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Elliot's Blog
Sunday Updates
As you know by now, I am a big Red Sox fan. I had the privilege of going to Fenway Park for the first two Red Sox ALDS playoff games. The Red Sox won both games, and are ahead in the best of 5 series 2-0. When I was living in NYC and thought about [....
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Sunday Updates
As you know by now, I am a big Red Sox fan. I had the privilege of going to Fenway Park for the first two Red Sox ALDS playoff games. The Red Sox won both games, and are ahead in the best of 5 series 2-0. When I was living in NYC and thought about [....
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October 6, 2013, 4:33 pm
Elliot's Blog
My eBay Account Was Stolen
I was running on the treadmill yesterday afternoon when my iPhone started flashing dozens of new emails. I quickly ended my workout and went up to my office to see what was happening and to try and create a filter in Gmail to stop the spam. When I go...
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My eBay Account Was Stolen
I was running on the treadmill yesterday afternoon when my iPhone started flashing dozens of new emails. I quickly ended my workout and went up to my office to see what was happening and to try and create a filter in Gmail to stop the spam. When I go...
Discussion
October 6, 2013, 11:30 am
The Domains
AutoWeb.com Sells With Trademark For $1.5 Million To Autobytel & Launches PPC Network
According to a press release out today, as part of a bigger transaction AutoWeb has acquired the domain name AutoWeb.com and related trademarks from Autobytel (Nasdaq: ABTL), for $1.5 million in AutoWeb stock. Here is the full release: “&...
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AutoWeb.com Sells With Trademark For $1.5 Million To Autobytel & Launches PPC Network
According to a press release out today, as part of a bigger transaction AutoWeb has acquired the domain name AutoWeb.com and related trademarks from Autobytel (Nasdaq: ABTL), for $1.5 million in AutoWeb stock. Here is the full release: “&...
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October 6, 2013, 11:13 am
The Domains
Founders Institute Fi.co Incubator Portfolio of Companies Has A Valuation of $5 Billion
TechCrunch.com just covered The Founders Institute which uses the domain name Fi.co, is an incubator, and just hit a big milestone, more than 1,000 companies have graduated from the program. “Instead of targeting twenty something programmers w...
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Founders Institute Fi.co Incubator Portfolio of Companies Has A Valuation of $5 Billion
TechCrunch.com just covered The Founders Institute which uses the domain name Fi.co, is an incubator, and just hit a big milestone, more than 1,000 companies have graduated from the program. “Instead of targeting twenty something programmers w...
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October 5, 2013, 1:01 pm
The Domains
ICANN Names Inventor Of DNS As Security Advisor To The Generic Domains Division
ICANN today announced that Paul Mockapetris, inventor of the Internet’s Domain Name System (DNS), has agreed to serve as Senior Security Advisor to the Generic Domains Division and its President, Akram Atallah. “The Domain Name System ...
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ICANN Names Inventor Of DNS As Security Advisor To The Generic Domains Division
ICANN today announced that Paul Mockapetris, inventor of the Internet’s Domain Name System (DNS), has agreed to serve as Senior Security Advisor to the Generic Domains Division and its President, Akram Atallah. “The Domain Name System ...
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October 5, 2013, 11:44 am
The Domains
TechCrunch Covers Another Company Built Around.TV: IRIS.TV Raises $1.7 Million
TechCrunch.com covered yet another startup that just got some angel funding and is built around a .TV domain name. IRIS.TV which was founded by the folks behind Jukebox TV is coming to market with $1.7 million in seed funding fr...
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TechCrunch Covers Another Company Built Around.TV: IRIS.TV Raises $1.7 Million
TechCrunch.com covered yet another startup that just got some angel funding and is built around a .TV domain name. IRIS.TV which was founded by the folks behind Jukebox TV is coming to market with $1.7 million in seed funding fr...
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October 5, 2013, 11:41 am
The Domains
Twitter Says In Their S1 That Their Tweet Trademark May Become Unprotectable
According to USA Today, Twitter in its S1 the document it filed for its IPO states “There is a risk that the word “Tweet” could become so commonly used that it becomes synonymous with any short comment posted publicly on the Interne...
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Twitter Says In Their S1 That Their Tweet Trademark May Become Unprotectable
According to USA Today, Twitter in its S1 the document it filed for its IPO states “There is a risk that the word “Tweet” could become so commonly used that it becomes synonymous with any short comment posted publicly on the Interne...
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October 5, 2013, 9:58 am
Domain Shane
SHANE’S BIG LIST: Saturday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on October 5th, 2013
Not a lot on the board today so I’ll keep it short. I’m going to throw this out there while I have you. I hadn’t planned on going to the Boston Marathon this year so I didn’t apply. Now I have a bunch of frie...
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SHANE’S BIG LIST: Saturday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on October 5th, 2013
Not a lot on the board today so I’ll keep it short. I’m going to throw this out there while I have you. I hadn’t planned on going to the Boston Marathon this year so I didn’t apply. Now I have a bunch of frie...
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October 5, 2013, 5:34 am
The Domains
WTF: ChrisKay.com Sells For $30,000 On Sedo After Its Just Dropped One Year Ago
The domain name ChrisKay.com just crossed the Sedo sales wire selling for 22,000 Euro’s or just about $30,000. In 2012 The domain name was owned by Chris Kay of Essex UK and registered at Tucows until it went into redemption and dropped in Marc...
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WTF: ChrisKay.com Sells For $30,000 On Sedo After Its Just Dropped One Year Ago
The domain name ChrisKay.com just crossed the Sedo sales wire selling for 22,000 Euro’s or just about $30,000. In 2012 The domain name was owned by Chris Kay of Essex UK and registered at Tucows until it went into redemption and dropped in Marc...
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October 4, 2013, 12:25 pm
Domain Name Wire
Servers.com domain name to be sold in bankruptcy auction
Prized domain name will be sold in a court ordered bankruptcy sale. The domain name Servers.com is headed to the auction block due to bankruptcy. Servers.com is one of the domains in the Ondova Limited Company bankruptcy. A previous portfolio of doma...
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Servers.com domain name to be sold in bankruptcy auction
Prized domain name will be sold in a court ordered bankruptcy sale. The domain name Servers.com is headed to the auction block due to bankruptcy. Servers.com is one of the domains in the Ondova Limited Company bankruptcy. A previous portfolio of doma...
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October 4, 2013, 10:39 am
