The start of another week and already I have a nice set of spam emails. Sure I get many of these every day and 99.99% I send into trash without regard but this one caught my eye based off the domain listed (which isn't a bad domain) just a bad message ""Hello Worldwide Media Inc. My Name is Larry and I am representing the potential sale of CambridgeMovers.com We realized you may be … [Read more...]
M.Dot Rebranded as Go Daddy Go Mobile
App Advice reported that M.dot has been rebranded to Go Daddy Go Mobile. M.dot has just been updated to version 2.0. At the same time, it has been rebranded as GoDaddy GoMobile. Released in October 2012, M.dot was acquired by GoDaddy in February 2013. And now, over a year later, the app has been renamed to officially carry the GoDaddy brand. Not to be confused with GoDaddy Mobile, … [Read more...]
Classified Ventures Seeking $3 Billion for Cars.com
Now that the sale of Apartments.com is completed at $585 million, Classified Ventures is looking for $3 billion for Cars.com. William Launder,Dana Mattioli and Mike Spector wrote an article tonight for the Wall Street Journal. A group of newspaper publishers has put the cars.com online marketplace up for sale for as much as $3 billion, hoping to cash in on booming values for e-commerce sites, … [Read more...]
Hackers Claim to Publish Evidence of Fraud at BitCoin Exchange Mt.Gox
Andy Greenberg just did a piece on Forbes with regards to hackers claiming to have hacked the Mt.Gox servers. The recent bankruptcy of the Bitcoin exchange has many up in arms and some are deciding to get answers on their own. Some of the data released and posted on Reddit has already been taken down. Greenberg reached out to disgraced Mt.Gox C.E.O. Mark Karpeles but has yet to get a reply … [Read more...]
25 Years of the World Wide Web
We are approaching the 25 year anniversary of the World Wide Web, March 12, 1989. The New Zealand Herald did a pretty thorough piece today on how Tim Berners-Lee came up with the idea out of the blue and unrequested. The article is a good read, check it out here. From the article: TIMELINE: March 12, 1989: British computer scientist Tim Berners-Lee circulates his "informational management … [Read more...]
Are Crypto-Currencies Here To Stay ? Google’s Director of Ideas Says Yes
Gregory Ferenstein wrote a post on Tech Crunch about the director of ideas from Google and his belief that crypto currencies are going to be a mainstay as we move forward. Google Director of Ideas and former technology advisor to former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Jared Cohen, says that digital “crypto-currencies” like Bitcoin are here to stay. “I think it’s very obvious to all of us … [Read more...]
20 Year Old Graceland.com Lost In UDRP
Elvis Presley Enterprises, Inc. (EPE) was awarded the 20 year old domain name graceland.com by three member UDRP panel. Its an interesting set of facts. The domain was not parked but contained bible verses with Google Adsense which put up ads related to the former home of Elvis Presley which is now a huge tourist attraction. The parties didn't even agree if it was the domain owner who … [Read more...]