In a post written on Medium, Chase Freo reported that Alto.io is pivoting to Outplay Games. Chase wrote, this is a complete overhaul of the product and services it is developing. This pivot is taking Outplay Games to an entirely different direction from its last year’s offering of NFT centric tool sets. These are the types of rebrands that many who are fans of new gtld domains like to … [Read more...]
The largest .io sale of all time is going to be used for a Crypto app
Last month Swipe.io sold for $68,000 at Park.io. This marks the largest reported .io sale of all time. It looks like the name was bought by a crypto company and Swipe.io will be an app that allows users to spend 20+ cryptocurrencies from a non-custodial wallet. Interestingly there is a Swipe.io that is a game produced by Diginity Games. This is an actual game in both the App store and … [Read more...]
Swipe.io sells for $68,000 – biggest reported .io sale of all time
Swipe.io closed at $68,000 on Park.io to become the highest .io sale ever recorded according to Namebio. The domain was registered in 2012. There is a Swipe.io by Dignity Games in the Apple and Google app stores. The name was once parked at Undeveloped, swipe.io - a really cool domain parked on Park.io swipe.io/The best place to backorder/drop purchase expiring ccTLD domain … [Read more...]
Taking over four of the seven authoritative nameservers for the .io TLD
Matthew Bryant @IAmMandatory of TheHackerBlog.com wrote a very detailed post on how he was able to register domains in .io that would essentially allow him to take over authoritative nameservers for the .io cctld. It's a very interesting post and shows many registries need to beef up their security protocols. From the article: Impact Given the fact that we were able to take over four of … [Read more...]
The Continuing Uptrend in .io
Park.io published an article on the continued growing usage of .io. The article titled, "The explosive growth of .io domains" takes a look at the growing percentage of websites using .io and the fact that Hillary Clinton has got her own .io domain. From the article: The percentage of websites using .io domains has more than doubled in the last year alone, according to w3techs.com. This makes … [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...]
