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33 Inducted Into The Internet Hall of Fame including The Chairman Of ICANN Steve Crocker
33 people were just inducted as the inaugural group into the Internet Hall of Fame. Included in the group is the current Chairman of ICANN Steve Crocker. “Dr. Crocker has been involved in the Internet since its inception. In the late 1960s and ...
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33 Inducted Into The Internet Hall of Fame including The Chairman Of ICANN Steve Crocker
33 people were just inducted as the inaugural group into the Internet Hall of Fame. Included in the group is the current Chairman of ICANN Steve Crocker. “Dr. Crocker has been involved in the Internet since its inception. In the late 1960s and ...
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April 23, 2012, 5:24 pm
The Domains
ICANN’s Public Comment Period On Renewal Of Verisign Contract Closes Thursday
ICANN public comment period for the .com Registry Agreement renewal, which ends on Thursday April 26th. As you know, under the terms of the renewal contract Verisign will be able to raise their wholesale price on .com registration 7% in 4 out of the ...
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ICANN’s Public Comment Period On Renewal Of Verisign Contract Closes Thursday
ICANN public comment period for the .com Registry Agreement renewal, which ends on Thursday April 26th. As you know, under the terms of the renewal contract Verisign will be able to raise their wholesale price on .com registration 7% in 4 out of the ...
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April 23, 2012, 9:51 am
The Domains
Lawley Tells Bloomberg There Are 250K .XXX Domains Under Management & Applied For .Sex, .Porn & .Adult To Protect Holders
Stuart Lawley the CEO of ICM Registry who operates the .XXX TLD had an interview on Bloomberg TV on Friday to chat not only about .XXX but its application to run multiple new gTLD’s. (You can watch the interview here) “We have nearl...
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Lawley Tells Bloomberg There Are 250K .XXX Domains Under Management & Applied For .Sex, .Porn & .Adult To Protect Holders
Stuart Lawley the CEO of ICM Registry who operates the .XXX TLD had an interview on Bloomberg TV on Friday to chat not only about .XXX but its application to run multiple new gTLD’s. (You can watch the interview here) “We have nearl...
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April 22, 2012, 8:45 am
The Domains
Cnet Does Feature Story On Mike Mann: “Meet the ‘Mann’ who registered 14,962 domains in 24 hours”
Cnet.comjust published a feature story all about the Mann, Mike Mann. In the story entitled “Meet the ‘Mann’ who registered 14,962 domains in 24 hours” recounts how Mike Mann started in the domain business, built and sold BuyD...
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Cnet Does Feature Story On Mike Mann: “Meet the ‘Mann’ who registered 14,962 domains in 24 hours”
Cnet.comjust published a feature story all about the Mann, Mike Mann. In the story entitled “Meet the ‘Mann’ who registered 14,962 domains in 24 hours” recounts how Mike Mann started in the domain business, built and sold BuyD...
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April 21, 2012, 10:55 am
The Domains
WOW: ICANN Now Pushes UPDATE On TAS & New gTLD Program Off Until April 27th
In a release by ICANN tonight they are now giving themselves until April 27th to give update on when the TAS system will even re-open and an a updated for the date of the “Big Reveal” where ICANN will announce who applied for what. Also i...
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WOW: ICANN Now Pushes UPDATE On TAS & New gTLD Program Off Until April 27th
In a release by ICANN tonight they are now giving themselves until April 27th to give update on when the TAS system will even re-open and an a updated for the date of the “Big Reveal” where ICANN will announce who applied for what. Also i...
Discussion
April 21, 2012, 3:12 am
The Domains
MarkMonitor To Offer A Free “New gTLD Application Database”
According to a email we just received, the brand protection domain registrar MarkMonitor.com will be releasing a “New gTLD Application Database” which allow users to quickly search all data provided by ICANN (after the Big Reveal) (using ...
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MarkMonitor To Offer A Free “New gTLD Application Database”
According to a email we just received, the brand protection domain registrar MarkMonitor.com will be releasing a “New gTLD Application Database” which allow users to quickly search all data provided by ICANN (after the Big Reveal) (using ...
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April 20, 2012, 4:05 pm
The Domains
Wall Street Journal Incorrectly Says The New gTLD Window Closes Today
Are you confused about what is going on with ICANN the TAS system and the whole new gTLD process? You’re not the only one. The Wall Street Journal just published a post entitled 7 Friday must reads and number 1 is on the new gTLD program in whi...
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Wall Street Journal Incorrectly Says The New gTLD Window Closes Today
Are you confused about what is going on with ICANN the TAS system and the whole new gTLD process? You’re not the only one. The Wall Street Journal just published a post entitled 7 Friday must reads and number 1 is on the new gTLD program in whi...
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April 20, 2012, 12:12 pm
The Domains
New Free iPhone App Provides Domain Name Sales Data On 72,000 Domain Names
An Australian company Kikabink just launched a new iPhone® App called Domain Sales. “The app provides access to more than 72,000 historical domain and website sales, enabling people to review sales prices and value domain names.” &ldq...
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New Free iPhone App Provides Domain Name Sales Data On 72,000 Domain Names
An Australian company Kikabink just launched a new iPhone® App called Domain Sales. “The app provides access to more than 72,000 historical domain and website sales, enabling people to review sales prices and value domain names.” &ldq...
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April 20, 2012, 11:28 am
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60% Of Domain Industry Thinks There Will Be Over 5,000 New gTLD Applications
We have been running a poll at TheDomains.com for 20 days asking “How Many New gTLD Applications Will Be Submitted?” To date there have been almost 470 responses with 60% of the respondents picking over 5,000 application as their an...
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60% Of Domain Industry Thinks There Will Be Over 5,000 New gTLD Applications
We have been running a poll at TheDomains.com for 20 days asking “How Many New gTLD Applications Will Be Submitted?” To date there have been almost 470 responses with 60% of the respondents picking over 5,000 application as their an...
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April 20, 2012, 10:29 am
The Domains
xBiz: Mawin Owner of Youporn.com Plans To Merge with Reality Kings
According to a post on xBiz.com tonight, two of the largest adult companies in the world, are planning to merger. Manwin who owns and operates many popular adult sites, including Youporn.com, filed a merger notification with Austria’s Federal C...
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xBiz: Mawin Owner of Youporn.com Plans To Merge with Reality Kings
According to a post on xBiz.com tonight, two of the largest adult companies in the world, are planning to merger. Manwin who owns and operates many popular adult sites, including Youporn.com, filed a merger notification with Austria’s Federal C...
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April 20, 2012, 12:59 am
