A few days ago Kim Dotcom announced his plan for a new version of his Megaupload site which would use the domain name Me.ga. .Ga is the country code or ccTLD for the country of Gabon. Last night the government of Gabon said it would suspend the internet domain Kim Dotcomhe had planned used for the service. According to Phys.org, Communications Minister Blaise Louembe said yesterday: I … [Read more...]
PayPal Revises Terms: Any Dispute Gets Decided By PayPal & Funds Are NOT FDIC Insured
Paypal.com just announced changes to its user agreement effective November 1, 2012. I know a lot of domainers use paypal to settle domain transactions and wanted to point out several "changes" in the policy, which could effect your account down the line. This update to the User Agreement effective November 1, 2012 contains changes that affect how claims you and PayPal have against each other … [Read more...]
Ancestry.com Sold for $1.6 Billion Dollars
Ancestry.com, the publicly traded online genealogy site, is being purchased by Permira, a European private equity firm, for $1.6 billion. The purchase price of $32 a share is a 9.7% premium from Friday's closing price. Shares were up 7.9% in premarket trading on the news. The purchase price is a 41% premium from its closing on June 5 Ancestry.com went public in 2009 and is 15 years … [Read more...]
Defense Secretary Panetta: “United States Is Facing the Possibility of a “Cyber-Pearl Harbor”
Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta in a speech at the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum in New York yesterday warned that the United States was facing the possibility of a “cyber-Pearl Harbor” and was increasingly vulnerable to foreign computer hackers who could dismantle the nation’s power grid, transportation system, financial networks and government. “An aggressor nation or extremist group … [Read more...]
Move, Inc. Buys Relocation.com For $11.5 Million Cash
Move.com just bought Relocation.com For $11.5 Million cash. Although Relocation.com is a business not just a domain, we would make the argument that the site Relocation.com would not have gotten to where it is today without the domain name. The buyer Move.com is owned by a publicly traded company, Move, Inc. (Nasdaq: MOVE) Move, Inc. also owns Moving.com Go ahead and tell me that … [Read more...]
SolveMedia: 10% Of All Internet TRAFFIC Is From Bots
According to a 20 month study conducted by SolveMedia.com 10% of all Internet Traffic is generated from Bots. Based on those numbers the company found that $1.5 Billion dollars in online advertising is wasted generated by Bots. "eMarketer predicts online display ad spend will reach $15.3 billion globally in 2012, which means that potentially $1.5 billion in ads will be served to … [Read more...]
MegaUpload Founder Looks To New Service Mega Box: Does He Aleady Own The Domain Megabox.com?
Cnet.com is reporting that MegaUpload founder Kim DotCom is showing off a new music called Megabox. The domain name MegaBox.com has been owned under privavy for many years now at Moniker.com The last time an owner appeared on the domain name was back in 2008 where someone in Korea owned the domain name Megabox.com currently does not resolve but with the history of MegaUpload one things … [Read more...]