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Google Leads Those Applicants Not Pulling Paid Tickets At 24: Here The Full List
After ICANN drew all the tickets that were purchased for the new gTLD prioritization draw last night, ICANN drew the rest of the applications, again those not purchasing the $100 draw ticket. ICANN previously stated that those not purchasing tickets ...
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Google Leads Those Applicants Not Pulling Paid Tickets At 24: Here The Full List
After ICANN drew all the tickets that were purchased for the new gTLD prioritization draw last night, ICANN drew the rest of the applications, again those not purchasing the $100 draw ticket. ICANN previously stated that those not purchasing tickets ...
Discussion
December 18, 2012, 12:16 pm
The Domains
New gTLD Contention Sets: Winners .Tickets & .Green Losers .Soccer & Everyone Else
I went through the new gTLD contention sets, those new gTLD extensions applied for two or more parties, to figure out based on the draw which ones would be done with initial evaluation first and which ones will go later on in the process. Looks...
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New gTLD Contention Sets: Winners .Tickets & .Green Losers .Soccer & Everyone Else
I went through the new gTLD contention sets, those new gTLD extensions applied for two or more parties, to figure out based on the draw which ones would be done with initial evaluation first and which ones will go later on in the process. Looks...
Discussion
December 18, 2012, 9:04 am
The Domains
The Unofficial Results From The ICANN Priority Numbers Draw for New gTLD’s
After over 13 hours the final ticket of the 1,766 purchased was drawn in the ICANN Priority Numbers Draw for new gTLD’s and the unlucky winner was .finance. Here is the unofficial results of all the 1,766 tickets purchased as drawn by ICANN. Th...
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The Unofficial Results From The ICANN Priority Numbers Draw for New gTLD’s
After over 13 hours the final ticket of the 1,766 purchased was drawn in the ICANN Priority Numbers Draw for new gTLD’s and the unlucky winner was .finance. Here is the unofficial results of all the 1,766 tickets purchased as drawn by ICANN. Th...
Discussion
December 18, 2012, 1:28 am
The Domains
ICANN New gTLD Draw Through #150 Most Applied For Strings Get No Love
Through the 1st 150 non-IDN strings, some of the most applied for new gTLD’s extensions didn’t have one pick. Unofficially I didn’t hear any applications announced for .home, .music, . blog 3 of the 4 most applied for bew gTLD;s and...
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ICANN New gTLD Draw Through #150 Most Applied For Strings Get No Love
Through the 1st 150 non-IDN strings, some of the most applied for new gTLD’s extensions didn’t have one pick. Unofficially I didn’t hear any applications announced for .home, .music, . blog 3 of the 4 most applied for bew gTLD;s and...
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December 17, 2012, 5:10 pm
The Domains
VentureBeat Covers See.Me A Online Community Of Over 580,000 Artists
VentureBeat.com just covered another site built around a great .me domain name this time, See.me “See.me is online community of 580,247 artists. ” “After a strong showing at the prestigious Art Basel show in Miami Beach, See.me unve...
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VentureBeat Covers See.Me A Online Community Of Over 580,000 Artists
VentureBeat.com just covered another site built around a great .me domain name this time, See.me “See.me is online community of 580,247 artists. ” “After a strong showing at the prestigious Art Basel show in Miami Beach, See.me unve...
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December 17, 2012, 3:47 pm
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As Soon As The ICANN New gTLD Draw Starts, The Live Feed Goes Out
Almost on Cue as soon as the ICANN Priority Numbers Drawn for New gTLD Applications was starting the live Audio/Video stream went out. When it was last working it looked like less than 300 people were tuned in. ICANN has already Tweeted t...
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As Soon As The ICANN New gTLD Draw Starts, The Live Feed Goes Out
Almost on Cue as soon as the ICANN Priority Numbers Drawn for New gTLD Applications was starting the live Audio/Video stream went out. When it was last working it looked like less than 300 people were tuned in. ICANN has already Tweeted t...
Discussion
December 17, 2012, 3:29 pm
The Domains
Getty Images Loses Bid To Trademark Photos.com In The EU, Again
In a long running battle Getty Images just lost its bid to trademark the term Photos.com with the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM). On September 15th 2009, Getty Images (US), Inc. , filed an application...
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Getty Images Loses Bid To Trademark Photos.com In The EU, Again
In a long running battle Getty Images just lost its bid to trademark the term Photos.com with the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM). On September 15th 2009, Getty Images (US), Inc. , filed an application...
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December 17, 2012, 2:04 pm
The Domains
ICANN Withdraws Notice Of Breach Against .Jobs Registry
ICANN, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, announced today that its has formal withdrawn the February 2011 Notice of Breach against Employ Media, the registry operator of .JOBS, and confirmed that Employ Media is in good standin...
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ICANN Withdraws Notice Of Breach Against .Jobs Registry
ICANN, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, announced today that its has formal withdrawn the February 2011 Notice of Breach against Employ Media, the registry operator of .JOBS, and confirmed that Employ Media is in good standin...
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December 17, 2012, 1:20 pm
The Domains
ICANN Draw Starts in 2 Hours: What Will We Know Today?
The ICANN Priority Numbers Drawn for New gTLD Applications starts today at 4PM EST, 1PST local time The question is what will we know by the end of today? The draw will be broadcast live but as of now there is no URL for the broadcast. You can check ...
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ICANN Draw Starts in 2 Hours: What Will We Know Today?
The ICANN Priority Numbers Drawn for New gTLD Applications starts today at 4PM EST, 1PST local time The question is what will we know by the end of today? The draw will be broadcast live but as of now there is no URL for the broadcast. You can check ...
Discussion
December 17, 2012, 1:12 pm
The Domains
Forbes: “Directed Browsing And The Death Of The URL”
Forbes.com published a story yesterday entitled “Directed Browsing And The Death Of The URL” The story chats about the increase use of social networks, apps and search engines which are increasingly taking away the desire for people to us...
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Forbes: “Directed Browsing And The Death Of The URL”
Forbes.com published a story yesterday entitled “Directed Browsing And The Death Of The URL” The story chats about the increase use of social networks, apps and search engines which are increasingly taking away the desire for people to us...
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December 17, 2012, 8:32 am
