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The Domains
Verisign Announces $30K Winner of #InternetOfficial Contest: KidsCookDinner.com
Verisign the registry for the .com registry has announced the Grand Prize Winner of it’s #InternetOfficial contest. It’s KidsCookDinner.com, registered through Network Solutions! “”New York-based Kate K. submitted the most des...
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Verisign Announces $30K Winner of #InternetOfficial Contest: KidsCookDinner.com
Verisign the registry for the .com registry has announced the Grand Prize Winner of it’s #InternetOfficial contest. It’s KidsCookDinner.com, registered through Network Solutions! “”New York-based Kate K. submitted the most des...
Discussion
July 8, 2015, 2:27 pm
Domain Name Wire
June’s Top 5 stories on Domain Name Wire
Two lawsuits headline last month’s top stories on Domain Name Wire. What happened to lawyers taking extended summer vacations? The top two stories on Domain Name Wire last month were about lawsuits, one involving WordPress and one that could re...
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June’s Top 5 stories on Domain Name Wire
Two lawsuits headline last month’s top stories on Domain Name Wire. What happened to lawyers taking extended summer vacations? The top two stories on Domain Name Wire last month were about lawsuits, one involving WordPress and one that could re...
Discussion
July 8, 2015, 2:16 pm
The Domains
BlackBerry Limited Registers Android Domain Names
BlackBerry Limited has registered the domain name AndroidSecured.com adding to recent rumors that they may have a device called BlackBerry Venice that will have an Android operating system.
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BlackBerry Limited Registers Android Domain Names
BlackBerry Limited has registered the domain name AndroidSecured.com adding to recent rumors that they may have a device called BlackBerry Venice that will have an Android operating system.
Discussion
July 8, 2015, 11:41 am
Domain Shane
DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Wednesday, July 8th, 2015
Heading to Chicago today for the Cubs/Rook Media/Domain Sponsor meetup. I lived in Chicago several years and despite not living there for 20 years I still visit 5 to 10 times a year. I actually lived 500 feet from Wrigley for 3 years. &n...
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DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Wednesday, July 8th, 2015
Heading to Chicago today for the Cubs/Rook Media/Domain Sponsor meetup. I lived in Chicago several years and despite not living there for 20 years I still visit 5 to 10 times a year. I actually lived 500 feet from Wrigley for 3 years. &n...
Discussion
July 8, 2015, 11:35 am
The Domains
Paul Allen Decides To Go With .Fish instead of buying the .com from Most Wanted Domains
Jay Westerdal blogged on Tuesday about Microsoft co – founder and billionaire Paul Allen going with a .Fish domain. Allen chose to go with SmartCatch.fish instead of purchasing SmartCatch.com. The interesting thing about this story for us here ...
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Paul Allen Decides To Go With .Fish instead of buying the .com from Most Wanted Domains
Jay Westerdal blogged on Tuesday about Microsoft co – founder and billionaire Paul Allen going with a .Fish domain. Allen chose to go with SmartCatch.fish instead of purchasing SmartCatch.com. The interesting thing about this story for us here ...
Discussion
July 8, 2015, 9:21 am
The Domains
A look at Dot Luxury One Year In To The Process
Tony Kirsch of ARI Registry Services posted an interview with Monica Kirchner of Dot Luxury. Tony was looking to get some perspective on how things are going one year into the process. Dot Luxury names are not cheap, checking out a few registrars: Th...
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A look at Dot Luxury One Year In To The Process
Tony Kirsch of ARI Registry Services posted an interview with Monica Kirchner of Dot Luxury. Tony was looking to get some perspective on how things are going one year into the process. Dot Luxury names are not cheap, checking out a few registrars: Th...
Discussion
July 8, 2015, 9:09 am
The Domains
Google Hates ICANN’s Attempt to Eliminate Whois Privacy Calling it “Impractical & Ineffective
Google filed it’s comment on the whois privacy issue with ICANN today. Google seems to hate the proposal of the ICANN working group to prohibit commercial domain registrants from using proxy or privacy services calling it unf...
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Google Hates ICANN’s Attempt to Eliminate Whois Privacy Calling it “Impractical & Ineffective
Google filed it’s comment on the whois privacy issue with ICANN today. Google seems to hate the proposal of the ICANN working group to prohibit commercial domain registrants from using proxy or privacy services calling it unf...
Discussion
July 8, 2015, 3:05 am
The Domains
From CBS to CNN To Fox To Google: New gTLD .News Has Almost 500 Sunrise Registrations
The new gTLD .News enters the Early Access Program (EAP) for Rightside Tomorrow, Wednesday July 8th with the highest number of Sunrise domain registrations the registry has had in any of its new domain name extensions, just short of 500. Matt Overman...
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From CBS to CNN To Fox To Google: New gTLD .News Has Almost 500 Sunrise Registrations
The new gTLD .News enters the Early Access Program (EAP) for Rightside Tomorrow, Wednesday July 8th with the highest number of Sunrise domain registrations the registry has had in any of its new domain name extensions, just short of 500. Matt Overman...
Discussion
July 7, 2015, 10:15 pm
The Domains
Sedo Transactions Total $1m for the week led by Vigia.com
There were 501 transactions on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1m. 52% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales are: Top .com: vigia.com at 25,000 USD Top ccTLD: c...
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Sedo Transactions Total $1m for the week led by Vigia.com
There were 501 transactions on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1m. 52% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales are: Top .com: vigia.com at 25,000 USD Top ccTLD: c...
Discussion
July 7, 2015, 8:46 pm
Domain Name Wire
Verisign gets Domain Name Stockpiling patent
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has granted patent number 9,075,886 (pdf) to Verisign for “Systems and methods for detecting the stockpiling of domain names.” We’ll call it domaindar for short. The patent explains ways that a r...
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Verisign gets Domain Name Stockpiling patent
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has granted patent number 9,075,886 (pdf) to Verisign for “Systems and methods for detecting the stockpiling of domain names.” We’ll call it domaindar for short. The patent explains ways that a r...
Discussion
July 7, 2015, 7:07 pm
