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ICANN headcount exploding 50% this fiscal year
Non-profit plans to continue hiring in all departments. ICANN expects to end FY 2013 this June with nearly 50% more employees than it began the year with. That’s according to the non-profit’s FY 2014 draft operating plan, which shows an e...
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ICANN headcount exploding 50% this fiscal year
Non-profit plans to continue hiring in all departments. ICANN expects to end FY 2013 this June with nearly 50% more employees than it began the year with. That’s according to the non-profit’s FY 2014 draft operating plan, which shows an e...
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May 17, 2013, 10:22 am
Domain Name Wire
ICANN expects 646 new TLD applications to be withdrawn
ICANN forecasts 646 applications will be withdrawn, mostly after the initial evaluation period. 66 applications for new top level domain names have been withdrawn as of today. For budgeting purposes, ICANN projects that number will explode to 646 bef...
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ICANN expects 646 new TLD applications to be withdrawn
ICANN forecasts 646 applications will be withdrawn, mostly after the initial evaluation period. 66 applications for new top level domain names have been withdrawn as of today. For budgeting purposes, ICANN projects that number will explode to 646 bef...
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May 17, 2013, 9:54 am
Domain Name Wire
Donuts offers to participate in private auctions for 63 new TLDs
Largest new TLD applicant commits to resolve up to 63 new TLD contention sets through private auctions. Donuts, the company that applied for the most top level domain names, announced today that it will commit to private auctions for 63 of the 307 st...
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Donuts offers to participate in private auctions for 63 new TLDs
Largest new TLD applicant commits to resolve up to 63 new TLD contention sets through private auctions. Donuts, the company that applied for the most top level domain names, announced today that it will commit to private auctions for 63 of the 307 st...
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May 17, 2013, 9:00 am
Domain Name Wire
What they’re saying about the GAC’s safeguard advice
Is the GAC right? It depends on who you ask. The ICANN New gTLD Board Committee request for comment on the GAC’s safeguard advice has closed, and the reply period will open soon. Here are some select comments, along with links to the full comme...
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What they’re saying about the GAC’s safeguard advice
Is the GAC right? It depends on who you ask. The ICANN New gTLD Board Committee request for comment on the GAC’s safeguard advice has closed, and the reply period will open soon. Here are some select comments, along with links to the full comme...
Discussion
May 16, 2013, 2:16 pm
Domain Name Wire
Are you dialing back domain investments as you wait for new TLDs?
Are new TLDs changing the way you approach domain investing? Tucows filed its 10-Q yesterday. In the report, Tucows suggested that domain name investors may be proceeding cautiously with aftermarket domain purchases this year as they wait for new top...
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Are you dialing back domain investments as you wait for new TLDs?
Are new TLDs changing the way you approach domain investing? Tucows filed its 10-Q yesterday. In the report, Tucows suggested that domain name investors may be proceeding cautiously with aftermarket domain purchases this year as they wait for new top...
Discussion
May 16, 2013, 11:20 am
Domain Name Wire
GoDaddy.com Bowl drops .com for 2014 game
In another sign of rebranding, The GoDaddy.com Bowl is now the GoDaddy Bowl. GoDaddy is in the process of rebranding from GoDaddy.com to simply GoDaddy. With the change, the football game formerly known as the GoDaddy.com Bowl will be called merely t...
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GoDaddy.com Bowl drops .com for 2014 game
In another sign of rebranding, The GoDaddy.com Bowl is now the GoDaddy Bowl. GoDaddy is in the process of rebranding from GoDaddy.com to simply GoDaddy. With the change, the football game formerly known as the GoDaddy.com Bowl will be called merely t...
Discussion
May 16, 2013, 11:00 am
Domain Name Wire
Mexican contact lenses UDRPs don’t add up
Complainant had a weak case but panelist determines it’s not reverse domain name hijacking. WIPO just handed down decisions for two cases involving domains used for selling contact lenses in Mexico. David Guerra Flores filed the cases against C...
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Mexican contact lenses UDRPs don’t add up
Complainant had a weak case but panelist determines it’s not reverse domain name hijacking. WIPO just handed down decisions for two cases involving domains used for selling contact lenses in Mexico. David Guerra Flores filed the cases against C...
Discussion
May 16, 2013, 10:35 am
Domain Name Wire
How much is a .cm domain worth in 2013?
We’ll find out in an auction that ends today. .Cm, the country code for Cameroon, has been on an interesting ride. It previously struck a deal with Kevin Ham to wildcard the DNS and monetize the traffic. Then it sold .cm domains to all comers, ...
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How much is a .cm domain worth in 2013?
We’ll find out in an auction that ends today. .Cm, the country code for Cameroon, has been on an interesting ride. It previously struck a deal with Kevin Ham to wildcard the DNS and monetize the traffic. Then it sold .cm domains to all comers, ...
Discussion
May 16, 2013, 10:02 am
Domain Name Wire
Tucows reports earnings, says domain investors are assessing the impact of new TLDs
Tucows reports earnings, says domain investors are proceeding cautiously on domain buys as they assess the impact of new TLDs. Tucows reported earnings this afternoon, recording its twelfth consecutive quarter of record revenue (year over year). The ...
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Tucows reports earnings, says domain investors are assessing the impact of new TLDs
Tucows reports earnings, says domain investors are proceeding cautiously on domain buys as they assess the impact of new TLDs. Tucows reported earnings this afternoon, recording its twelfth consecutive quarter of record revenue (year over year). The ...
Discussion
May 15, 2013, 4:35 pm
Domain Name Wire
BuyDomains relaunches site
NameMedia refreshes end user sales web site. BuyDomains, the end user domain name sales site owned by NameMedia, relaunched with a completely new look and feel today. The site places a greater focus than the previous one on explaining why a business ...
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BuyDomains relaunches site
NameMedia refreshes end user sales web site. BuyDomains, the end user domain name sales site owned by NameMedia, relaunched with a completely new look and feel today. The site places a greater focus than the previous one on explaining why a business ...
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May 15, 2013, 3:22 pm
