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This Weekd We Got The Twitter Handle @TheDomains Under An “Brand Impersonation” Claim
About a month ago Abdu from Domainsville.com alerted me that the twitter handle @thedomains was controlled by a third party who was not using it. I was using @berkens as my twitter handle for the blog, but once he said it, it made perfect sense that ...
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This Weekd We Got The Twitter Handle @TheDomains Under An “Brand Impersonation” Claim
About a month ago Abdu from Domainsville.com alerted me that the twitter handle @thedomains was controlled by a third party who was not using it. I was using @berkens as my twitter handle for the blog, but once he said it, it made perfect sense that ...
Discussion
June 3, 2012, 8:47 am
The Domains
EZQ.com Gets Hit With UDRP; Is This Another Domain Owner Trying To Get A Stolen Domain Back?
A UDRP has just been filed on the three letter domain name EZQ.com EZQ.com is owned by someone in China. The whois only pulls up a name of the registrant: “baorui” Using domain tools I see that the current domain registrant is just listed...
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EZQ.com Gets Hit With UDRP; Is This Another Domain Owner Trying To Get A Stolen Domain Back?
A UDRP has just been filed on the three letter domain name EZQ.com EZQ.com is owned by someone in China. The whois only pulls up a name of the registrant: “baorui” Using domain tools I see that the current domain registrant is just listed...
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June 2, 2012, 2:34 pm
The Domains
Google Is The Buyer Of Chrome.com
Three months ago we asked whether Google just bought the domain name Chrome.com and today the answer is YES. The domain which was the home of Chrome Systems Inc/DealerTrack, Inc. which notified customers in March that as of September 1, 2012 th...
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Google Is The Buyer Of Chrome.com
Three months ago we asked whether Google just bought the domain name Chrome.com and today the answer is YES. The domain which was the home of Chrome Systems Inc/DealerTrack, Inc. which notified customers in March that as of September 1, 2012 th...
Discussion
June 2, 2012, 9:17 am
The Domains
Revolutionary? Leap Motion Now In Pre-order Promises To Replace Your Keyboard & Mouse
A new product promises to let you replace your mouse and keyboard with your fingers. The product is called Leap Motion and its coming very soon “Leap represents an entirely new way to interact with your computers. ” “It’s more...
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Revolutionary? Leap Motion Now In Pre-order Promises To Replace Your Keyboard & Mouse
A new product promises to let you replace your mouse and keyboard with your fingers. The product is called Leap Motion and its coming very soon “Leap represents an entirely new way to interact with your computers. ” “It’s more...
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June 1, 2012, 10:47 am
The Domains
Top Level Domain Holdings Becomes Largest New gTLD Applicant To Date Applying For 68 Strings
According to a press release sent this morning, Top Level Domain Holdings (TLDH) applied for 68 new gTLD’s on its on behalf and a submitted total of 92 applications. In addition the company submitted 5 gTLD geographic applications for or in ass...
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Top Level Domain Holdings Becomes Largest New gTLD Applicant To Date Applying For 68 Strings
According to a press release sent this morning, Top Level Domain Holdings (TLDH) applied for 68 new gTLD’s on its on behalf and a submitted total of 92 applications. In addition the company submitted 5 gTLD geographic applications for or in ass...
Discussion
June 1, 2012, 9:20 am
The Domains
NameJet.com Throws Its Hat Into The Ring into Landrush & Sunrise Auctions For New gTLD’s
NameJet.com announced that it will offer auction services to domain Registries operating in the new top level internet domain (TLD) marketplace introduced by ICANN (the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) this year. “The unprec...
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NameJet.com Throws Its Hat Into The Ring into Landrush & Sunrise Auctions For New gTLD’s
NameJet.com announced that it will offer auction services to domain Registries operating in the new top level internet domain (TLD) marketplace introduced by ICANN (the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) this year. “The unprec...
Discussion
May 31, 2012, 5:03 pm
The Domains
Google Applies For 50 New gTLD’s
According to Adage.com Google has applied for 50 new gTLD’s altogether, including those reported by other media outlets. .Google, .Youtube, .Lol and .Docs are the only 4 new gTLD’s that Google announced so they have 46 more they aren&rsqu...
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Google Applies For 50 New gTLD’s
According to Adage.com Google has applied for 50 new gTLD’s altogether, including those reported by other media outlets. .Google, .Youtube, .Lol and .Docs are the only 4 new gTLD’s that Google announced so they have 46 more they aren&rsqu...
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May 31, 2012, 2:55 pm
The Domains
Directi Invest Over $30 Million & Applies For 31 New gTLD’s: Including: .Law, .Web, .Bank, .Shop
Directi Group, today announced its is applying for 31 new gTLD’s under its new brand – Radix. Directi has committed over $30 million on the application of 31 strings comprising several generic and mass market names. “This is a...
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Directi Invest Over $30 Million & Applies For 31 New gTLD’s: Including: .Law, .Web, .Bank, .Shop
Directi Group, today announced its is applying for 31 new gTLD’s under its new brand – Radix. Directi has committed over $30 million on the application of 31 strings comprising several generic and mass market names. “This is a...
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May 31, 2012, 12:46 pm
The Domains
CloudNames Announces Application For gTLDs: .Cloud and .Global.
CloudNames.com just announced it has applied for two new gTLDs, .cloud and .global. “In applying for these two unrestricted gTLDs we want to give businesses and individuals the chance to secure new and highly relevant domains. We believe that ....
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CloudNames Announces Application For gTLDs: .Cloud and .Global.
CloudNames.com just announced it has applied for two new gTLDs, .cloud and .global. “In applying for these two unrestricted gTLDs we want to give businesses and individuals the chance to secure new and highly relevant domains. We believe that ....
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May 31, 2012, 11:35 am
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PIR Operator of .Org, Applies For Four New gTLD’s IDN of .Org and For .Ngo & .Ong
PIR, the not-for-profit operator of the .ORG domain, announced today it has applied for the creation and management of four internationalized domain names (IDNs) recognized as .ORG in non-Latin-based scripts and for the new gTLD’s of .Ngo...
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PIR Operator of .Org, Applies For Four New gTLD’s IDN of .Org and For .Ngo & .Ong
PIR, the not-for-profit operator of the .ORG domain, announced today it has applied for the creation and management of four internationalized domain names (IDNs) recognized as .ORG in non-Latin-based scripts and for the new gTLD’s of .Ngo...
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May 31, 2012, 11:23 am
