Joel Dalais reported on BitcoinMagazine.com that the third government auction of Bitcoins that were seized during the Silk Road bust will take place March 5, 2015. Joel points out that some of the coins seized were not used in any illegal business. There were merchants on Silk Road that operated perfectly legit businesses. From the article: The U.S. Marshals Service is holding its third Dread … [Read more...]
Archives for February 2015
For the 3rd Time This Week UDRP Panel Awards Domain To Company That Dropped It
For the third time this week a UDRP panel has awarded a domain to the company that previously owned the domain and allowed ti to drop. In this case, WesTrac Pty Ltd of South Guildford, Australia was awarded the rights to the domain name Westrac.com which is owned by Mike Mann's Domain Asset Holdings. Westrac owned the domain for 12 years until 2012 when the domain dropped and Domain Asset … [Read more...]
Del Monte Foods Loses UDRP ON Delmontefarm.com, Delmontefarms.com & Delmonteexpress.com
Del Monte Foods, Inc. just lost a UDRP on three domain names delmonteexpress.com, delmontefarm.com and delmontefarms.com The three member UDRP panel of Robert A. Badgley, Michelle Brownlee and Gregory N. Albright Complainant is a leading purveyor of food and beverages in the United States, and has used the mark DEL MONTE for 120 years to identify and distinguish its various offerings. Some … [Read more...]
Coca-Cola Puts Smiley Face Emojis Into Web Address Using .WS Domains
Ad week is reporting that Coca-Cola Puerto Rico that puts smiley-face emojis right in the brand's web addresses. The brand registered URLs for every emoji that conveys happiness. Entering any of these happy icons into a mobile web browser, along with the .ws suffix, leads users to Coca-Cola Puerto Rico's website. Ad Week goes on to say: Why .ws, which is … [Read more...]
MediaOptions Brokers Sales Of 50.com After Being Listed In Newsletter For $3.5 Million
The domain name 50.com has been purchased and the domain transferred to its new owner, Wang Yi of China. The domain was brokered by MediaOptions.com under a NDA. All we know is that the domain was sold and was listed in MediaOptions.copm newsletter back in December 2014, with an asking price of $3.5 Million dollars. The last reported two numbered .com sale was for 37.com which was sold … [Read more...]
Afnic Takes A look at Year Zero For The New gTLDs – What have we learned so far ?
Afnic published a report on the new gtlds and looked at "Year Zero" for the new extensions. The report covered, looking back at 2014, the fee or free business model, the valuation proposition and where the new gtlds are heading. Read the full report here From the report: 2014 ended with 470 gTLDs (generic top-level domains) in the root, including 39 using non-Latin characters, and 290 ccTLDs … [Read more...]
European Start Up Accelerator Reveals Latest Startups and a lot of them use the .io extension
Tech Crunch did a story on Entrepreneur First which is a European accelerator for start-ups along the lines of the popular Y Combinator. Entrepreneur First is the best place for Europe’s top technical individuals to meet and build world-changing startups in London. We select purely on the basis of technical talent, so you can apply before you have a team or an idea. Our intensive 7-month … [Read more...]