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The Domains
1st Day New gTLD Totals: .Yoga 1,546; .Sydney 1,508; .Party 1,105; .Vote 264: .Cricket 167; .Voto 124
Six new gTLD’s had its first day of general availability (GA) yesterday where domain names could be registered on a first come, first served basis and from the 6 new gTLD’s we have around just 4,500 registrations Including any Sunri...
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1st Day New gTLD Totals: .Yoga 1,546; .Sydney 1,508; .Party 1,105; .Vote 264: .Cricket 167; .Voto 124
Six new gTLD’s had its first day of general availability (GA) yesterday where domain names could be registered on a first come, first served basis and from the 6 new gTLD’s we have around just 4,500 registrations Including any Sunri...
Discussion
February 18, 2015, 2:41 pm
The Domains
Scottish Government Jumps on the new gtld train
Scotland Government switches to a .Scot domain Herald Scotland published an article that the Scottish government is switching to a .Scot domain. From the article: THE Scottish Government has switched its website to a new “dot Scot” intern...
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Scottish Government Jumps on the new gtld train
Scotland Government switches to a .Scot domain Herald Scotland published an article that the Scottish government is switching to a .Scot domain. From the article: THE Scottish Government has switched its website to a new “dot Scot” intern...
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February 18, 2015, 2:34 pm
The Domains
Canada’s Largest Bitcoin Exchange Shutting Down After Security Breach
The hits just keep coming in the exciting world of cryptocurrency, The Next Web is reporting thatCavirtex, the largest Canadian Bitcoin exchange is shutting down after a security breach. This adds on to $1.75 million worth of BTC stolen from Chinese ...
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Canada’s Largest Bitcoin Exchange Shutting Down After Security Breach
The hits just keep coming in the exciting world of cryptocurrency, The Next Web is reporting thatCavirtex, the largest Canadian Bitcoin exchange is shutting down after a security breach. This adds on to $1.75 million worth of BTC stolen from Chinese ...
Discussion
February 18, 2015, 10:50 am
The Domains
Channel 4 U.K. “roughly one in every thousand tweets is a pornographic image”
AVN.com published an article that dealt with Twitter and porn. The article focused on a recent investigation into Twitter and pornography conducted by Channel 4 in the U.K. Twitter is one of the few social networks that allows porn pics and videos, V...
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Channel 4 U.K. “roughly one in every thousand tweets is a pornographic image”
AVN.com published an article that dealt with Twitter and porn. The article focused on a recent investigation into Twitter and pornography conducted by Channel 4 in the U.K. Twitter is one of the few social networks that allows porn pics and videos, V...
Discussion
February 18, 2015, 9:46 am
The Domains
Sedo Sells $1.2million in domains for the week led by Shein.com at $95,000
Over the past week, 538 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1.2m. 53% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales are: Top .com: shein.com at 95,000 USD To...
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Sedo Sells $1.2million in domains for the week led by Shein.com at $95,000
Over the past week, 538 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1.2m. 53% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales are: Top .com: shein.com at 95,000 USD To...
Discussion
February 17, 2015, 11:32 pm
The Domains
How Committed Is Google To The New gTLD Program? Applied For 101; Now Lost 29 Out of 34 Auctions
Google was the 2nd largest applicants of New gTLD’s applying for 101 of them and spending $18.6 Million dollars in application fees catching the eye of many publications outside of the domain space Here, Here, and Here Non-domainer publications...
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How Committed Is Google To The New gTLD Program? Applied For 101; Now Lost 29 Out of 34 Auctions
Google was the 2nd largest applicants of New gTLD’s applying for 101 of them and spending $18.6 Million dollars in application fees catching the eye of many publications outside of the domain space Here, Here, and Here Non-domainer publications...
Discussion
February 17, 2015, 3:21 pm
The Domains
After Dropping In October 2013 & Sold On Namejet, StormGuard.com Hit With UDRP
The domain name StormGuard.com has been hit with a UDRP filing by Storm Guard Franchise Systems, LLC. The domain name went into pending delete in October 2013 after hainv been owned by Homeshield Stormguard L.L.C. of Hialeah, FL, which seemed to acqu...
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After Dropping In October 2013 & Sold On Namejet, StormGuard.com Hit With UDRP
The domain name StormGuard.com has been hit with a UDRP filing by Storm Guard Franchise Systems, LLC. The domain name went into pending delete in October 2013 after hainv been owned by Homeshield Stormguard L.L.C. of Hialeah, FL, which seemed to acqu...
Discussion
February 16, 2015, 10:19 pm
The Domains
Google Wins the .Moto New gTLD Beating Rightside.co (NAME) For Its Motorola Division
Google has won the rights to operate the .Moto new gTLD beating United TLD Holdings which is now Rightside.co (NAME) in what we can only assume was a private contention auction. The new domain extension .Moto was scheduled to go to a ICANN Last Resor...
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Google Wins the .Moto New gTLD Beating Rightside.co (NAME) For Its Motorola Division
Google has won the rights to operate the .Moto new gTLD beating United TLD Holdings which is now Rightside.co (NAME) in what we can only assume was a private contention auction. The new domain extension .Moto was scheduled to go to a ICANN Last Resor...
Discussion
February 16, 2015, 6:09 pm
The Domains
.XYZ Passes .Mobi in Domain Registrations As It Closes In On 800K
According to ntldstats.com, the new gTLD .XYZ has passed .Mobi in the number of registered domain names. The .Mobi registry which went live on September 26, 2006 according to RegistrarStats.com has 791,396 domains under registration havin...
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.XYZ Passes .Mobi in Domain Registrations As It Closes In On 800K
According to ntldstats.com, the new gTLD .XYZ has passed .Mobi in the number of registered domain names. The .Mobi registry which went live on September 26, 2006 according to RegistrarStats.com has 791,396 domains under registration havin...
Discussion
February 16, 2015, 4:43 pm
The Domains
DirtySpokes.com Returned To Co. That Let It Drop 1 Week Earlier W/O Registered Trademark
A one member UDRP panel has ordered the domain name dirtyspokes.com returned to the company that allowed the doamin to drop drop in late December 2014, although they did not have a federally registered trademark It should be noted that the domain dro...
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DirtySpokes.com Returned To Co. That Let It Drop 1 Week Earlier W/O Registered Trademark
A one member UDRP panel has ordered the domain name dirtyspokes.com returned to the company that allowed the doamin to drop drop in late December 2014, although they did not have a federally registered trademark It should be noted that the domain dro...
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February 16, 2015, 3:24 pm
