Visa Intentional has decided to rebrand its new digital wallet product from V.Me to VIsaCheckout.com stating that the name change is going to help the company "a great deal" in helping explain what the solution is about. It was just back in November that we told you, Visa was rolling out V.Me a new service that lets you shop without sharing your card account information with the seller when … [Read more...]
Gannett Co. (GCI), owner of USA Today, agrees to pay $1.8 billion for the 73% of Cars.com It Doesn’t Own
According to Bloomberg.com, Gannett Co. (GCI), the owner of USA Today, agreed to pay $1.8 billion for the 73% of Cars.com that it doesn’t already own already Gannett, which already owns about 27%of Cars.com, values the whole business at about $2.5 billion, the person said, asking not to be identified discussing private information. The deal could be announced as soon as tomorrow, the person … [Read more...]
IronDome.com is out to intercept Patent Disputes
To say that the term Iron Dome is in the news everyday would be an understatement, more like in the news every hour. Iron Dome of course is the the Israeli built defense system that knocks out incoming missiles out of they sky before they hit their target. As a domain name, IronDome.com was registered back in 2004 by McLeod Capital Corp. of Calgary, Canada. The defense system was … [Read more...]
New .Co Site Making National News: ManServants.Co & Frank Schilling Owns The .Com
A new site launched on a .Co domain name is getting some national news coverage, I saw a feature on the site on Fox News yesterday. The site is ManServants.co By the way not that it's going to come as any shock to anyone in the domain name space, Frank Schilling's Name Administration owns the domain name ManServants.com So to start with what is a Man Servant you ask? According to the … [Read more...]
Founder of Diapers.com Buys Jet.com From Chernoff, Backed By $55 Million To Take On Amazon
Recode.net, just published a post entitled "The CEO Who Sold Diapers.com to Amazon Raises $55 Million to Challenge Amazon Again" Marc Lore, the former CEO and founder of Diapers.com, which the parent company Quidsi, was sold to Amazon in 2011 for $550 million, has raised $55 million to build out a new e-commerce company called … [Read more...]
Verisign Goes Rogue: New gTLD’s: “Registration Numbers on Par With .Co” & .Net is Like One
During ts earnings call today Verisign (VRSN) brushed away the new gTLD's saying "Gross registrations for new gTLD's are at 1.6 million which puts them on Par with .Co" Ouch Verisign's Representative went further to say that no one should build a conclusion on the new gTLD program until we go through a re-billing cycle (which we happen to Agree with) "I think what you saw in the second … [Read more...]
MapsWithME.com With over 4 Million Users Re-Brands as Maps.Me
The .Me registry announced today in a blog post, that MapsWithME.com has rebranded as MAPS.ME The company is the creator of an App which boasts over 4 million users. The App is available for iOS, Android and BlackBerry. This startup uses OpenStreetMap data to provide access to highly detailed offline maps of, virtually, every country in the world. In addition to having the entire world … [Read more...]