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.Poker Winds Up Its 1st Day With 1,342 Registrations & .Science Tops 150K Registrations
.Poker launched into general availability yesterday and including those domain names registered by trademark holders in the Sunrise period and those Landrush applications that were awarded uncontested, .Poker finished the day with 1,342 registrations...
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.Poker Winds Up Its 1st Day With 1,342 Registrations & .Science Tops 150K Registrations
.Poker launched into general availability yesterday and including those domain names registered by trademark holders in the Sunrise period and those Landrush applications that were awarded uncontested, .Poker finished the day with 1,342 registrations...
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April 22, 2015, 11:58 am

The Domains
Sedo Sales Total $1.2 million led by Houtian.com at $59,000 – Drone.Academy sells for $6,000
Over the past week, 568 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1.2m. 54% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales are: Top .com: houtian.com at 59,000 USD Top cc...
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Sedo Sales Total $1.2 million led by Houtian.com at $59,000 – Drone.Academy sells for $6,000
Over the past week, 568 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1.2m. 54% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales are: Top .com: houtian.com at 59,000 USD Top cc...
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April 21, 2015, 8:17 pm

The Domains
Wiz Khalifa Wins Control Of 8 Domain Names
Wiz Khalifa, whose real name is Cameron Thomaz just won control of 8 domain names either having his name, Wiz Khalifa or his brand Taylor Gang. A one member UDRP WIPO panel awarded taylorclothes.com taylorgang.biz taylorgang.info taylorgang.mobi tayl...
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Wiz Khalifa Wins Control Of 8 Domain Names
Wiz Khalifa, whose real name is Cameron Thomaz just won control of 8 domain names either having his name, Wiz Khalifa or his brand Taylor Gang. A one member UDRP WIPO panel awarded taylorclothes.com taylorgang.biz taylorgang.info taylorgang.mobi tayl...
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April 21, 2015, 2:26 pm

The Domains
Will .Poker Take Off ?
Christopher Hofman from European Domain Centre interviewed Roland LaPlante and Brett Samuels from Afilias on the eve of .Poker going live. Brett Samuels listed a number of high profile brands among early stage registrants including basically any...
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Will .Poker Take Off ?
Christopher Hofman from European Domain Centre interviewed Roland LaPlante and Brett Samuels from Afilias on the eve of .Poker going live. Brett Samuels listed a number of high profile brands among early stage registrants including basically any...
Discussion
April 21, 2015, 2:56 am

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FairWinds Partners: ” Top-Level Domains Owned by Brands Gaining Momentum”
Jennifer Schoelwer wrote an article on the FairWinds Partners blog that delves into gaining momentum for branded top level domains. The article is focused on .brands, not generic strings open to everyone. The article takes a look at French bank BNP P...
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FairWinds Partners: ” Top-Level Domains Owned by Brands Gaining Momentum”
Jennifer Schoelwer wrote an article on the FairWinds Partners blog that delves into gaining momentum for branded top level domains. The article is focused on .brands, not generic strings open to everyone. The article takes a look at French bank BNP P...
Discussion
April 20, 2015, 5:14 pm

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WDD.2015.Delhi SnapNames Domain Auction Gets $100K Bid On Computer.de
The domain name auction being run in conjunction with The World Domain Day conference on Snapnames.com has drawn over $400,000 in bids. All bidding is led by Computer.debut there is also a $75K bid on enetwork.com and LatinoTimes.com as well as a $50...
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WDD.2015.Delhi SnapNames Domain Auction Gets $100K Bid On Computer.de
The domain name auction being run in conjunction with The World Domain Day conference on Snapnames.com has drawn over $400,000 in bids. All bidding is led by Computer.debut there is also a $75K bid on enetwork.com and LatinoTimes.com as well as a $50...
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April 20, 2015, 5:06 pm

The Domains
Domain Movers: Chong.com, Voice.com and More
Domain Movers is an exclusive series where Jamie Zoch scours hundreds of thousands of domain names and discovers the many acquired by large companies, while providing his findings on why the domain name is moving. Was it acquired, newly registered or...
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Domain Movers: Chong.com, Voice.com and More
Domain Movers is an exclusive series where Jamie Zoch scours hundreds of thousands of domain names and discovers the many acquired by large companies, while providing his findings on why the domain name is moving. Was it acquired, newly registered or...
Discussion
April 20, 2015, 2:16 pm

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Sorry Kids There Will Be No .Unicorn In The Domain Space But There Will Be A .Unicom
.Unicorn will remain a mythical creature when its comes to new domain names. You will not be able to register a .Unicorn domain as two domain name extension that were put into the same contention group by ICANN .Unicorn and .UNICOM have resolved with...
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Sorry Kids There Will Be No .Unicorn In The Domain Space But There Will Be A .Unicom
.Unicorn will remain a mythical creature when its comes to new domain names. You will not be able to register a .Unicorn domain as two domain name extension that were put into the same contention group by ICANN .Unicorn and .UNICOM have resolved with...
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April 20, 2015, 12:01 am

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Google April Fool’s Prank Actually Backfires
ArsTechnica.com published an article that a Google April Fools prank actually pranked their own security. The error allowed a click – jacking exploit that tricks users into changing things they don’t want changed. Apparently hackers would...
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Google April Fool’s Prank Actually Backfires
ArsTechnica.com published an article that a Google April Fools prank actually pranked their own security. The error allowed a click – jacking exploit that tricks users into changing things they don’t want changed. Apparently hackers would...
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April 19, 2015, 9:31 pm

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The Continuing Uptrend in .io
Park.io published an article on the continued growing usage of .io. The article titled, “The explosive growth of .io domains” takes a look at the growing percentage of websites using .io and the fact that Hillary Clinton has got her own ....
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The Continuing Uptrend in .io
Park.io published an article on the continued growing usage of .io. The article titled, “The explosive growth of .io domains” takes a look at the growing percentage of websites using .io and the fact that Hillary Clinton has got her own ....
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April 19, 2015, 6:14 pm