We took a look into the zone file for The new gTLD .Care that goes into general availability on Wednesday meaning it can be registered on a first come, first served basis to see what has been registered during Sunrise and the Early Access Program (EAP). It looks like one drug company, Teva Respiratory, LLC heavily participated in the Sunrise program and got a bunch of registrations followed by … [Read more...]
Archives for 2014
CFF.com & COA.com Hit $25K On NameJet & Cash.org Is At $15K; Which Will Sell For More?
Three very good domain names are at auction on Namejet.com which today and tomorrow, CFF.com, COA.com and Cash.org. Each of the domain name have hit reserve and will sell. The domains as of publication have current high bids of: CFF.com $25,100 COA.com $25,000 Cash.Org $14,999 All of these auction are public, meaning that people can still join them and they are not restricted to … [Read more...]
RMIT University Loses URS On RMIT.Education, To A Parked Page With Links To It
RMIT University of Melbourne, Australia lost its bid to get the domain name RMIT.education suspended through a Uniform Rapid Suspension (URS) proceeding. Its a pretty amazing finding in that the domain holder didn't even respond to the URS, Complainant had a valid trademark, and the domain name is parked and contains links to the school, on the parked page. According to the opinion the … [Read more...]
More Brands Are Using Anonymous Apps To Market Their Product
Christopher Heine wrote a piece on Ad Week about the increasing ad campaigns on anonymous app platforms. The article looks at some of the big brands that are advertising on Whisper and Secret. As more and more people access at least apart of their daily online experience through mobile, brands are going to want to be on there. All the talk about new gtlds vs .com etc... This is where people … [Read more...]
EU Court to Decide if Bitcoin Transactions Are Subject to Value Added Tax
Jane Genova wrote an article on PaymentWeek.com about the EU deciding on whether or not to tax Bitcoin transactions. Earlier in the year Sweden asked for the EU to rule on whether or not Bitcoin should be taxed. The UK has ruled no valued added tax on Bitcoin. From the article: The European Court of Justice will rule if bitcoin transactions are subject to its value-added tax rules (VAT). If … [Read more...]
Adam Strong Sells Racing.com To Australian Company; Racing Victoria
According to AFR.com, Racing Victoria based in Melbourne Australia has purchased the domain name Racing.com "a further step in establishing its own media business containing almost all of the state’s digital thoroughbred racing assets..for an undisclosed fee, and will launch the media unit and new, wider consumer brand for the industry by mid-September." Racing Victoria website is at … [Read more...]
Where Does Your State Rank In Internet Speed? Va is #1; Alaska is Last
Broadview Networks released a report showing Internet Speeds by States If you want to see the map format check out the source site. State by State Breakdown State Q1 '14 Avg Mbps QoQ Change % (Q1 '14 vs. Q4 '13) YoY Change % (Q1 '14 vs. Q1 '13) Virginia 13.7 -4.3 30 Delaware 13.1 6.3 18 Massachusetts 13.1 2.6 22 Rhode … [Read more...]