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GoDaddy and .Co take center stage with Super Bowl Commercials
Over 100 million will watch GoDaddy Super Bowl commercials tonight. The world’s largest registrar along with the .co top level domain will get a lot of attention today. That’s because GoDaddy will air two Super Bowl ads today, including o...
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February 5, 2012, 12:25 pm
Domain Name Wire
Domain Name Wire
Occupy.com domain name sells
Domain has new owner but identity is unknown. Occupy.com, which was pitched for sale to the Occupy Movement last year, has sold. It’s not clear who purchased the domain name since its whois record is protected by whois. But the buyer definitely...
Discussion
February 2, 2012, 8:01 pm
Domain Name Wire
Domain Name Wire
How Twitter was named and bought Twitter.com for $7,500
Biz Stone discusses the naming of his company. Today at DOMAINfest in Santa Monica, Twitter co-founder Biz Stone talked about how they named the company and bought the domain for $7,500. Stone and his co-founders wanted a name that showed “urge...
Discussion
February 2, 2012, 2:47 pm
Domain Name Wire
Domain Name Wire
Tucows launches Ting mobile phone service
Tucows branches out, enters mobile phone business. Tucows, which owns one of the world’s largest domain registrars, officially launched mobile phone service Ting today. In a press release, Tucows CEO Elliot Noss said: “What people are for...
Discussion
February 2, 2012, 2:28 pm
Domain Name Wire
Domain Name Wire
James Brown estate doesn’t “feel good” after domain dispute
Godfather of Soul’s domain name can stay with management company. The estate of James Brown has lost a domain arbitration case for the domain name JamesBrown.com. The domain is owned by LAC Management, Inc., which manages “RJ & The Ja...
Discussion
February 1, 2012, 5:35 pm
Domain Name Wire
Domain Name Wire
KeyDrive acquires Moniker and SnapNames
Oversee.net sells off domain marketplace, expiring domain, and registrar companies. KeyDrive, which owns domain name registrar Key-Systems as well as NameDrive, has acquired SnapNames and Moniker from Oversee.net. Combined, KeyDrive says it is now th...
Discussion
February 1, 2012, 12:15 pm
Domain Name Wire
Domain Name Wire
National Car Rental sues over National.com typo – a domain it doesn’t even own
Car rental company demands typo of National.com, a domain it doesn’t even own. Vanguard Trademark Holdings, which owns the National car rental brand, has filed a cybersquatting lawsuit (pdf) against the domain name Natiional.com. The company fi...
Discussion
January 31, 2012, 6:44 pm
Domain Name Wire
Domain Name Wire
Last chance to take 2012 Domain Name Wire survey
12 hours left to take this year’s domain industry survey. Time is running out to take the seventh annual Domain Name Wire survey. The survey, which asks users to answer questions about domain name registrars, domain parking, and expired domains...
Discussion
January 31, 2012, 1:37 pm
Domain Name Wire
Domain Name Wire
Another new TLD application round within one year?
ICANN wants to open another new TLD application round early next year. Is this plausible? A lot of companies are applying for dot brand top level domains not because they want to right now, but because they think it might be their only chance. At lea...
Discussion
January 31, 2012, 11:44 am
Domain Name Wire
Domain Name Wire
6 questions to be answered at DOMAINFest this week
A preview of the week ahead in Santa Monica. The largest domain name conference, DOMAINfest, takes place in Santa Monica this week. There’s a lot to look for in the 2012 edition. Here are six questions that will be answered before the end of th...
Discussion
January 30, 2012, 11:58 am
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