The new gTLD .Clinic launches tomorrow into general availability here are the more interesting domains that were taken in Sunrise or Early Access Program (EAP) and therefore will not be … [Read more...]
Archives for 2014
Warning: Some Registrars (Godaddy) Are Making The Radix $160 Landrush Fee NonRefundable
Radix a new gTLD registry, landrush for three new gTLDs .Host, .Website and .Press opens up on August 26th and runs until September 15th. Applying in landrush for a new gTLD domain gives the applicant early access to domain names ahead of general availability. The wholesale cost to apply for a .Host, .Website and .Press domain in landrush is $160. Radix has been advertising on social … [Read more...]
From buying Guns with Bitcoin to Consumer Protection Warnings its the Crypto Corner for 8/12/14
A lot of news over the last two days on the crypto currency front, from guns for Bitcoin to Consumer warnings about the dangers and risks of virtual currencies. Let's start out with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, they want to let consumers know that virtual currencies like Bitcoin and Litecoin are targets for hackers and that there are costs many may not be thinking … [Read more...]
Robin Williams Domains Regged in the Aftermath of His Passing
Hollywood and fans around the world lost one of its most popular and famous icons on Monday. Robin Williams passed away from an apparent suicide at the age of 63. Robin Williams won an academy award for Good Will Hunting, I always thought just the scenes of him and Matt Damon talking alone made the movie great all by itself. I am always interested in the dialogue far and away above any other … [Read more...]
Demand Media Names New CEO Shares Sink; Now Down 20% From Last Week
Demand Media, Inc, named one-time Ticketmaster Chief Executive Sean Moriarty as its new CEO and the market didn't like the news sending shares down over 8% to close at $8.97 a share. You may recall it was just a week ago when Demand split off its Rightside division it traded as high as $11.10. Demand also said today it acquired Saatchi Online, which runs online art gallery Saatchi Art, for … [Read more...]
Google Wins Control Of GlassForSnap.com Based On Its Trademark on Glass in UDRP
Google Inc. (“Complainant”), just won the rights to the domain name GlassforSnap.com. The one member panel of James A. Carmody, Esq., found the domain name GlassforSnap.com was confusing similar to Google's trademark on the word "Glass". The domain holder did not submit a response and the domain name went to a page which clearly targeted users of Google and Snapchat. All I can say is if … [Read more...]
Verisign’s Domain Industry Brief: There are 276 Million Domain Names As Of End Of 1st Q
Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN), today published its Domain Name Industry Brief for the first quarter of 2014, and five million domain names were added to the Internet in the first quarter of 2014, bringing the total number of registered domain names to 276 million worldwide across all top-level domains (TLDs) as of March 31, 2014. The increase of five million domain names globally equates to a growth … [Read more...]