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Domain Name News
Digital Archery — What Is It?
Confused about Digital Archery, Target Time Variance Procedure or whatever it is being called? You aren’t the only one. ICANN released a batching doc titled “How ICANN will process applications if many are received” a little o...
Discussion
Digital Archery — What Is It?
Confused about Digital Archery, Target Time Variance Procedure or whatever it is being called? You aren’t the only one. ICANN released a batching doc titled “How ICANN will process applications if many are received” a little o...
Discussion
June 6, 2012, 4:56 pm

Elliot's Blog
1-800-Flowers Now Owns Flowers.mobi
The long saga of Flowers.mobi seems to have finally come to an end, and it appears that 1-800-Flowers is the new owner of Flowers.mobi. The story of Flowers.mobi is fairly lengthy, so you can read about it at Rick’s Blog. The abbreviated versio...
Discussion
1-800-Flowers Now Owns Flowers.mobi
The long saga of Flowers.mobi seems to have finally come to an end, and it appears that 1-800-Flowers is the new owner of Flowers.mobi. The story of Flowers.mobi is fairly lengthy, so you can read about it at Rick’s Blog. The abbreviated versio...
Discussion
June 6, 2012, 4:27 pm

Domain Name News
ICANN says new gTLDs list will finally be unveiled on June 13, 2012
In an eagerly anticipated confirmation from the domain world and tech community, ICANN has now officially announced that at a special news conference to be held on the original target date of June 13th 2012, they will finally unveil the gTLD applican...
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ICANN says new gTLDs list will finally be unveiled on June 13, 2012
In an eagerly anticipated confirmation from the domain world and tech community, ICANN has now officially announced that at a special news conference to be held on the original target date of June 13th 2012, they will finally unveil the gTLD applican...
Discussion
June 6, 2012, 3:25 pm

The Domains
Who Would Be Stupid Enough To Name Their Site ICANNDomains.com? This Guy
I get about 20 emails a day from people I don’t know and never heard of offering me all sorts of crappy domains at ridiculous prices. However the one from ICANNDomains.com caught my eye. Yes its a crazy domain for someone to try to use to sell ...
Discussion
Who Would Be Stupid Enough To Name Their Site ICANNDomains.com? This Guy
I get about 20 emails a day from people I don’t know and never heard of offering me all sorts of crappy domains at ridiculous prices. However the one from ICANNDomains.com caught my eye. Yes its a crazy domain for someone to try to use to sell ...
Discussion
June 6, 2012, 2:33 pm

Domain Name Wire
Chicago.com applies for dotchicago trademark
…but didn’t apply for the top level domain. Chicago.com, Inc., has filed a trademark application with the U.S. Patent and Trademark office for the DotChicago mark. But Chicago.com founder Josh Metnick says his company did not apply for t...
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Chicago.com applies for dotchicago trademark
…but didn’t apply for the top level domain. Chicago.com, Inc., has filed a trademark application with the U.S. Patent and Trademark office for the DotChicago mark. But Chicago.com founder Josh Metnick says his company did not apply for t...
Discussion
June 6, 2012, 2:04 pm

Elliot's Blog
5 With… Bhavin Turakhia Discussing His Company’s $30 Million gTLD Investment
Bhavin Turakhia is the CEO and Co-Founder of Directi, a technology conglomerate that owns and operates companies like Skenzo, LogicBoxes, ResellerClub, BigRock, and others. Working with his brother Divyank Turakhia, Directi is now reportedly worth &l...
Discussion
5 With… Bhavin Turakhia Discussing His Company’s $30 Million gTLD Investment
Bhavin Turakhia is the CEO and Co-Founder of Directi, a technology conglomerate that owns and operates companies like Skenzo, LogicBoxes, ResellerClub, BigRock, and others. Working with his brother Divyank Turakhia, Directi is now reportedly worth &l...
Discussion
June 6, 2012, 12:08 pm

The Domains
Big Boost For .TV: HDNet Joins With Ryan Seacrest, Tour Promoter AEG & Talent Agent CAA & Becomes AXS.TV
In what appears to be a big boost for .TV according to the HollywoodReporter.com, Mark Cuban’s HdNet is going to re-brand as AXS.tv. The new network will take on partners including Ryan Seacrest, Tour promoter AEG and talent agency CAA, ....
Discussion
Big Boost For .TV: HDNet Joins With Ryan Seacrest, Tour Promoter AEG & Talent Agent CAA & Becomes AXS.TV
In what appears to be a big boost for .TV according to the HollywoodReporter.com, Mark Cuban’s HdNet is going to re-brand as AXS.tv. The new network will take on partners including Ryan Seacrest, Tour promoter AEG and talent agency CAA, ....
Discussion
June 6, 2012, 12:00 pm

Domain Name Wire
16 end user domain sales from the past week
Here’s Domain Name Wire’s weekly wrap of end user domain name sales. From medical companies to a utility and o2, here’s a list of end user domain sales from the past week. Afternic RedRock Wealth Management of Las Vegas paid $1,188 ...
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16 end user domain sales from the past week
Here’s Domain Name Wire’s weekly wrap of end user domain name sales. From medical companies to a utility and o2, here’s a list of end user domain sales from the past week. Afternic RedRock Wealth Management of Las Vegas paid $1,188 ...
Discussion
June 6, 2012, 11:34 am

Domain Name News
CitizenHawk rolls out a sophisticated cloud-based online brand protection platform
California based CitizenHawk, a global provider of online brand protection and enforcement services, has announced the launch of a powerful online brand protection tool called “HawkDiscovery” that enables users to search the entire web an...
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CitizenHawk rolls out a sophisticated cloud-based online brand protection platform
California based CitizenHawk, a global provider of online brand protection and enforcement services, has announced the launch of a powerful online brand protection tool called “HawkDiscovery” that enables users to search the entire web an...
Discussion
June 6, 2012, 10:59 am

Domain Name News
Microsoft buys ie.de for $11,860 USD, Sedo reports weekly sales
Amongst Sedo’s latest sales report for the previous week is ie.de, which was purchased by Microsoft for 9,500 EUR (appx. $11,860 USD) – most likely to use for their Internet Explorer browser. This past week, 669 transactions took place on...
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Microsoft buys ie.de for $11,860 USD, Sedo reports weekly sales
Amongst Sedo’s latest sales report for the previous week is ie.de, which was purchased by Microsoft for 9,500 EUR (appx. $11,860 USD) – most likely to use for their Internet Explorer browser. This past week, 669 transactions took place on...
Discussion
June 6, 2012, 10:19 am