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Cisco Acquires Collaborate.com
Cisco’s just announced on its company blog that it has acquired Collaborate.com “to help capture this market transition in mobility and cloud”. As the rapidly developing mobility and cloud markets transform the technology landscape,...
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Cisco Acquires Collaborate.com
Cisco’s just announced on its company blog that it has acquired Collaborate.com “to help capture this market transition in mobility and cloud”. As the rapidly developing mobility and cloud markets transform the technology landscape,...
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December 17, 2013, 6:08 pm

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Schilling On 2014: “We Plan To Roll Out Significant Evolutionary Developments in Traffic Monetization”
In a letter to clients, Frank Schilling of DomainNameSales.com tells clients that his company has big plans for 2014 which will hopefully lead to higher payouts for Traffic Monetization: “As pivotal as 2013 was, 2014 will be even more tumultuou...
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Schilling On 2014: “We Plan To Roll Out Significant Evolutionary Developments in Traffic Monetization”
In a letter to clients, Frank Schilling of DomainNameSales.com tells clients that his company has big plans for 2014 which will hopefully lead to higher payouts for Traffic Monetization: “As pivotal as 2013 was, 2014 will be even more tumultuou...
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December 17, 2013, 4:26 pm

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I Love You Rick, But Your Poll Results Are BullSh*t
Rick Schwartz published the results of the poll he took last week on topics ranging from readers thoughts of his blog, to what they thought about the new gTLD program in a post entitled Rick’s 2013-2014 Poll Results. What They Mean and Pointed ...
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I Love You Rick, But Your Poll Results Are BullSh*t
Rick Schwartz published the results of the poll he took last week on topics ranging from readers thoughts of his blog, to what they thought about the new gTLD program in a post entitled Rick’s 2013-2014 Poll Results. What They Mean and Pointed ...
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December 17, 2013, 1:01 pm

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ICANN Opens Comment Period On Last Resort Auctions
ICANN has opened a comment period on its Last Resort Auctions “To gather community input regarding the detailed rules and processes for Auctions to resolve string contention sets in the New gTLD Program.” “The Auction Rules have bee...
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ICANN Opens Comment Period On Last Resort Auctions
ICANN has opened a comment period on its Last Resort Auctions “To gather community input regarding the detailed rules and processes for Auctions to resolve string contention sets in the New gTLD Program.” “The Auction Rules have bee...
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December 17, 2013, 2:34 am

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SnapNames.com BuyDomains.com Auction Ends Thursday Led By Hikers.com At $11,000
Snapnames.com is holding an auction of BuyDomains.com owned domain names which closes at Thursday 3:15PM on accordance with Snapnames.com normal closing rules. All bidding so far is led by Hikers.com which has a bid of $11,000 but which has n...
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SnapNames.com BuyDomains.com Auction Ends Thursday Led By Hikers.com At $11,000
Snapnames.com is holding an auction of BuyDomains.com owned domain names which closes at Thursday 3:15PM on accordance with Snapnames.com normal closing rules. All bidding so far is led by Hikers.com which has a bid of $11,000 but which has n...
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December 16, 2013, 3:46 pm

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With 20 Million Domain Registration, The Registry Behind .TK Raises $3 Million In Funding
Freenom SARL who is the registry for the .TK which is the ccTLD of Tokelau, which offers free domain names has closed a $3 million Series A funding round led by Kima Ventures, one of the world’s most active angel-investment companies. &nb...
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With 20 Million Domain Registration, The Registry Behind .TK Raises $3 Million In Funding
Freenom SARL who is the registry for the .TK which is the ccTLD of Tokelau, which offers free domain names has closed a $3 million Series A funding round led by Kima Ventures, one of the world’s most active angel-investment companies. &nb...
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December 16, 2013, 3:23 pm

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Zynga Drops 130 + Names
Zynga dropped about 130 names that were either going to be projects that never came top fruition or were just protection names in alt extensions. Some of the names included: Hospitalville.info is an interesting one as Zynga has branded many games ar...
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Zynga Drops 130 + Names
Zynga dropped about 130 names that were either going to be projects that never came top fruition or were just protection names in alt extensions. Some of the names included: Hospitalville.info is an interesting one as Zynga has branded many games ar...
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December 15, 2013, 11:55 pm

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German Court Orders Release Of 20,000 Names Of Online Porn-Watchers
A German court has released the names and addresses of about 20,000 people whose IP addresses were detected on porn website Redtube in a copyright infringement case, NBC News reports. Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/german-court-porn-relea...
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German Court Orders Release Of 20,000 Names Of Online Porn-Watchers
A German court has released the names and addresses of about 20,000 people whose IP addresses were detected on porn website Redtube in a copyright infringement case, NBC News reports. Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/german-court-porn-relea...
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December 15, 2013, 6:49 pm

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UDRP Panel Hands Over 12 Year Old Domain AmericanConnection.com To AA
A one member UDRP panel has awarded the 12 year old domain name americanconnection.com to American Airlines (AA) The domain holder who is a Canadian Citizen and resident registered the domain name on June 19, 2001. Complainant is American Airlines, ...
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UDRP Panel Hands Over 12 Year Old Domain AmericanConnection.com To AA
A one member UDRP panel has awarded the 12 year old domain name americanconnection.com to American Airlines (AA) The domain holder who is a Canadian Citizen and resident registered the domain name on June 19, 2001. Complainant is American Airlines, ...
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December 14, 2013, 4:03 pm

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20% of The Domain Name Conferences.com Sold For $50,000, All In Bitcoins
Josh Metnick who is best known in the domain world as having owned Chicago.com, just purchased a 20% interest in the domain name Conferences.com for $50,000, and in what maybe a first, the purchase price for the %20 interest was paid entirely in Bit...
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20% of The Domain Name Conferences.com Sold For $50,000, All In Bitcoins
Josh Metnick who is best known in the domain world as having owned Chicago.com, just purchased a 20% interest in the domain name Conferences.com for $50,000, and in what maybe a first, the purchase price for the %20 interest was paid entirely in Bit...
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December 13, 2013, 8:43 pm