Wearable Technology has been a big buzzword in the tech space and in domaining over the last year. The Wearable Tech showcase and discussion thread on Namepros has had 393 replies and over 16,000 views. There has been a lot going on in the news from people wearing Google Glass in San Francisco getting mugged, to Google having a one day sale and selling out Google Glass, to the recent news about … [Read more...]
Archives for April 2014
Verisign Reports: Revenue up 5%; There are 128.5 Million .Com & .Nets As of March 31
; VeriSign, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRSN), today reported financial results for the first quarter of 2014, reporting revenue of $249 million for the first quarter of 2014, up 5% from the same quarter in 2013. Verisign reported net income of $94 million and diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.64 for the first quarter of 2014, compared to net income of $85 million and diluted EPS of $0.52 in the same … [Read more...]
Cannabis Capital Acquires WebCongress.com In A Deal Valued At $25 Million
Cannabis Capital Corp. (OTCBB: CBCA) announce today it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire WebCongress, Inc.. The package deal is valued at over $25 Million, based on CBCA's current share price, and consists of a combination of cash, shares, and management fees. This is an actual operating business and not just a domain name. Cannabis Capital Corp will retain the current … [Read more...]
The Domain Business Can’t Make The Customer Pay For Someone Else’s Mistake
Kevin Murphy over at Domainincite.com wrote a post yesterday, entitled "Guy hit with $1,600 bill a month after registering “premium” name for $12.99" The post goes onto explain: "One DI reader, who said he’d rather not be named, received a bill from the registrar today for $1587.01 for a .みんな domain name he hand-registered March 10 for the base fee of $12.99. The email from 101domain … [Read more...]
Publicly Traded Company Announces Acquisition of FindIt.com
In a pretty unusually worded press release sent out by Artemis Energy Holdings, Inc. (OTC Pink: ARTT) (PINKSHEETS: ARTT) it said it "recently entered into an agreement to purchase the domain name Findit.com. The company has opened escrow and made the initial payment." "The domain Findit.com has been transferred to Escrow.com and Artemis Energy Holdings, Inc. now has control of the Findit.com … [Read more...]
.GOP To Launch On July 7th
The new gTLD .GOP will go live for registrations on July 7th 2014 according to a email we received from the registry The .GOP new gTLD was applied for by The Republican State Leadership Committee, (RSLC) a group that seeks to elect Republicans to state-level offices not the National Party. According to the email; ".GOP will be major factor in the future of Republican efforts to organize, … [Read more...]
Facebook Reports Better Than Expected Earnings, $2.5 Billion in Revenue & Has Over 1 Billion Mobile Users
Facebook reported first quarter earnings after the close today. Earnings beat expectations coming in at $0.34 cents a share. The company now has 802 million daily users with 609 million of those being mobile. The company was trading down on Wednesday but is up in after hours. 61.36 -1.67 (-2.65%) After Hours: 63.69 +2.33 (3.80%) Apr 23, 6:46PM EDT Tech Crunch covered the release … [Read more...]