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Donuts Sticks With Rightside Despite Google Support
February 8, 2017 @ 2:38 AMDonuts has renewed its back-end registry services contract with Rightside, Rightside has announced. That’s despite indications a few months ago that it might have been preparing for a switch to Google’s new Nomulus platform. Rightside said yesterday that the deal, which has seen Rightside handle the registry for Donuts’ portfolio of almost 200 gTLDs for…
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Donuts Chooses Rightside Over Google Nomulus
February 7, 2017 @ 6:00 AMNew top level domain name company extends contract with Rightside. Donuts has extended its contract with Rightside for the latter to provide backend registry services for Donuts’ top level domain names, the two companies announced today. Rightside has been the only backend registry provider in Donuts’ short lifespan, but the contract extension was not a…
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GoDaddy Enables App-based 2FA and More Control
February 6, 2017 @ 3:16 PMGoogle Authenticator can now be used to securely log in to GoDaddy. GoDaddy has enhanced its two-factor authentication (2FA) to make it easier to use, especially for people outside of the United States. Effective immediately, customers can use an app-based two-factor authenticator with GoDaddy instead of receiving SMS text messages. With this second form of…
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Union Square Ventures Invests in Tucows
February 6, 2017 @ 3:02 PMInvestor makes its first-ever investment in a public company. Venture capital firm Union Square Ventures (USV) has made a “substantial investment” in publicly traded Tucows, the company revealed today. This marks USV’s first investment in a publicly traded company. The firm said that it is investing not only because it believes Tucows has built a…
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PIR Releases 2017 Global NGO Online Technology Report: 92% of NGO's Have a Website
February 6, 2017 @ 10:05 AMPublic Interest Registry, the not-for-profit operator of the .org, .ngo and .ong domains and Nonprofit Tech for Good today revealed the results of the “2017 Global NGO Online Technology Report.” The second annual report uncovers how non-governmental organizations (NGOs) worldwide use web, email and mobile communications, online fundraising tools, and social media…
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GoDaddy Super Bowl Ad Results "Best Ever"
February 6, 2017 @ 9:34 AMGoDaddy said its Super Bowl commercial, which aired yesterday, resulted in its “best ever” Sunday for new customers. The company said in a press release it had seen its “its best-ever Sunday for attracting new customers in the books”. That doesn’t necessarily mean it sold more domains than its previous Super Bowl efforts, nor that…
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Super Bowl Ad Propels GoDaddy to Best Sunday Ever for New Customers
February 6, 2017 @ 8:14 AMWorld’s largest domain name registrar claims victory with Super Bowl commercial for new website builder. GoDaddy says it signed up more new customers yesterday following its Super Bowl ad than it’s ever signed up on a Sunday in its 20-year history. The company ran a Super Bowl commercial during the first quarter of the game…
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ICANN to Host DNS Event in Madrid
February 6, 2017 @ 3:07 AMICANN is to hold a “DNS Symposium” in Madrid this May. The event will “explore ICANN’s current initiatives and projects relating to DNS research, operations, threats and countermeasures and technology evolution”, according to ICANN. It’s a one-day event, focused specifically on DNS, rather than the domain name registration business. The Symposium immediately follows the GDD…
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.club Financing Option Sees Early Traction With $150k Sales
February 6, 2017 @ 2:53 AM.CLUB Domains said it has seen some early successes with its new 0% financing option, selling $150,000 worth of premium .club domains in its first week. The registry announced that it sold 39 premiums for a total of $149,480, and that 37 of those names were sold using the financing option. This option allows registrants…
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ICANN's Divorce From The US Cost $32 Million
February 6, 2017 @ 2:15 AMThe IANA transition cost ICANN a total of $32 million, according to documentation released today. The hefty bill was racked up from the announcment of the transition in March 2014 until the end of 2016, according to this presentation (pdf). A whopping $15 million of the total went on lawyers. Another $8.3 million went on…
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