Minds + Machines (LON:MMX) in a story published by proactiveinvestors.co.uk today saying "it is pleased with the revenues from its emerging portfolio of generic top level domains." "Around US$4 Million has been generated by the new domains M+M is involved with and, according to analysts, the AIM group’s share is around £300,000 for the first half of 2014, driven mostly from .London domain name … [Read more...]
Archives for 2014
Its Official: ICANN 52 Is Relocated To Singapore
ICANN has relocated its 52nd meeting scheduled to take place in Marrakech, Morocco in February 2015, to Singapore In the official announcement made tonight by ICANN said: "Community concerns that would prevent maximum participation at its next global meeting (ICANN 52, 8-12 February 2015), a critical one given the ongoing discussions around the IANA Stewardship Transition and ICANN … [Read more...]
Anyone Remember Pagers? Someone Does & Bought Pager.com For $42K On Sedo
The domain name Pager.com just sold for $42,000 on Sedo.com Back in the day before Smartphones, Tablets, Facebook and Twitter and even the lowly cell phone, people had pagers for those trying to get a hold of them. Yes boys and girls we are going way back to the time that is pretty much after smoke signals. Today the domain name Pager.com sold on Sedo.com for $42,000 According to … [Read more...]
GoDaddy Opens European Customer Care Centre
Go Daddy put out a press release today with regards to them opening a European customer care centre to serve their EMEA clients. The centre will be in Belfast, Northern Ireland. GoDaddy, the world’s largest technology provider dedicated to small businesses, today announced it has opened a new customer care centre in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The new centre will provide localised customer care … [Read more...]
Facebook Is Becoming A Bigger Rival To Google In The Mobile Ad Space
Jennifer Booton of MarketWatch reported that when it comes to mobile advertising Facebook is unrivaled according to Morgan Stanley analyst Ben Swinburne. Google and Facebook are duking it out in the mobile advertising space and mobile has been an area that has been challenging for Google. Morgan Stanley analyst Ben Swinburne predicted Monday, after initiating coverage of Facebook at overweight. … [Read more...]
URS Examiner Hands Over PPR.Wang Without Even Citing Complainant’s Trademark
KERING of Paris, France just won a proceeding under the Uniform Rapid Suspension (URS) policy to get the domain name PPR.Wang Suspended Mr. Sebastian Matthew White Hughes, was the Examiner who found that KERING owned a trademark on the term "PPR" The problem I have with this decision is that the Examiner didn't take the time to mention where the trademark was granted, what is was granted for … [Read more...]
Founder of Shazam Got His Inspirations From 900 Numbers & Premium Texts & Hasn’t Made A Dime
Chris Barton is the founder of the wildly popular app Shazam. Shazam basically can detect the name of any song you hear (other than live music) whether it was on the radio, and without having to know the name of a radio station. It would work anywhere, a bar, a club, a cafe, a movie theater, a retail store, anywhere you heard music. and tell you the name of the song as well as the artist and … [Read more...]