It is no secret that the U.S. having full control over ICANN has rubbed a lot of foreign governments the wrong way. There have been a whole host of proposals on the…
Top10.com purchased in 2010 for $1million in Cash and Equity, Receives $8 Million in Funding
Tech Crunch reported about an hour ago that Top10.com received $8 million in Series B funding. The article also touched upon when the domain Top10.com was purchased back in 2010. Frank Michlick…
15 Year Old AGL.com Saved In UDRP; But 1 Panelist Wanted To Give It To The TM Holder
AGL Energy Limited of Melbourne, Australia just lost its attempt to grab the 15 year old domain name AGL.com. ESQwire.com represented the domain owner John M. Van John. Its a pretty interesting…
.Guru Tops 40,000 Registrations; Not Bad For A TLD Donuts Did Not Have In Its Top 50%
The new gTLD .Guru just topped 40,000 registrations making it the most successful new gTLD to launch. .Photography is the second most popular new gTLD with almost 25,000 registrations. .Tattoo is the…
Google Starting To Show Full Restaurant Menu in Search Results
Another potential risk with very specific niche gtlds is that something can come along and change the game. Something that has nothing to do with domain names can still come along and…
.Uno Reserved Domains & Rackspace, Microsoft, Google, Fox, Univision & Amazon Grab Domains
.Uno is now in Sunrise and the zone file reflects a list of over 100 domain names that have either been reserved by the registry or taken already in Sunrise. The registry…
Cisco Offering $300,000 Prize to Secure The Internet of Things
We have written in the past about all the money flowing into the Internet of Things and the projected revenue companies like Cisco are forecasting. We broke the news about Cisco acquiring…