Monthly Archives: April 2014

Thu 17th April 2014
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General Availability Period for New .RED Top-Level Domain Opens - Global registry services provider Afilias turns up the heat! Afilias today announced April 17, 2014, as the general availability launch date of the .RED generic top-level domain (gTLD). As an unrestricted domain, .RED names are available to be registered by anyone, anywhere in the world. The .RED domain brings the heat to everything you're passionate about! Like red lipstick or a little red sports car, the color red brings intensity to whatever it touches. As British psychologist Nicholas ... read more ...
 
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New Chinese "Mobile" Top-Level Domain Now Available - Global registry services provider and dotMobi registry operator Afilias today announced the general availability of its first Internationalized Domain Name (IDN) at the top level: .移动 (.MOBILE in Chinese). Transliterated as "Yí Dòng," .移动 is a domain name just like .MOBI, which also indicates a website works on a mobile device. But the .移动 domain is part of a new generation of top-level domains (TLDs) that are written in native languages rather than traditional ASCII scripts ... read more ...
 
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General Availability Period for New .BLUE Top-Level Domain Opens - Global registry services provider Afilias today announced April 17, 2014, as the general availability launch date of the .BLUE generic top-level domain (gTLD). As an unrestricted domain, .BLUE addresses can be registered by anyone, anywhere in the world. Blue is the world's most popular color and a .BLUE domain lets you show that you're true .BLUE. From the calm of the ocean to the top of the sky, blue is an attention grabber that elicits positive, peaceful emotions such as harmony, strength ... read more ...
 
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New .KIM Domain Goes Live - The .KIM general availability period opens at 16:00:00 UTC on April 17, 2014. Learn more and find a registrar for your .KIM domain at http://kim.afilias.info.Global registry services provider Afilias today announced April 17, 2014, as the general availability launch date of the .KIM generic top-level domain (gTLD). While Internet addresses have previously marked you as commercial or informational, you've never been able to say, "We're all part of the same family." That's why .KIM is unique. ... read more ...
 
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Blockchain Acquires 5 Year Lease for Bitcoin.com - Paul Vigna reported on The Wall StreetJournal that Blockchain has acquired a five year lease for the domain name Bitcoin.com.  as of today, essentially that’s Blockchain. The online wallet company acquired a five-year lease to this rather fancy piece of digital real estate for an undisclosed amount. The first thing you can’t help but notice on the new site is the word “Bitcoin” in large letters right at the top. The company’s name is only at the bottom in very small type. It’s all ... read more ...
 
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GoDaddy, Name.com begin selling .ninja website URLs - Can a ninja help your site kick ass? On April 1, Domain name giant GoDaddy dropped a giant ninjutsu chop on the Internet, beginning the registration period for the stealthiest of domains, .ninja. When the new top-level domain (TLD) goes live on May 28, URLs ending with .ninja will live alongside .coms and .nets in the databases that make the Internet tick – and embarrass all other websites with their coolness. “.ninja is not fully out in general availability yet, but it is purchasable,” GoDaddy ... read more ...
 
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Cosa è successo nel 2013 nel mondo dei domini web - # 10 – Registro di Sicurezza esposto a vulnerabilitàCon 23 violazioni della sicurezza del Registro di sistema in questo ultimo anno, il numero di incidenti riportati ha raggiunto un massimo storico. Registri dei ccTLD popolari come .CN (Cina), .BE (Belgio), .MY (Malaysia) sono stati tutti influenzati da problemi derivanti da attacchi DDoS, Social Engineering e attacchi Brute Force. # 9 – Nel complesso la crescita del mercato dei domini continuaSecondo il Domain Name Industry Brief di Verisign, ... read more ...
 
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General Availability Period for New .PINK Top-Level Domain Opens - Global registry services provider Afilias wants you to think .PINK. Afilias today announced April 17, 2014, as the general availability launch date of the new .PINK generic top-level domain (gTLD). The .PINK domain is unrestricted, meaning anyone, anywhere can register a .PINK domain name. Like the color pink, the .PINK domain has a big personality! Impressive and expressive, a .PINK address is a celebration of all the things you or your business are passionate about. Use .PINK for a ... read more ...
 
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Google Glass Is Only The First Step – Next Step Six Million Dollar Man - Google Glass may only be the first step as Google smart contact lenses could turn average human beings into the Six Million Dollar Man.  Adriana Lee on ReadWrite.com just published a story on some patents that Google filed with regard to their smart contact lense technology. From the article: Imagine the Google Glass headgear, which currently makes some camera-shy onlookers nervous, shrinking down to near-invisibility—say, into a super-thin transparent layer that sits on the cornea. Google certainly ... read more ...
 
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New Domain Names Headed Our Way -  Print    Archive    RSS (UNDATED) - If you're tired of typing or saying "dot-com," "dot-net" or "dot-info," get ready. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, more commonly known as ICANN - the governing board of the internet - is releasing 175 brand new "top level domains" or "tlds" this year. Those are the final letters that follow the periods in web addresses. Indy-based internet culture expert Steven Shattuck says the web is running out addresses so you ... read more ...
 
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OVH, premier registrar à proposer les nouvelles extensions dans le respect de la … - L’entreprise ouvre ainsi la voie aux autres registrars européens. Depuis l’acceptation de cette demande d’exemption, d’autres registrars ont ainsi suivi le mouvement en faisant valoir le cas d’OVH comme un précédent auprès de l’ICANN. Cette première exemption était attendue par les autres acteurs du secteur qui l’ont accueillie très positivement et ont félicité OVH. OVH démarre donc la commercialisation des nouveaux gTLD, l’esprit tranquille, avec la garantie, pour ses ... read more ...
 
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Erste Unternehmen setzen auf .wien-Domains - Typische Wiener Institutionen wie der Musikverein oder das Schweizerhaus haben ihre .wien Domains bereits beantragt. Eine neue Studie sagt geografischen Top Level Domains hohe Erfolgschancen nach. Eine der ersten beantragten Domains war musikverein.wien. Die neue Top-Level-Domain (TLD) .wien startete im Februar ihre sogenannte Sicherungsphase. Im Rahmen dieser Phase können Unternehmen und Privatpersonen noch bis 25. April 2014 ihre Rechte auf Internetadressen mit der Endung .wien geltend machen. ... read more ...
 
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New Domain Names Coming This Year - New Domain Names Coming This Year If you're tired of typing or saying "dot-com," "dot-net" or "dot-info," get ready. Listen: New domain names are headed our way. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, more commonly known as ICANN - the governing board of the internet - is releasing 175 brand new "top level domains" or "tlds" this year. Those are ... read more ...
 
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Top-Level Domain Registry Punto 2012 Retains The Pollack PR Marketing … - More Related Stories email article print page <![CDATA[ ]]>   April 16, 2014 -- LOS ANGELES, April 16, 2014 /PRNewswire/ --The Pollack PR Marketing Group (PPMG) announced today, that it has been retained by Punto 2012 to lead the public relations efforts for the launch of their new generic top level domains (gTLDs) .rest and .bar for restaurant and bar owners, respectively. PPMG ... read more ...
 
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Punktlandung: Unternehmen setzen auf .wien Domains - Wien (OTS) - Typische Wiener Institutionen wie der Musikverein oder das Schweizerhaus legen Wert auf Regionalität im Internet und haben ihre .wien Domains bereits beantragt. Aber auch internationale Markeninhaber sichern sich ihre Rechte - so haben u.a. bekannte, globale Internetriesen Domains mit der Endung .wien eingereicht. Die neue Top-Level-Domain (TLD) .wien startete im Februar ihre sogenannte Sicherungsphase. Im Rahmen dieser Phase können Unternehmen und Privatpersonen noch bis ... read more ...
 
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Welcome .SHIKSHA! The new Internet domain for Indian education is now … - DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Global registry services provider Afilias today announced April 17, 2014, as the general availability launch date of the top-level domain designed specifically for education in India: .SHIKSHA. Indians worldwide are familiar with the Sanskrit-derived word “shiksha,” which stands for education, exchange of knowledge, teaching, learning and the path to self-improvement. Shiksha is a heritage and part of every ... read more ...
 
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Verisign’s Preliminary Comments on ICANN’s Name Collisions Phase One Report - Verisign posted preliminary public comments on the "Mitigating the Risk of DNS Namespace Collisions" Phase One Report released by ICANN earlier this month. JAS Global Advisors, authors of the report contracted by ICANN, have done solid work putting together a set of recommendations to address the name collisions problem, which is not an easy one, given the uncertainty for how installed systems actually interact with the global DNS. However, there is still much work to be done. Below, I have ... read more ...
 
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New Chinese “mobile” top-level domain now available to all website owners and … - DUBLIN — Global registry services provider and dotMobi registry operator Afilias today announced the general availability of its first Internationalized Domain Name (IDN) at the top level: .移动 (.MOBILE in Chinese).Transliterated as “Yí Dòng,” .移动 is a domain name just like .MOBI, which also indicates a website works on a mobile device. But the .移动 domain is part of a new generation of top-level domains (TLDs) that are written ... read more ...
 
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New Chinese “mobile” top-level domain now available to all website owners and … - DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Global registry services provider and dotMobi registry operator Afilias today announced the general availability of its first Internationalized Domain Name (IDN) at the top level: .移动 (.MOBILE in Chinese). Transliterated as “Yí Dòng,” .移动 is a domain name just like .MOBI, which also indicates a website works on a mobile device. But the .移动 domain is part of a new generation of top-level domains (TLDs) that ... read more ...
 
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New .KIM domain goes live, celebrating the first family of the Internet - DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Global registry services provider Afilias today announced April 17, 2014, as the general availability launch date of the .KIM generic top-level domain (gTLD). While Internet addresses have previously marked you as commercial or informational, you’ve never been able to say, “We’re all part of the same family.” That’s why .KIM is unique. A .KIM domain lets you proclaim your membership in the first family of ... read more ...
 
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Rightside’s initial dual domain names enter landrush - After supporting dozens of Donuts’ launches, Rightside is finally ready to play its own hand. Rightside’s first two top level domain names are getting closer to market. The company, currently part of Demand Media, launched .democrat and .dance in landrush today. Although these are the first two of its own domains to enter landrush, Rightside’s registry operations are handling the backend for Donuts’ domain names. Rightside is running a fairly traditional ... read more ...
 
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Panelist digs adult pivotal fact in Massy.com UDRP - Intent-to-use trademark does in complainant. Neal Massy Holdings, a business conglomerate operating in the Carribean, has lost a UDRP it filed against the domain name Massy.com. Massy.com is owned by domain investor Gregory Ricks. Ricks defended himself without counsel in the UDRP. He made a good defense, pointing out that the domain name is a dictionary word that he registered 14 years ago. He overlooked one key thing, though. Panelist Paul M. DeCicco found this ... read more ...
 
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.Marketing and .Holiday any collect adult 2,000+ domains on initial day - First day .Marketing numbers seem rather low. Donuts launched .marketing and .holiday into general availability yesterday (post the Early Access phase), with both picking up over 2,000 registrations in the first partial day. .Marketing picked up 2,564 domains to hit 2,970 and .holiday added 2,125 to reach 2,341. These numbers are from the zone files, and the actual registrations are probably slightly more than this. I was expecting more from .marketing. Lots of existing ... read more ...
Wed 16th April 2014
Written by The Domains in EN and tagged
Google Reports: Paid Clicks Up 26%, Cost-Per-Click Drops 9%, Stock Down After Hours - Google reported it earnings after the market closed today for the quarter ending ending March 31 Google had $15.4 billion in revenue. Net income was $3.45 billion, which amounted to earnings of $5.04 a share, or $6.27 a share excluding one-time charges. While revenue rose 19% and profit was up 3%, that fell short of Wall Street’s projections. Analysts surveyed by Thomson Reuters were expecting, on average, earnings of $5.28 a share or $6.40 a share after excluding one-time charges, on revenue ... read more ...
 
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Neustar Reports Lower than approaching gain – Stock off 4% in After Hours Trading - Neustar is down in after hours trading as the company reported lower than expected earnings. The stock is off close to 4 % in after hours trading at $27.15. Neustar, Inc. (NYSE: NSR), a trusted, neutral provider of real-time information services and analytics, today announced results for the quarter ended March 31, 2014, and affirmed its revenue and adjusted net income guidance for 2014. Results for First Quarter 2014 Compared to First Quarter 2013 Revenue increased 6% to $229.9 million Revenue ... read more ...