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Ashley Madison Hacked Info Site CheckAshleyMadison.com Taken Down After DMCA Notice
A website offering a search function at CheckAshleyMadison.com has been taken down after a DMCA notice. The website was reported by TheHill.com yesterday has seeing a huge amount of traffic for the 1 day old website.
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Ashley Madison Hacked Info Site CheckAshleyMadison.com Taken Down After DMCA Notice
A website offering a search function at CheckAshleyMadison.com has been taken down after a DMCA notice. The website was reported by TheHill.com yesterday has seeing a huge amount of traffic for the 1 day old website.
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August 20, 2015, 4:39 pm
The Domains
“Straight Outta” Viral Meme Launched On Days Old Domain By Apple / Beats By Dre
The viral meme generator Straight Outta, which then allows you to enter in a term and share the picture, was the brainchild of Dr. Dre and Universal Studios. They launched the marketing campaign on a now, 28 day old hand registered domain StraightOut...
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“Straight Outta” Viral Meme Launched On Days Old Domain By Apple / Beats By Dre
The viral meme generator Straight Outta, which then allows you to enter in a term and share the picture, was the brainchild of Dr. Dre and Universal Studios. They launched the marketing campaign on a now, 28 day old hand registered domain StraightOut...
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August 20, 2015, 3:11 pm
The Domains
Breaking: Full Developed Puppet.com Domain Name Sells to Puppet Labs?
The premium generic domain name Puppet.com, which was a fully developed website has been sold! Who are the potential buyers? Puppet Labs is a likely buyer with several things lining up! Here are the details.
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Breaking: Full Developed Puppet.com Domain Name Sells to Puppet Labs?
The premium generic domain name Puppet.com, which was a fully developed website has been sold! Who are the potential buyers? Puppet Labs is a likely buyer with several things lining up! Here are the details.
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August 20, 2015, 12:14 pm
The Domains
1st Day New gTLD Totals: .Taxi 2,167; .Dog 1,589; .Run 1,260; .Hockey 441; .Theater 405
5 new gTLD’s launched yesterday into General Availability (GA) when domain names could be registered on a first come, first served basis. Including domain names registered in the Sunrise period by Trademark Holders and those who paid an extra f...
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1st Day New gTLD Totals: .Taxi 2,167; .Dog 1,589; .Run 1,260; .Hockey 441; .Theater 405
5 new gTLD’s launched yesterday into General Availability (GA) when domain names could be registered on a first come, first served basis. Including domain names registered in the Sunrise period by Trademark Holders and those who paid an extra f...
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August 20, 2015, 11:32 am
The Domains
Dot Online Starts EAP Today – Also A Chance to Win A free .online domain
At noon Eastern (1600 UTC) EAP starts for .online. A million domains have the word ‘online’ in them. Back when Go Daddy was reporting monthly sales figures, online was always one of the most popular keywords tied to sales. O...
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Dot Online Starts EAP Today – Also A Chance to Win A free .online domain
At noon Eastern (1600 UTC) EAP starts for .online. A million domains have the word ‘online’ in them. Back when Go Daddy was reporting monthly sales figures, online was always one of the most popular keywords tied to sales. O...
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August 19, 2015, 3:04 pm
The Domains
Me.TV Registered In 2005 Saved In UDRP Against TM Filed in 2011 But No RDNH
Weigel Broadcasting Co. of Chicago, Illinois just lost its bid to grab the domain name Me.Tv from Hot Media, Inc. of Kirkland, Washington The three member panel of Michael A. Albert, Michelle Brownlee and William R. Towns refused to find Reverse Doma...
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Me.TV Registered In 2005 Saved In UDRP Against TM Filed in 2011 But No RDNH
Weigel Broadcasting Co. of Chicago, Illinois just lost its bid to grab the domain name Me.Tv from Hot Media, Inc. of Kirkland, Washington The three member panel of Michael A. Albert, Michelle Brownlee and William R. Towns refused to find Reverse Doma...
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August 19, 2015, 2:31 pm
The Domains
Did Microsoft Acquire Zikera, Owners of Groove Music App? Appears So!
There was question back when Microsoft rebranded Xbox Music to Groove Music if the company acquired the company Zikera, as they owned the Groove Smart Music Player. Microsoft didn't have a comment then, but now two domain names owned by Zikera h...
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Did Microsoft Acquire Zikera, Owners of Groove Music App? Appears So!
There was question back when Microsoft rebranded Xbox Music to Groove Music if the company acquired the company Zikera, as they owned the Groove Smart Music Player. Microsoft didn't have a comment then, but now two domain names owned by Zikera h...
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August 19, 2015, 1:59 pm
The Domains
Washington Post Covers Several New gTLD’s & Asks: Who Needs .com?
New gTLD's continue to be in the spotlight and today the WashingtonPost.com covers them, asking "Who Needs .com? Domains When .Vegas, .PR, .NYC are Trending" well, lets take a look at this and see if .com is needed?
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Washington Post Covers Several New gTLD’s & Asks: Who Needs .com?
New gTLD's continue to be in the spotlight and today the WashingtonPost.com covers them, asking "Who Needs .com? Domains When .Vegas, .PR, .NYC are Trending" well, lets take a look at this and see if .com is needed?
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August 19, 2015, 12:50 pm
The Domains
Sedo Weekly Transactions Total $1m led by Vybe.com
Sedo had 461 transactions take place on their marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1m. 51% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales are: Top .com: vybe.com at 25,000 USD Top ccTLD: shop...
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Sedo Weekly Transactions Total $1m led by Vybe.com
Sedo had 461 transactions take place on their marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1m. 51% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales are: Top .com: vybe.com at 25,000 USD Top ccTLD: shop...
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August 18, 2015, 8:23 pm
The Domains
So What Happens When There Is a .ABC? Disney Applied For It & Its Coming
Google after announcing it selected the domain name abc.xyz for its holding company Alphabet, Google has been going around buying all sorts of “abc” domain names. Last week we told you that Google bought ABC.Global. Onlinedomain.com spott...
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So What Happens When There Is a .ABC? Disney Applied For It & Its Coming
Google after announcing it selected the domain name abc.xyz for its holding company Alphabet, Google has been going around buying all sorts of “abc” domain names. Last week we told you that Google bought ABC.Global. Onlinedomain.com spott...
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August 18, 2015, 5:54 pm
