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Tucows CEO Elliot Noss – DNW Podcast #63
Noss explains the evolution of Tucows. Tucows (NADSAQ: TCX) started in the early 90s as a software download site, but is now one of the world’s largest domain name registrars and has a market cap of about $250 million. CEO Elliot Noss explains ...
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Tucows CEO Elliot Noss – DNW Podcast #63
Noss explains the evolution of Tucows. Tucows (NADSAQ: TCX) started in the early 90s as a software download site, but is now one of the world’s largest domain name registrars and has a market cap of about $250 million. CEO Elliot Noss explains ...
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December 21, 2015, 4:30 pm

Domain Name Wire
Frank Shilling gets RDNH win on 3 letter domain name
Complainant failed to disclose prior negotiations. With the help of attorney John Berryhill, Frank Schilling has successfully defended his three letter domain name DKY.com in a UDRP. And, even though Berryhill didn’t ask for a finding of revers...
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Frank Shilling gets RDNH win on 3 letter domain name
Complainant failed to disclose prior negotiations. With the help of attorney John Berryhill, Frank Schilling has successfully defended his three letter domain name DKY.com in a UDRP. And, even though Berryhill didn’t ask for a finding of revers...
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December 21, 2015, 3:47 pm

Domain Name Wire
Verisign IDNs: Landrush details and Premium Domains
Landrush will not be like Early Access. Verisign is getting ready to launch its first internationalized domain name, a Japanese transliteration of .com .コム. Based on comments Verisign CEO James Bidzos made on an investor conference call, it seeme...
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Verisign IDNs: Landrush details and Premium Domains
Landrush will not be like Early Access. Verisign is getting ready to launch its first internationalized domain name, a Japanese transliteration of .com .コム. Based on comments Verisign CEO James Bidzos made on an investor conference call, it seeme...
Discussion
December 18, 2015, 4:38 pm

Domain Name Wire
Expired Domain Report – Chewbacca, Adorno…
Any bets: Who needs to be more frequently Flead.com ($211) – an ewok or Chewbacca? Seeing Adorno.com ($2.8k) in the charts this week, I’m sorely tempted to bore everybody with an essay on the philosopher, Theodor Adorno, who’ll...
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Expired Domain Report – Chewbacca, Adorno…
Any bets: Who needs to be more frequently Flead.com ($211) – an ewok or Chewbacca? Seeing Adorno.com ($2.8k) in the charts this week, I’m sorely tempted to bore everybody with an essay on the philosopher, Theodor Adorno, who’ll...
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December 18, 2015, 3:30 pm

Domain Name Wire
Neustar: Linking What Matters
As company continues to evolve, it files trademarks for likely new slogan. Neustar has been shifting its revenue base from a telecom contract to marketing, domain names and more. Based on recent trademark filings, it appears the company will adopt th...
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Neustar: Linking What Matters
As company continues to evolve, it files trademarks for likely new slogan. Neustar has been shifting its revenue base from a telecom contract to marketing, domain names and more. Based on recent trademark filings, it appears the company will adopt th...
Discussion
December 18, 2015, 2:05 pm

Domain Name Wire
Domain Name Gazetteer profiles 1,200 top level domain names
Guide covers the growing number of top level domain options. Domain name registrar Com Laude and sister company Valideus, both in the business of managing domain names for brands, released the third edition of the Domain Name Gazetteer today. A gazet...
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Domain Name Gazetteer profiles 1,200 top level domain names
Guide covers the growing number of top level domain options. Domain name registrar Com Laude and sister company Valideus, both in the business of managing domain names for brands, released the third edition of the Domain Name Gazetteer today. A gazet...
Discussion
December 17, 2015, 8:34 pm

Domain Name Wire
Sedo links up with .EU whois to sell domains
Name not available? Whois searchers will now see if it’s for sale. EURid is now showing if a domain name is listed for sale at Sedo when someone does a whois lookup, and linking directly to the sale listing. This is a nifty deal. Keep in mind t...
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Sedo links up with .EU whois to sell domains
Name not available? Whois searchers will now see if it’s for sale. EURid is now showing if a domain name is listed for sale at Sedo when someone does a whois lookup, and linking directly to the sale listing. This is a nifty deal. Keep in mind t...
Discussion
December 17, 2015, 5:10 pm

Domain Name Wire
Sunday might be the best day of NamesCon
Topic tables, networking and a wine bar greet attendees on Sunday. I typically get to Las Vegas for NamesCon on Sunday evening, and I’ve already booked the same travel for this year. Now that I’ve taken a closer look at the schedule, I re...
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Sunday might be the best day of NamesCon
Topic tables, networking and a wine bar greet attendees on Sunday. I typically get to Las Vegas for NamesCon on Sunday evening, and I’ve already booked the same travel for this year. Now that I’ve taken a closer look at the schedule, I re...
Discussion
December 17, 2015, 4:15 pm

Domain Name Wire
Minds + Machines has completed 1/3 of planned £15 share buyback
Company purchased another two million shares yesterday, bringing total to 59 million. New top level domain name company Minds + Machines bought another two million of its own shares for cancellation yesterday, pushing its total buybacks to £5.1...
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Minds + Machines has completed 1/3 of planned £15 share buyback
Company purchased another two million shares yesterday, bringing total to 59 million. New top level domain name company Minds + Machines bought another two million of its own shares for cancellation yesterday, pushing its total buybacks to £5.1...
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December 17, 2015, 2:44 pm

Domain Name Wire
SEC investigating Endurance International Group
Webhosting and domain name company reveals SEC investigation. Endurance International Group, a rollup of domain name and webhosting companies, announced today that it is being investigated by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The com...
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SEC investigating Endurance International Group
Webhosting and domain name company reveals SEC investigation. Endurance International Group, a rollup of domain name and webhosting companies, announced today that it is being investigated by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The com...
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December 17, 2015, 2:28 pm