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Microsoft Registers Six 2-letter Domain Names
September 21, 2015 @ 8:37 AMMicrosoft registers at least a half dozen short domains. New top level domain name company Donuts released thousands of two character domains under its top level domain names last week. Microsoft was among the buyers. I count at least a half dozen two character domains registered by the company: ad.center ie.domains ie.gallery ie.photos os.expert pc.engineering…
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UDRPsearch Owner Gets UDRP Win
September 21, 2015 @ 7:50 AMCompany behind UDRP search site wins its on UDRP. Virtual Point, the company that runs UDRP site UDRPSearch.com, has successfully defended a UDRP for the domain name addicting-games.com. Complainant Defy Media runs the online games site AddictingGames.com. Its predecessor-in-interest registered the domain name in 2002; Virtual Point registered the hyphenated version in 2003. The case…
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This Week: .tickets, .rent, .courses
September 21, 2015 @ 5:30 AMSeveral top level domain names become available this week. From learning to entertainment, here a the top level domain names launching this week. .Tickets launches today for the ticket sales business. Domain investors will need to be judicious; one year registrations start at over $500. .Courses enters general availability on Wednesday. This domain name is…
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Thousands Cut Off From Email After EE Bungles Domain Renewal
September 18, 2015 @ 8:35 PMThousands of UK internet users were cut off from email after their ISP failed to renew the domain name used to route them. The address “FSNet.co.uk” is the legacy domain used by Freeserve, which later merged with Orange. The domain was first registered and used back in 1999 but it expired on 4 August, leading to its suspension a month later.
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Is Apple Inc. Getting Ready to Use Its New .apple gTLD Domain Extension?
September 18, 2015 @ 7:34 AMApple Inc. has registered 29 new .com domain names and looking at the list, the domains look a little “odd” but consider the fact that Apple Inc. has applied for the new gTLD .apple and things may make a lot more sense. We break it down for you here!
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New gTLDs Growing Faster Than .com, Latest Verisign Data Shows
September 18, 2015 @ 4:01 AMNew gTLDs grew faster than .com in the last 12 months. That seems to be one of the conclusions that can be drawn from Verisign’s Q2 Domain Name Industry Brief, which was published (pdf) yesterday, if you dig into the numbers a little. The headline number is that the number of all domains across all…
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ZenPayroll.com Rebrands to Gusto.com and Secures Domain 8 Days Prior to Launch
September 18, 2015 @ 3:16 AMZenPayroll.com has announced they are rebranding to Gusto.com and adding health benefits and workers’ comp to its offering services. The Gusto.com domain name was secured only 8 days prior to the official rebranding announcement according to whois records.
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British Billionaire Pays Record £600K for Gold.co.uk Domain
September 17, 2015 @ 11:44 PMA British entrepreneur has paid a record £600,000 for gold.co.uk — the most ever paid for a .co.uk domain name. The new owner of gold.co.uk, Rob Halliday-Stein, deals in gold bullion, trading gold and silver bars and coins worth hundreds of thousands of pounds.
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Mayor, CEO Announce .MIAMI Domain Name Launch
September 17, 2015 @ 10:44 PMThe City of Miami, Minds + Machines team up to offer .MIAMI names. The .MIAMI domain names go on sale beginning Oct. 2, but pre-orders are being accepted.
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Google Sues Robocallers Local Lighthouse
September 17, 2015 @ 5:00 AMGoogle files trademark infringement suit against bothersome SEO/SEM company. Google has sued Local Lighthouse Corp, which has undertaken a massive robocall and telemarketing campaign and, from personal experience, tried to trick callers into thinking it was associated with Google. It’s likely you’ve received a robocall from these this group, even if you didn’t know who…
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