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Branding Lesson: Cloud.com Was Much Better Than VMOps
Domain name boosted VMops in the hot cloud market. “Citrix Buys Cloud.com for more than $200 million” That sounds much better than what the headline could have been: “Citrix Buys VMOps” Cloud.com started its life as VMops. But...
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Branding Lesson: Cloud.com Was Much Better Than VMOps
Domain name boosted VMops in the hot cloud market. “Citrix Buys Cloud.com for more than $200 million” That sounds much better than what the headline could have been: “Citrix Buys VMOps” Cloud.com started its life as VMops. But...
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July 12, 2011, 9:55 am

Domain Name Wire
Two New TLD Conferences Coming Up
Conferences in San Francisco and Munich are quickly approaching. Now that the new top level domain name program is “approved”, it’s time to get down to business. Two upcoming conferences will help applicants and service providers do...
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Two New TLD Conferences Coming Up
Conferences in San Francisco and Munich are quickly approaching. Now that the new top level domain name program is “approved”, it’s time to get down to business. Two upcoming conferences will help applicants and service providers do...
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July 11, 2011, 10:23 pm

Domain Name Wire
How To Quickly Get Your Domain Names on Afternic Premium
Here’s the simplest way to bulk upload domains to Afternic‘s Premium level service. Listing domain names on services that offer syndicated, instant-transfer listings can be a bit of work. It takes more than just uploading your domain name...
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How To Quickly Get Your Domain Names on Afternic Premium
Here’s the simplest way to bulk upload domains to Afternic‘s Premium level service. Listing domain names on services that offer syndicated, instant-transfer listings can be a bit of work. It takes more than just uploading your domain name...
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July 11, 2011, 3:31 pm

Domain Name Wire
Cricket Communications Reaches Settlement Over Cricket.com
Parties working on settlement documents to resolve trademark infringement lawsuit. Cricket Communications and Cricket.com owner Global Cricket Ventures have reached a “settlement in principle” over the parties’ trademark infringemen...
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Cricket Communications Reaches Settlement Over Cricket.com
Parties working on settlement documents to resolve trademark infringement lawsuit. Cricket Communications and Cricket.com owner Global Cricket Ventures have reached a “settlement in principle” over the parties’ trademark infringemen...
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July 11, 2011, 10:19 am

Domain Name Wire
NameMedia Expands With London Office
NameMedia is expanding its European footprint with a new office in London. The company will announce the expansion today. The domain seller, which operates Afternic and BuyDomains, has hired Nadya Morozova as its European Business Development Manager...
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NameMedia Expands With London Office
NameMedia is expanding its European footprint with a new office in London. The company will announce the expansion today. The domain seller, which operates Afternic and BuyDomains, has hired Nadya Morozova as its European Business Development Manager...
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July 11, 2011, 9:00 am

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Disc Golf Associations Buys DiscGolf.com Domain Name
Company that “founded” disc golf buys DiscGolf.com. Go to any major park in Austin during the day and you’ll see people “throwing plastic”, a.k.a. playing disc golf. If not trademark attorneys are around you might also c...
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Disc Golf Associations Buys DiscGolf.com Domain Name
Company that “founded” disc golf buys DiscGolf.com. Go to any major park in Austin during the day and you’ll see people “throwing plastic”, a.k.a. playing disc golf. If not trademark attorneys are around you might also c...
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July 9, 2011, 11:21 am

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LivingSocial Gets Irish
Daily deals site gets LivingSocial.ie domain name. LivingSocial has a new home on the web in Ireland: LivingSocial.ie. .Ie is the country code domain name for Ireland. Last month the daily deals site filed for arbitration to get the domain name. Unti...
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LivingSocial Gets Irish
Daily deals site gets LivingSocial.ie domain name. LivingSocial has a new home on the web in Ireland: LivingSocial.ie. .Ie is the country code domain name for Ireland. Last month the daily deals site filed for arbitration to get the domain name. Unti...
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July 8, 2011, 9:43 am

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Technology Review Asks if New TLDs Will “End the Rent-Seeking of Domain Name Speculators”
Unsound analysis of what new TLDs will do to the value of .com. Christopher Mims has just penned a new article for MIT’s Technology Review asking “Will New Top Level Domains End the Rent-Seeking of Domain Name Speculators?” Let&rsqu...
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Technology Review Asks if New TLDs Will “End the Rent-Seeking of Domain Name Speculators”
Unsound analysis of what new TLDs will do to the value of .com. Christopher Mims has just penned a new article for MIT’s Technology Review asking “Will New Top Level Domains End the Rent-Seeking of Domain Name Speculators?” Let&rsqu...
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July 7, 2011, 9:02 pm

Domain Name Wire
VeriSign’s Pat Kane Discusses New TLDs and IDNs
With new TLDs approved, VeriSign gets ready to move forward. Domain name registries are getting down to business now that ICANN has finally approved the new top level domain name program. I recently caught up with Pat Kane, Senior Vice President and ...
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VeriSign’s Pat Kane Discusses New TLDs and IDNs
With new TLDs approved, VeriSign gets ready to move forward. Domain name registries are getting down to business now that ICANN has finally approved the new top level domain name program. I recently caught up with Pat Kane, Senior Vice President and ...
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July 7, 2011, 12:23 pm

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Domain Registrar Offers Social Login to Registrar Account
Australian domain register lets you login with your Facebook account. Domain name registrar Whois.com.au has enabled social login functions to access your registrar account. In other words, instead of logging in with your registrar credentials you ca...
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Domain Registrar Offers Social Login to Registrar Account
Australian domain register lets you login with your Facebook account. Domain name registrar Whois.com.au has enabled social login functions to access your registrar account. In other words, instead of logging in with your registrar credentials you ca...
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July 7, 2011, 11:42 am