Flippa.com just announced on Twitter that the domain name Mega.co is at auction on its site and can be yours for the Buy It Now price (BIN) of just $1,000,000. The reserve price seems to be set at $500,000, if you are willing to chance the domain going to auction. This of course comes on the heals of the huge launch over the weekend of Kim DotCom Mega storage service which claimed got … [Read more...]
New Study: European Business Is Way Behind US In Getting Online
According to database and marketing firm Email-Brokers, European businesses are way behind the US in getting online. After looking at 13 million sites the company found that while Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands have the highest proportion of companies online, even in those countries 40% of business have no internet presence. "It is one of the ways to create employment and economic growth … [Read more...]
IAC Acquires Tutor.com
IAC (NASDAQ: IACI) today announced the company has completed the acquisition of Tutor.com, an online tutoring solution. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. "Founded in 1998, Tutor.com connects students anytime, anywhere with more than 2,500 screened and qualified tutors for immediate one-to-one sessions. "Historically focused on core K-12 subjects, Tutor.com has more recently expanded … [Read more...]
Syria Shuts Down The Internet
According to Renesys, a Web-monitoring service, Syria has shut down the Internet The “Syrian Internet Is Off The Air,” Renesys announced. The Associated Press is also says that a second web-monitoring company is also reporting a complete shutdown. This on a day a conference was held on internet governance and with the ITU meeting next month in Dubai with countries wanting to take control … [Read more...]
CNET: Russian Continuing To Push To Take Over Control Of Domain Naming System From ICANN
According to a story published in Cnet.com last night, according to " documents leaked on Friday from an upcoming treaty conference, the Russian Federation is calling on the United Nations to take over key aspects of Internet governance, including addressing and naming. "The Russians made their proposal on November 13 in the lead-up to December's World Conference on International Communications … [Read more...]
Meetme, Inc. Leads Companies From Domain World Making The Deloitte 2012 Technology Fast 500 Rankings
Deloitte published their annual Technology Fast 500™ list, which is an annual ranking of the fastest growing technology, media, telecommunications, life sciences and clean technology companies in North America. Award winners were selected based on percentage fiscal year revenue growth from 2007 to 2011. There are plenty of companies on the list that have a relationship to the domain industry … [Read more...]
After Turning Down Google’s Offer To Buy It For $6 Billion, Groupon.com Finds Itself Having a Value of Under $2 Billion
Less than two years ago Groupon.com turned down an offer of $6 Billion dollars from Google. It was just over a year ago that Groupon.com went public at $20 a share, given it an implied valuation of $13 Billion. After reporting declining revenue yesterday shares of Groupon sank below $3 a share today down some 30% from the previous close, giving the company a $1.8 Billion dollar … [Read more...]