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The Domains
Argentina and France Looking to Require Identity Verification for Bitcoin Users
There was an interesing article on Coin Buzz written by Andrew Moran, the article is about governments looking to find new ways and rules to regulate Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. Argentina and France will both be requiring identity verificatio...
Discussion
Argentina and France Looking to Require Identity Verification for Bitcoin Users
There was an interesing article on Coin Buzz written by Andrew Moran, the article is about governments looking to find new ways and rules to regulate Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. Argentina and France will both be requiring identity verificatio...
Discussion
July 15, 2014, 10:09 am
The Domains
Secret.ly Bought For $3,500 On Sedo 9 Months Ago Raises $25 Million At $100M Valuation
It was just back in March that the New York Times chatted about, what was at that time, a 5 week old app called Secret which uses the domain name Secret.ly Today the company announced it has raised an additional $25 Million dollars, on top of the $8....
Discussion
Secret.ly Bought For $3,500 On Sedo 9 Months Ago Raises $25 Million At $100M Valuation
It was just back in March that the New York Times chatted about, what was at that time, a 5 week old app called Secret which uses the domain name Secret.ly Today the company announced it has raised an additional $25 Million dollars, on top of the $8....
Discussion
July 15, 2014, 6:17 am
Domain Shane
Flippa Recap: Tiky.com, Workouts.org, ExtremeFail.com, iMugs.com, HM4.com, XSO.net
Listed below are some notable domain and website sales over the past week at Flippa. Some domains that sold Tiky.com – $2,500 – A domain-only listing, although a site is live. “Brandable 4-letter pronouncable domain with great webs...
Discussion
Flippa Recap: Tiky.com, Workouts.org, ExtremeFail.com, iMugs.com, HM4.com, XSO.net
Listed below are some notable domain and website sales over the past week at Flippa. Some domains that sold Tiky.com – $2,500 – A domain-only listing, although a site is live. “Brandable 4-letter pronouncable domain with great webs...
Discussion
July 15, 2014, 4:35 am
The Domains
ItsMillerTime.Bar; JackDaniels.Bar; Skyy.Bar: Best of .Bar Sunrise Domain Registrations
Today .Bar went into general availability. Although we have noted before that brand holder by in large are not participating in new gTLD Sunrise periods it is interesting to see who is. Generally there were not a ton of Sunrise applications for .Bar....
Discussion
ItsMillerTime.Bar; JackDaniels.Bar; Skyy.Bar: Best of .Bar Sunrise Domain Registrations
Today .Bar went into general availability. Although we have noted before that brand holder by in large are not participating in new gTLD Sunrise periods it is interesting to see who is. Generally there were not a ton of Sunrise applications for .Bar....
Discussion
July 14, 2014, 5:01 pm
The Domains
Minds + Machines Issues 740K Shares + $138K To Antony Van Couvering
Minds + Machines Group Limited (AIM:MMX), announced today that it has issued 738,299 new ordinary shares to Antony Van Couvering and made a payment of US$138,062 in respect of the cancellation of options held by him over in aggregate 9,626,347 ordina...
Discussion
Minds + Machines Issues 740K Shares + $138K To Antony Van Couvering
Minds + Machines Group Limited (AIM:MMX), announced today that it has issued 738,299 new ordinary shares to Antony Van Couvering and made a payment of US$138,062 in respect of the cancellation of options held by him over in aggregate 9,626,347 ordina...
Discussion
July 14, 2014, 4:35 pm
Domain Name Wire
New TLDs this week: .Bar, .Gripe, .Moda and more
Punto 2012 enters the race, a city TLD launches, and Rightside tries to be fashionable. The weekly deluge of new top level domain names hitting the market continues this week. This week is notable because a new entrant is finally launching two of its...
Discussion
New TLDs this week: .Bar, .Gripe, .Moda and more
Punto 2012 enters the race, a city TLD launches, and Rightside tries to be fashionable. The weekly deluge of new top level domain names hitting the market continues this week. This week is notable because a new entrant is finally launching two of its...
Discussion
July 14, 2014, 4:10 pm
The Domains
BleachStain.com Loses Bid To Grab 8 Year Old Bleachstains.com In UDRP Without A Trademark
Jerry G. Roper of Payson, of Utah just lost his attempt to grab two domain names about a generic as they get; Bleachstains.com and Carpetbleachstains.com BleachStains.com was registered in 2006 The domain owner was Dave Chretien and Color Spot Carpet...
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BleachStain.com Loses Bid To Grab 8 Year Old Bleachstains.com In UDRP Without A Trademark
Jerry G. Roper of Payson, of Utah just lost his attempt to grab two domain names about a generic as they get; Bleachstains.com and Carpetbleachstains.com BleachStains.com was registered in 2006 The domain owner was Dave Chretien and Color Spot Carpet...
Discussion
July 14, 2014, 3:49 pm
The Domains
Nylonmag.com Upgrades To NYLON.com
NYLON Media Inc. which was founded in 1999 and was using Nylonmag.com,announced today it acquired and switched its website to NYLON...
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Nylonmag.com Upgrades To NYLON.com
NYLON Media Inc. which was founded in 1999 and was using Nylonmag.com,announced today it acquired and switched its website to NYLON...
Discussion
July 14, 2014, 3:35 pm
Domain Name Wire
Demand Media spin-off of Rightside set for August 1
Rightside’s debut as its own publicly-traded company is imminent. Demand Media plans to complete the spin-off of its domain name business on August 1. Rightside will become its own public company on that date. It will trade on the NASDAQ under ...
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Demand Media spin-off of Rightside set for August 1
Rightside’s debut as its own publicly-traded company is imminent. Demand Media plans to complete the spin-off of its domain name business on August 1. Rightside will become its own public company on that date. It will trade on the NASDAQ under ...
Discussion
July 14, 2014, 3:26 pm
Domain Name Wire
Yoweri Museveni domain name put to good use
The ads on Museveni.com are rather ironic. Uganda’s president Yoweri Museven signed into law a harsh anti-gay law earlier this year. Museveni might be disappointed to see what comes up when you type the domain name Museveni.com in a web browser...
Discussion
Yoweri Museveni domain name put to good use
The ads on Museveni.com are rather ironic. Uganda’s president Yoweri Museven signed into law a harsh anti-gay law earlier this year. Museveni might be disappointed to see what comes up when you type the domain name Museveni.com in a web browser...
Discussion
July 14, 2014, 2:51 pm
