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.Co gears up for another SXSW
Company returns to Austin for sixth year. The .Co registry, now part of Neustar, is returning to Austin for its sixth straight appearance during SXSW. It all kicks off with the .CO official SXSW happy hour this Friday night at The Backspace from 5-7....
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.Co gears up for another SXSW
Company returns to Austin for sixth year. The .Co registry, now part of Neustar, is returning to Austin for its sixth straight appearance during SXSW. It all kicks off with the .CO official SXSW happy hour this Friday night at The Backspace from 5-7....
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March 10, 2016, 3:14 pm
Domain Name Wire
HomeAway CEO Brian Sharples joins GoDaddy Board
Co-founder of vacation rentals site joins GoDaddy’s board and audit committee. HomeAway co-founder and CEO Brian Sharples has been elected to GoDaddy’s (NYSE:GDDY) Board of Directors. Sharples term will run through the annual meeting of s...
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HomeAway CEO Brian Sharples joins GoDaddy Board
Co-founder of vacation rentals site joins GoDaddy’s board and audit committee. HomeAway co-founder and CEO Brian Sharples has been elected to GoDaddy’s (NYSE:GDDY) Board of Directors. Sharples term will run through the annual meeting of s...
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March 10, 2016, 2:34 pm
Domain Name Wire
Happy Birthday: Domain Name Wire Turns 11 Today
This one goes to eleven. Today is Domain Name Wire’s 11th birthday. It might be a cliche to say a lot has happened since Domain Name Wire published its first post on March 9, 2005. But it’s true on a couple fronts: changes in the domain n...
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Happy Birthday: Domain Name Wire Turns 11 Today
This one goes to eleven. Today is Domain Name Wire’s 11th birthday. It might be a cliche to say a lot has happened since Domain Name Wire published its first post on March 9, 2005. But it’s true on a couple fronts: changes in the domain n...
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March 9, 2016, 7:45 pm
Domain Name Wire
Expired Domain Report: Wupload.com, LastSupper.com and more
Joseph Peterson reviews the past week in the expired domain name markets. Early in 2012, the file-sharing website MegaUpload was shut down, its domains seized by the feds, and its owners arrested for copyright infringement. Almost immediately, s...
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Expired Domain Report: Wupload.com, LastSupper.com and more
Joseph Peterson reviews the past week in the expired domain name markets. Early in 2012, the file-sharing website MegaUpload was shut down, its domains seized by the feds, and its owners arrested for copyright infringement. Almost immediately, s...
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March 9, 2016, 4:40 pm
Domain Name Wire
Video: .Club at Launch Hackathon
How .Club got 79 people to develop projects on .Club domains in a matter of a couple days. Yesterday I wrote about Radix and .Club participating in the Launch Hackathon in San Francisco. I also commented about how Hackathons are a great way for new t...
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Video: .Club at Launch Hackathon
How .Club got 79 people to develop projects on .Club domains in a matter of a couple days. Yesterday I wrote about Radix and .Club participating in the Launch Hackathon in San Francisco. I also commented about how Hackathons are a great way for new t...
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March 9, 2016, 3:05 pm
Domain Name Wire
Lawsuit filed to recover stolen domains: 5678.com, 26266.com and Manhua.com
Suit by domain investor in China alleges domains stolen from eNom account. A Chinese domain name investor has filed a lawsuit (pdf) alleging that three domain names were stolen from her eNom account. Qianqian Jin filed the suit in U.S. District Court...
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Lawsuit filed to recover stolen domains: 5678.com, 26266.com and Manhua.com
Suit by domain investor in China alleges domains stolen from eNom account. A Chinese domain name investor has filed a lawsuit (pdf) alleging that three domain names were stolen from her eNom account. Qianqian Jin filed the suit in U.S. District Court...
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March 9, 2016, 2:45 pm
Domain Name Wire
Donald Trump is #1 in .Com
Trump trumps .com list. Donald Trump is the gift that keeps on giving to comedians, news anchors and .com registry Verisign. “Trump” was the number one trending word in .com domain name registrations last month. This means the number of d...
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Donald Trump is #1 in .Com
Trump trumps .com list. Donald Trump is the gift that keeps on giving to comedians, news anchors and .com registry Verisign. “Trump” was the number one trending word in .com domain name registrations last month. This means the number of d...
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March 8, 2016, 9:17 pm
Domain Name Wire
New TLDs get exposure at Launch Hackathon
Winner uses .tech domain; others use .Club and other Radix domains. New top level domain name companies including Radix and .Club got exposure for their top level domain names at the recently concluded Launch Hackathon in San Francisco. The registrie...
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New TLDs get exposure at Launch Hackathon
Winner uses .tech domain; others use .Club and other Radix domains. New top level domain name companies including Radix and .Club got exposure for their top level domain names at the recently concluded Launch Hackathon in San Francisco. The registrie...
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March 8, 2016, 7:51 pm
Domain Name Wire
AMC gets GeekingOut.com for new TV show (and other end user domain name sales)
Entertainment company among many businesses that bought domain names last week. AMC will soon air a late-night talk show called Geeking Out, hosted by Kevin Smith and Greg Grunberg. The company just spent $5,000 to get the corresponding domain name. ...
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AMC gets GeekingOut.com for new TV show (and other end user domain name sales)
Entertainment company among many businesses that bought domain names last week. AMC will soon air a late-night talk show called Geeking Out, hosted by Kevin Smith and Greg Grunberg. The company just spent $5,000 to get the corresponding domain name. ...
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March 8, 2016, 6:32 pm
Domain Name Wire
Balloon.com and Quick.com highlight Heritage Auctions’ April domain name auctdion
Heritage Auctions releases lineup for next month’s domain name auction. Bidding is now open for Heritage Auctions’ next live domain name auction. The auction will take place April 19 in San Francisco. Among the top domain names for sale a...
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Balloon.com and Quick.com highlight Heritage Auctions’ April domain name auctdion
Heritage Auctions releases lineup for next month’s domain name auction. Bidding is now open for Heritage Auctions’ next live domain name auction. The auction will take place April 19 in San Francisco. Among the top domain names for sale a...
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March 8, 2016, 5:10 pm
