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The Domains
BusinessInsider Covers EarPods.com: Domain May Sell For $2 Million
We posted about the domain name Earpods.com and how Apple failed to secure the domain prior to the last Apple event where the product was publicly announced last week. Now BusinessInsider.com has picked up on the story (unfortunately without giving u...
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BusinessInsider Covers EarPods.com: Domain May Sell For $2 Million
We posted about the domain name Earpods.com and how Apple failed to secure the domain prior to the last Apple event where the product was publicly announced last week. Now BusinessInsider.com has picked up on the story (unfortunately without giving u...
Discussion
September 20, 2012, 12:41 pm
The Domains
Domain Industry Veteran Scott Richter Joins Advisory Board Of CPX Interactive
Digital advertising company CPX Interactive today announced the formation of a corporate advisory board and named as one of the six members domain industry Veteran Scott Richter. “Scott Richter is CEO of Media Breakaway, LLC, a leader in online...
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Domain Industry Veteran Scott Richter Joins Advisory Board Of CPX Interactive
Digital advertising company CPX Interactive today announced the formation of a corporate advisory board and named as one of the six members domain industry Veteran Scott Richter. “Scott Richter is CEO of Media Breakaway, LLC, a leader in online...
Discussion
September 20, 2012, 12:11 pm
The Domains
Salesforce.com: Rypple Becomes Work.com today
According to a blog post, Salesforce.com has re-branding its Rypple website product to Work.com today. “Today only the Rypple website is being re-branded to Work.com, later in Q4 the Rypple app will be re-branded to Work.com.” “We&r...
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Salesforce.com: Rypple Becomes Work.com today
According to a blog post, Salesforce.com has re-branding its Rypple website product to Work.com today. “Today only the Rypple website is being re-branded to Work.com, later in Q4 the Rypple app will be re-branded to Work.com.” “We&r...
Discussion
September 20, 2012, 11:56 am
The Domains
Consumer Watchdog Tell Senator Rockefeller To Block Google & Amazon’s New gTLD Applications
Consumer Watchdog today urged Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D –W.VA) to block attempts by Google and Amazon to acquire the new gTLD’s they applied for through Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). In a letter to Sen. Rocke...
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Consumer Watchdog Tell Senator Rockefeller To Block Google & Amazon’s New gTLD Applications
Consumer Watchdog today urged Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D –W.VA) to block attempts by Google and Amazon to acquire the new gTLD’s they applied for through Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). In a letter to Sen. Rocke...
Discussion
September 20, 2012, 11:42 am
Domain Name Wire
Sedo changes domain listing process and adds “Big Data Pricer”
New process includes “Big Data Pricer”. Sedo has updated the process of listing domain names for sale with the service. There’s a pretty slick wizard that walks you through the process. The new process includes the company’s &...
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Sedo changes domain listing process and adds “Big Data Pricer”
New process includes “Big Data Pricer”. Sedo has updated the process of listing domain names for sale with the service. There’s a pretty slick wizard that walks you through the process. The new process includes the company’s &...
Discussion
September 20, 2012, 11:14 am
Domain Name Wire
Ashley Furniture files cybersquatting lawsuit against owner of 123 domain names
Company says defendant used to work at ad agency that catered to home furnishings companies. Ashley Furniture is a pretty aggressive UDRP filer. It usually goes after clear cut cases of cybersquatting, save for one egregious case for Ashley.com filed...
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Ashley Furniture files cybersquatting lawsuit against owner of 123 domain names
Company says defendant used to work at ad agency that catered to home furnishings companies. Ashley Furniture is a pretty aggressive UDRP filer. It usually goes after clear cut cases of cybersquatting, save for one egregious case for Ashley.com filed...
Discussion
September 20, 2012, 10:49 am
Domain Name Wire
Class action lawsuit filed over Go Daddy downtime
Lawsuit claims seeks damages for downtime on September 10. Well, that was quick. The first federal lawsuit seeking class action status has been filed against GoDaddy for its downtime on September 10 (pdf). The outage affected GoDaddy.com and many peo...
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Class action lawsuit filed over Go Daddy downtime
Lawsuit claims seeks damages for downtime on September 10. Well, that was quick. The first federal lawsuit seeking class action status has been filed against GoDaddy for its downtime on September 10 (pdf). The outage affected GoDaddy.com and many peo...
Discussion
September 20, 2012, 9:35 am
Elliot's Blog
2013 DomainFest Dates Announced
Over the past few months, I heard from a few people that DomainFest would take place again in 2013, despite the fact that DomainFest.com had not been updated to reflect the upcoming conference. With just a few months remaining in the year and n...
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2013 DomainFest Dates Announced
Over the past few months, I heard from a few people that DomainFest would take place again in 2013, despite the fact that DomainFest.com had not been updated to reflect the upcoming conference. With just a few months remaining in the year and n...
Discussion
September 20, 2012, 9:10 am
The Domains
So.com Sells For “Millions” of Dollars To Chinese Search Engine Qihoo 360
According to a story appearing in techinasia.com , a Chinese search engine, Qihoo 360 spent “millions” to buy the domain name So.com. According to the story, the the company shell out the millions for the domain because its “m...
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So.com Sells For “Millions” of Dollars To Chinese Search Engine Qihoo 360
According to a story appearing in techinasia.com , a Chinese search engine, Qihoo 360 spent “millions” to buy the domain name So.com. According to the story, the the company shell out the millions for the domain because its “m...
Discussion
September 20, 2012, 8:40 am
Domain Shane
SHANE’S BIG LIST: Thursday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on the 20th
Not sure if anyone has seen a big increase in Google traffic the last week. Not sure what switched they turned on but Google has suddenly decided that this blog is worth sending traffic to. I’ve always received a nice amount but sud...
Discussion
SHANE’S BIG LIST: Thursday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on the 20th
Not sure if anyone has seen a big increase in Google traffic the last week. Not sure what switched they turned on but Google has suddenly decided that this blog is worth sending traffic to. I’ve always received a nice amount but sud...
Discussion
September 20, 2012, 6:26 am
