $5,400 Is New App Of Bachelor Host & Demand...

  “The Bachelor” host Chris Harrison, together with the show’s creator Mike Fleiss and Perceptual Networks, announced the launch of At First Sight, a new dating... Read more

  Posted on 24 June 2013 BUSINESS, TECH