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GAO: Internet IANA Functions Transition is Not a Transfer of Government Property
September 13, 2016 @ 8:07 AMGAO says IANA transition is not a transfer of government property, which would require congressional approval. The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) released an analysis yesterday determining that the proposed transition of IANA functions to ICANN does not constitute a transfer of U.S. government property requiring congressional approval. This is important because it’s one of…
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Payoneer Jumps Into Domain Name Escrow Business
September 12, 2016 @ 4:50 AMGlobal payments company begins catering to the domain name industry. Global payments company Payoneer is getting into the domain name escrow business with the help of former Escrow.com president Brandon Abbey. Payoneer is a large payments company that handles payment distributions for companies like UpWork and Airbnb. It sends payments in 150 currencies to people…
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Afternic Adds Namesilo to Its Reseller Network
September 9, 2016 @ 12:45 PMNameSilo Customers Now Benefitting from Afternic’s Network of Registrars CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Sept. 8, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — Afternic, the world’s largest premium domain reseller network, today announced NameSilo has joined Afternic’s domain listing service, Afternic DLS. The addition of NameSilo’s 650,000 domains…
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GMO Registry Announces French Ecommerce Solution Provider Wizishop, is a Pioneer On The New .shop Frontier
September 9, 2016 @ 11:26 AM.SHOP partners with key ecommerce industry players to build its new brand. TOKYO, JAPAN (PRWEB) SEPTEMBER 09, 2016 GMO Internet Group company, GMO Registry is proud to announce that one of the world’s first ever .SHOP web sites was launched…
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Rightside is Releasing 2-character Domains. Here's What You Need to Know.
September 9, 2016 @ 10:06 AMShort domain names hit the market next week. Rightside (NASDAQ:NAME) is releasing over 25,000 two-character domain names next week that were previously reserved. The company is modeling the release on what Donuts did in September 2015. Most notably, the domain names will go through a dutch auction “early access” phase from September 14-20. During that…
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Rightside is Releasing 2-character Domains. Here's What You Need to Know.
September 9, 2016 @ 10:06 AMShort domain names hit the market next week. Rightside (NASDAQ:NAME) is releasing over 25,000 two-character domain names next week that were previously reserved. The company is modeling the release on what Donuts did in September 2015. Most notably, the domain names will go through a dutch auction “early access” phase from September 14-20. During that…
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Drop Catchers Beware: Domain Raiseme.com Lost in UDRP Despite Lack of Registered Trademark
September 9, 2016 @ 6:16 AMRaise Labs, Inc (“Complainant”), just won control of the domain name RaisemMe.com in a UDRP/ The US-based company did not have an US federally registered trademark. The one member panel of The Honourable Neil Anthony Brown QC found the company had common law rights to the name in part based on the fact that the…
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GoDaddy Files Patent App for Flare and Social Network
September 8, 2016 @ 10:45 AMDoes GoDaddy have bigger ambitions for Flare-like functionality? GoDaddy has filed a patent application covering various aspects of its Flare app, and the application suggests more features might be planned for the future. “System and Method for Domain Name Community Network” was filed in March 2016 and published today (pdf), based on a provisional patent…
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Video: Ted Cruz Spreads Internet Fud All Over The Senate Floor
September 8, 2016 @ 9:28 AMCruz gives speech urging congress to nix upcoming IANA functions transition. Senator Ted Cruz just gave a speech in the Senate proposing adding an appropriations rider to the upcoming continuing resolution in an effort to halt the IANA transition. He repeated many of the same false claims he has already made regarding the transition. Cruz…
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Domaintools to Host Cybersecurity Webinar, 'Finding Quick Wins in Cybercrime Investigations'
September 8, 2016 @ 6:55 AMGuest speaker, Security & Risk Analyst Jeff Pollard and DomainTools’ Tim Helming Co-Host Session to Help Security Teams Win the Fight Against Cyberattacks SEATTLE, Sept. 8, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — DomainTools®, the leader in domain name and DNS-based cyber threat intelligence…
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