Standard.co.uk just published a blog post entitled "Property boss at war with Playboy over Dot London domain name" Michael Ross, director of CNM estates, registered the domain name Playboy.London after the publishing company failed to register the domain name in the Sunrise period that was opened to trademark holders According to Mr. Ross, he received a strongly worded letter from its Los … [Read more...]
Archives for 2014
.NYC Now Has More Registrations Than .London
.NYC has passed .London in the number of domain registrations. According to nTLDstats.com, .NYC now has 48,671 domain names registered compare to .London which has 48,479. .NYC has moved into the 8th spot for the most registered new gTLD and .London is number 9. Both .NYC and .London, passed .Photography which now has 47,439 domain names. According to RegistrarStats.com, .NYC passed … [Read more...]
Telegraph India: “What’s in a domain name? A Zillion things, and Prakhar Bindal is turning them into billions!”
Telegraph India did a story on Prakhar Bindal of Axsiom and his domaining empire. The story entitled, "What’s in a domain name? A Zillion things, and Prakhar Bindal is turning them into billions!" In August Prakhar organised World Domain Day 2014 in Mumbai. The article goes into how he got started and includes an interview. From the article: Prakhar Bindal, the 26-year-old CEO of Axsiom, can … [Read more...]
Fidor and Kraken Looking To Launch The First Ever Crypto Currency Bank
Fidor and Kraken looking to team up to form the first Crypto Currency bank Stan Higgins published an article on Coin Desk looking at the formation of the first bank that will specialize in crypto currencies. On the project’s official website, visitors are being asked to vote on a name for the proposed cryptocurrency bank. The three names are: BICONDO, BYSE Bank and Cryptocurrency Bank. From … [Read more...]
Our October Readers’ Poll Shows The Majority Are More Optimistic About Their Personal Portfolio
For our October poll we asked readers how they felt about their own portfolio compared to the beginning of the year. 2014 has introduced several new gtlds and so the namespace has gotten a bit more crowded. It seems the majority of our readers feel more optimistic today than they did on January 1. There were 158 votes in total. As always thank you for taking the time to vote. How Optimistic … [Read more...]
Minds + Machines Has More Outstanding Shares Than Google & Verisign Combined
I noticed this statement that was released by Minds + Machines (AIM:MMX) this week about the amount of shares it has issued and outstanding: "The Board of Minds + Machines Group Limited (AIM:MMX) announces that as at the date of this announcement, the total number of shares in issue with voting rights is 831,969,485. " So almost 832 Million shares. That is a of of shares I checked out how … [Read more...]
ICANN Pays Over $2 Million Dollars For Its Directors + CEO Fadi Gets Almost $1.4 Million
ICANN published its compensation paid to or on behalf of 23 people who servered on its Board of Directors ending June 30, 2014. In all 23 people received over $2,000,000 combined in "any payments made by ICANN to Directors (including reimbursements of expenses).” "This table represents reimbursements and compensation paid directly to Board Members, payments made to third party vendors such … [Read more...]