The Asian Domain Name Dispute Resolution Center (the ADNDRC) just rejected Galaxy Rainbow Limited and Whole Person Development Institute Limited. of Hong Kong bid to grab the 15 year old domain name iCAN.com from Scott Day's Digimedia.com who was represented by John Berryhill. However the panel did not find Reverse Domain Name Hijacking (RDNH) although the domain was found to be generic and … [Read more...]
Flexcoin The Bitcoin Bank Shuts Down After Losing 896 Bitcoins
Another Bitcoin site has gone bust, Flexcoin which called itself the Bitcoin bank is out of business. They posted this on their website: Flexcoin is shutting down. On March 2nd 2014 Flexcoin was attacked and robbed of all coins in the hot wallet. The attacker made off with 896 BTC, dividing them into these two … [Read more...]
.Build Hires Tim Switzer, Formerly of Neustar and DotGreen As Head of Operations
George Minardos, Founder and CEO of .BUILD, announced today that Tim Switzer, formerly of Neustar and DotGreen, is joining .BUILD as head of operations and registrar relations. Switzer will team up with Minardos, Tom Brackey, ARI Services and the rest of the .BUILD team to bring the global building industry on-line via the .BUILD domain name. Minardos commented, “We are excited to have Tim join … [Read more...]
TLDH Formally Announces Appointment Of Elliot Noss Of Tucows As “Non-Executive Director”
According to a press release out today, the Board of Top Level Domain Holdings announced the formal appointment of Mr Elliot Noss as a non-executive director of TLDH with immediate effect. Mr Noss is President and CEO of Tucows, Inc (NASDAQ:TCX), one of the larger domain registrars, and has served in such capacity since the completion of Tucows, Inc's merger with Tucows Delaware in August 2001. … [Read more...]
DiscoverIndia.com updated and now closing price is $5,047
Earlier today we wrote about the DiscoverIndia.com auction closing at $106,000. Go Daddy has updated the closing price, when I checked my watchlist it now shows $5,047 as the closing price. They must have noticed something not right and cancelled the bids that were above $5,047. It looks like it was bidder 11 that they had a problem with. I will speak to Paul Nicks and see if he can shed any … [Read more...]
Apartments.com sells for $585 Million in Cash
Apartments.com the business was sold for $585 million. The current owner put out a press release announcing the sale today. The registrant info has not yet changed according to whois records. Apartments.com was registered in 1996, interestingly the domain had dropped two times before. The seller Classified Ventures also owns Cars.com Here is the press release: Classified Ventures, LLC … [Read more...]
DiscoverIndia.com closes at $106,000 on Go Daddy Auctions
DiscoverIndia.com closed at $106,000 today on Go Daddy Auctions. The 15 year old domain had 139 bids. There were 14 bidders with the auction ending in a duel between bidder 11 and the eventual winner bidder 13. It is worth noting that DiscoverIndia.net is a developed site, along with TheDiscoverIndia.com and Discover-India.in also … [Read more...]