NU DOTCO LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of STRAAT Investments, has withdrawn its application for the new gTLD .Book which had a prioritization number of 357. The withdrawal is not yet reflected on ICANN's site. .Book is one of 13 new gTLD applications filed by STRAAT, which is affiliated with .CO Internet. According to Jose Rasco, Managing Director of NU DOTCO, the organization is still … [Read more...]
Fiji Moves It Offical Tourism Site To Fiji.Travel
Tourism Fiji, the official travel and tourism agency of the government of Fiji, has registered the name Fiji.travel and has now launched www.Fiji.travel as its official tourism website. According to the Registry other country governments have made the same move to .travel. Germany.travel, Colombia.travel, Egypt.travel, Ecuador.travel, and Canada.travel are all now using the .travel extension … [Read more...]
UDRP Filed On The Domain Name Quirk.com
The domain name Quirk.com just got his with a UDRP. The domain name is registered to TobyClements.com, LLC however according to the company they don't own the domain name but changed the ownership to market the domain name. The domain is still owned by Exotic Design Group which seems to have owned the domain since at least 2005. There are at least 5 trademark registrations for the generic … [Read more...]
Tucows Reports: Revenue Increases 9% But Domain Sales Slow To $1.1M
Tucows Inc. (NYSE AMEX:TCX, TSX:TC), reported its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2013 after the market closed today According to reports Tucows missed expectations as to both earnings and revenue. Net revenue for the first quarter of 2013 increased 9% to a record $30.0 million from $27.5 million for the first quarter of 2012. Net income for the first quarter of 2013 … [Read more...]
Google Top $900 For 1st Time & Market Cap Breaks $300 Billion
Shares of Google (GOOG) are currently trading above $900 a share an all time high for the company. It was only 3 months ago that shares of Google hit $800 a share. Its was just a few months earlier when shares of Apple and Google were trading at the same $600 level. Shares at time of publication are trading at $905 up over $18 a share. Google's market cap is now over $300 … [Read more...]
NetNames: 33% Have No Idea What A New gTLD is; 62% Have No Plans To Register One
NetNames, a online brand protection and domain name management specialist, released the results of a poll of 100 business directors in UK enterprises (minimum turnover of £5 million) on domain names and the new gTLD's. In its research, NetNames found 99% of respondents feel domain names are important to their brand’s internet presence, reflecting the significance of maintaining a company’s … [Read more...]
domaindiscount24 Puts .EU Domain Registrations On Sale For 80% Off
domaindiscount24 (dd24) just put one-year .EU domain registrations on sale for the special price of only 0.14 EUR / 0.17 EUR incl. VAT per month in May, which represents a cost saving of 80% off the regular price. dd24 is the retail customer portal of the Key-Systems GmbH, the second largest registrar for generic domains such as .COM or .NET in Europe and one of the 15 largest worldwide, in … [Read more...]