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UPDATE: SnapNames.com Auction For Hobby.com Cancelled
Less than 2 hours after we wrote about the domain name auction for Hobby.com on SnapNames.com we got notice the auction was cancelled. The auction which had a high bid of $26,000 when we wrote our post. Here is the notice we received as a bidder in t...
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UPDATE: SnapNames.com Auction For Hobby.com Cancelled
Less than 2 hours after we wrote about the domain name auction for Hobby.com on SnapNames.com we got notice the auction was cancelled. The auction which had a high bid of $26,000 when we wrote our post. Here is the notice we received as a bidder in t...
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September 20, 2012, 5:17 pm

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Quick Poll: Hobby.com At Auction At SnapNames.com, Bidding Hits $26K With 3 Days To Go, How Much Will It Sell For?
The category killer domain name Hobby.com is currently in a closed auction at SnapNames.com There are 172 bidders in the closed auction and the current high bid is $26,000 as of time of publication. The question is what will the domain sell for You c...
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Quick Poll: Hobby.com At Auction At SnapNames.com, Bidding Hits $26K With 3 Days To Go, How Much Will It Sell For?
The category killer domain name Hobby.com is currently in a closed auction at SnapNames.com There are 172 bidders in the closed auction and the current high bid is $26,000 as of time of publication. The question is what will the domain sell for You c...
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September 20, 2012, 2:38 pm

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BusinessInsider Covers EarPods.com: Domain May Sell For $2 Million
We posted about the domain name Earpods.com and how Apple failed to secure the domain prior to the last Apple event where the product was publicly announced last week. Now BusinessInsider.com has picked up on the story (unfortunately without giving u...
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BusinessInsider Covers EarPods.com: Domain May Sell For $2 Million
We posted about the domain name Earpods.com and how Apple failed to secure the domain prior to the last Apple event where the product was publicly announced last week. Now BusinessInsider.com has picked up on the story (unfortunately without giving u...
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September 20, 2012, 12:41 pm

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Domain Industry Veteran Scott Richter Joins Advisory Board Of CPX Interactive
Digital advertising company CPX Interactive today announced the formation of a corporate advisory board and named as one of the six members domain industry Veteran Scott Richter. “Scott Richter is CEO of Media Breakaway, LLC, a leader in online...
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Domain Industry Veteran Scott Richter Joins Advisory Board Of CPX Interactive
Digital advertising company CPX Interactive today announced the formation of a corporate advisory board and named as one of the six members domain industry Veteran Scott Richter. “Scott Richter is CEO of Media Breakaway, LLC, a leader in online...
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September 20, 2012, 12:11 pm

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Salesforce.com: Rypple Becomes Work.com today
According to a blog post, Salesforce.com has re-branding its Rypple website product to Work.com today. “Today only the Rypple website is being re-branded to Work.com, later in Q4 the Rypple app will be re-branded to Work.com.” “We&r...
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Salesforce.com: Rypple Becomes Work.com today
According to a blog post, Salesforce.com has re-branding its Rypple website product to Work.com today. “Today only the Rypple website is being re-branded to Work.com, later in Q4 the Rypple app will be re-branded to Work.com.” “We&r...
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September 20, 2012, 11:56 am

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Consumer Watchdog Tell Senator Rockefeller To Block Google & Amazon’s New gTLD Applications
Consumer Watchdog today urged Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D –W.VA) to block attempts by Google and Amazon to acquire the new gTLD’s they applied for through Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). In a letter to Sen. Rocke...
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Consumer Watchdog Tell Senator Rockefeller To Block Google & Amazon’s New gTLD Applications
Consumer Watchdog today urged Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D –W.VA) to block attempts by Google and Amazon to acquire the new gTLD’s they applied for through Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). In a letter to Sen. Rocke...
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September 20, 2012, 11:42 am

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So.com Sells For “Millions” of Dollars To Chinese Search Engine Qihoo 360
According to a story appearing in techinasia.com , a Chinese search engine, Qihoo 360 spent “millions” to buy the domain name So.com. According to the story, the the company shell out the millions for the domain because its “m...
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So.com Sells For “Millions” of Dollars To Chinese Search Engine Qihoo 360
According to a story appearing in techinasia.com , a Chinese search engine, Qihoo 360 spent “millions” to buy the domain name So.com. According to the story, the the company shell out the millions for the domain because its “m...
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September 20, 2012, 8:40 am

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Industry Veteran Jodi Chamberlain Launches 32Events.com & The Executive Network
Jodi Chamberlain launched 32events.com today an event management company dedicated to providing seamless event coordination for everything from social parties to industry trade shows and business engagements. Jodi has been involved in the domain spac...
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Industry Veteran Jodi Chamberlain Launches 32Events.com & The Executive Network
Jodi Chamberlain launched 32events.com today an event management company dedicated to providing seamless event coordination for everything from social parties to industry trade shows and business engagements. Jodi has been involved in the domain spac...
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September 19, 2012, 2:32 pm

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After 10 Years Of Registration, Oxford University Press Wins The Domain Name OxfordDictionary.com In A UDRP
Back in July we told you that a UDRP was filed on the domain name oxforddictionary.com, which is going to a parked page. Today a one person panel awarded the domain name to the Oxford University Press of Oxford, United Kingdom. The only surprise, is ...
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After 10 Years Of Registration, Oxford University Press Wins The Domain Name OxfordDictionary.com In A UDRP
Back in July we told you that a UDRP was filed on the domain name oxforddictionary.com, which is going to a parked page. Today a one person panel awarded the domain name to the Oxford University Press of Oxford, United Kingdom. The only surprise, is ...
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September 19, 2012, 12:26 pm

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William & Kate Dance The Night Away On Tuvalu,The .TV Island
William & Kate have been all over the in the news this week, but In what maybe the biggest missed story, was that Prince Prince William and Kate the Duchess of Cambridge, showed off their dance skills on the island of Tuvalu last night. Of course...
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William & Kate Dance The Night Away On Tuvalu,The .TV Island
William & Kate have been all over the in the news this week, but In what maybe the biggest missed story, was that Prince Prince William and Kate the Duchess of Cambridge, showed off their dance skills on the island of Tuvalu last night. Of course...
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September 19, 2012, 11:51 am