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The Domains
Minds + Machines Pockets Another $4.4 Million & Has $45 Million In Cash
Minds + Machines Group Limited (AIM:MMX), announce that “following the recent series of private auctions, the Company will receive in aggregate $4.4 million (approximately £2.8 million) for withdrawing its applications on .latino, .school...
Discussion
Minds + Machines Pockets Another $4.4 Million & Has $45 Million In Cash
Minds + Machines Group Limited (AIM:MMX), announce that “following the recent series of private auctions, the Company will receive in aggregate $4.4 million (approximately £2.8 million) for withdrawing its applications on .latino, .school...
Discussion
December 3, 2014, 2:52 pm
The Domains
Donuts Wins .School Beating Minds + Machines, Fegistry & Uniregistry
Donuts has won the new gTLD string .School beating out Minds + Machines, Jay Westerdal’s Fegistry and Frank Schilling’s Uniregistry. The new gTLD .School was scheduled to go to ICANN Last Resort Auction later this month. .School is an int...
Discussion
Donuts Wins .School Beating Minds + Machines, Fegistry & Uniregistry
Donuts has won the new gTLD string .School beating out Minds + Machines, Jay Westerdal’s Fegistry and Frank Schilling’s Uniregistry. The new gTLD .School was scheduled to go to ICANN Last Resort Auction later this month. .School is an int...
Discussion
December 3, 2014, 2:45 pm
Domain Shane
DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Wednesday December 3rd
I’ve been preaching the value and the opportunity of the Chinese domain market for years. So I applaud what the TLD Registry is doing. You probably read on a few of the other blogs that they will be conducting sessions on the Chines...
Discussion
DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Wednesday December 3rd
I’ve been preaching the value and the opportunity of the Chinese domain market for years. So I applaud what the TLD Registry is doing. You probably read on a few of the other blogs that they will be conducting sessions on the Chines...
Discussion
December 3, 2014, 2:45 pm
The Domains
Donuts Wins .Golf Beating Famous Four ,TLD Assets, & Jay Westerdal’s Fegistry
Donuts has won the new gTLD extension .Golf beating out Famous Four Media, TLD Assets which owns the new gTLD .Irish and Jay Westerdal’s Fegistry. We reported eailer today that Donuts won the new gTLD .Football as well. The ICANN last res...
Discussion
Donuts Wins .Golf Beating Famous Four ,TLD Assets, & Jay Westerdal’s Fegistry
Donuts has won the new gTLD extension .Golf beating out Famous Four Media, TLD Assets which owns the new gTLD .Irish and Jay Westerdal’s Fegistry. We reported eailer today that Donuts won the new gTLD .Football as well. The ICANN last res...
Discussion
December 3, 2014, 2:33 pm
Domain Name Wire
Exhibit 1: Why Whois verification for domain registrations is so stupid
Whois verification is just begging for phishers. A lot has been made about the new requirement this year for domain name registrars to verify certain aspects of Whois contact information provided by registrations. Over a million domain names have bee...
Discussion
Exhibit 1: Why Whois verification for domain registrations is so stupid
Whois verification is just begging for phishers. A lot has been made about the new requirement this year for domain name registrars to verify certain aspects of Whois contact information provided by registrations. Over a million domain names have bee...
Discussion
December 3, 2014, 2:25 pm
The Domains
Donuts Beats Famous Four Media To The New gTLD .Football
Donuts which lost the new gTLD .Basketball yesterday, won the rights to .Football today. The only other applicant for .Football was Famous Four Media, which was also a losing applicant for .Basketball. .Football was scheduled to go to ICANN&rsq...
Discussion
Donuts Beats Famous Four Media To The New gTLD .Football
Donuts which lost the new gTLD .Basketball yesterday, won the rights to .Football today. The only other applicant for .Football was Famous Four Media, which was also a losing applicant for .Basketball. .Football was scheduled to go to ICANN&rsq...
Discussion
December 3, 2014, 2:22 pm
The Domains
1st Day New gTLD Totals: .Paris 6,848 .Moscow 3,404; .Gal 1,140
Three new gTLD’s had their first day of general availability yesterday, where domain names could be registered on a first come, first served basis. .Paris which only made 10,000 domain names available for registration wound up with 6,848 regist...
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1st Day New gTLD Totals: .Paris 6,848 .Moscow 3,404; .Gal 1,140
Three new gTLD’s had their first day of general availability yesterday, where domain names could be registered on a first come, first served basis. .Paris which only made 10,000 domain names available for registration wound up with 6,848 regist...
Discussion
December 3, 2014, 2:11 pm
Domain Name Wire
Minds + Machines pockets another $4.4 million from losing new TLD auctions
Company now has $45 million in cash. New top level domain name applicant Minds + Machines continues to add to its pile of cash by losing new TLD contention set auctions. In a release out this morning, the company said it received $4.4 million for wit...
Discussion
Minds + Machines pockets another $4.4 million from losing new TLD auctions
Company now has $45 million in cash. New top level domain name applicant Minds + Machines continues to add to its pile of cash by losing new TLD contention set auctions. In a release out this morning, the company said it received $4.4 million for wit...
Discussion
December 3, 2014, 1:23 pm
The Domains
Australia Denies Apple’s Bid To Trademark “App Store” In Australia
Jenni Ryall reported for Mashable that Australia has said no go to Apple trademarking the term “App Store” in Australia. This latest ruling was an appeal of their 2013 trademark attempt. The judge did not see app store as distinguishing i...
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Australia Denies Apple’s Bid To Trademark “App Store” In Australia
Jenni Ryall reported for Mashable that Australia has said no go to Apple trademarking the term “App Store” in Australia. This latest ruling was an appeal of their 2013 trademark attempt. The judge did not see app store as distinguishing i...
Discussion
December 3, 2014, 9:09 am
The Domains
Go Daddy Coupon Covered By CNET – Get Yourself a Cheap .Com
I thought it was interesting that CNET would spend some time in their deals section on a Go Daddy Coupon, and to top it off they make the headline a $1 .com when in reality it’s $1.67. But here is the deal so get yourself a cheap hand reg if yo...
Discussion
Go Daddy Coupon Covered By CNET – Get Yourself a Cheap .Com
I thought it was interesting that CNET would spend some time in their deals section on a Go Daddy Coupon, and to top it off they make the headline a $1 .com when in reality it’s $1.67. But here is the deal so get yourself a cheap hand reg if yo...
Discussion
December 3, 2014, 6:27 am
