Monthly Archives: May 2014

Thu 1st May 2014
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Google Testing A Version of Chrome that hides the URL - Venture Beat covered a story today that will peak the interest of domain investors. Do we still need the URL — that gangly collection of slashes and gobbledygook? A new experimental version of the Google Chrome browser says no. Chrome Canary, like the legendary canary lowered into mines to early-detect dangerous gases, is a leading-edge version of the Chrome browser. Google uses it to test out ideas, and one idea in the new Chrome 36 version of Canary is to bury the full URL into the top-level ... read more ...
 
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Google Testing A Version of Chrome that hides a URL - Venture Beat covered a story today that will peak the interest of domain investors. Do we still need the URL — that gangly collection of slashes and gobbledygook? A new experimental version of the Google Chrome browser says no. Chrome Canary, like the legendary canary lowered into mines to early-detect dangerous gases, is a leading-edge version of the Chrome browser. Google uses it to test out ideas, and one idea in the new Chrome 36 version of Canary is to bury the full URL into the top-level ... read more ...
 
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Politico: House Appropriations Proposes To Cut NTIA Funding To Prevent ICANN Transition - According to Politico.com the House Appropriations Committee is proposing to slash NTIA spending by 20% to defund the IANA transition. “The House Commerce-Justice-Science appropriations subcommittee report on its FY15 funding bill unveiled this week expresses wariness about NTIA’s plan to relinquish oversight of ICANN.” “The language won’t be official until the full committee approves it – but it’s not a huge surprise, given the House committee is led by Republicans, who have generally ... read more ...
 
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Which New gTLD will be a initial to strike 100K Registrations – Our Poll Results Say .Club - Results from our April Poll show that most people think .Club will be the first to reach 100,000 registrations, .Web came in second and None came in third. In total 373 readers voted. Thank you for taking the time to participate and vote. Which New gTLD Will Be The 1st To Hit 100K Registrations? .CLUB (15%, 57 Votes) .Web (14%, 53 Votes) None Will (9%, 33 Votes) .NYC (8%, 30 Votes) Another New gTLD Not Mentioned (7%, 27 Votes) .App (7%, 27 Votes) .Guru (6%, 24 Votes) .London (6%, 22 Votes) .Berlin ... read more ...
 
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Rightside Signs With Architelos For NameSentry Service Used By 44% Of All … - Architelos, Inc., the premier provider of automated domain name abuse detection and mitigation services, announced it has reached 44% market share for its SaaS based NameSentry abuse detection and mitigation service. Architelos has implemented, or is in the process of implementing NameSentry abuse detection and mitigation service for 172 or 44% of the new gTLDs. Architelos recently concluded an agreement with Rightside™ for providing NameSentry abuse detection and mitigation service for all gTLDs ... read more ...
 
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Rightside Signs With Architelos For NameSentry Service Used By 44% Of All New gTLD’s - Architelos, Inc., the premier provider of automated domain name abuse detection and mitigation services, announced it has reached 44% market share for its SaaS based NameSentry abuse detection and mitigation service. Architelos has implemented, or is in the process of implementing NameSentry abuse detection and mitigation service for 172 or 44% of the new gTLDs. Architelos recently concluded an agreement with Rightside™ for providing NameSentry abuse detection and mitigation service for all gTLDs ... read more ...
 
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Namecheap Debuts “State-of-the-Art Domain Search Functionality” - Namecheap, announced today the launch of our new, more efficient, more responsive search functionality. The new “tailored” search capabilities is described in a Press Release from the comapny t as being “leading-edge technology.” “Designed to streamline the process of finding, tracking and purchasing internet domain names; Namecheap’s updated domain search is clean, user-friendly and intuitive. With the new search, users can customize their display with simple drag-and-drop options and ... read more ...
 
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Architelos’ NameSentry Abuse Mitigation Service Adopted by 44% of New … – Virtual - Architelos, Inc., the premier provider of automated domain name abuse detection and mitigation services, announced it has reached 44% market share for its SaaS based NameSentry abuse detection and mitigation service. According to ICANN, it has signed registry agreements for 386 new generic Top Level Domains (gTLDs); a signed registry agreement is the first and critical step in the launch of any new gTLD. Architelos has implemented, ... read more ...
 
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Go Daddy Auctions Sells 41,812 in Apr 2014 - Go Daddy Auctions Market Report April 2014 Go Daddy sold 41,812 domains in April vs 42,122 in March. Go Daddy adjusted the March 2014 number, it is not uncommon to see adjustments from the previous month. In this report March was increased from 41,242 to 42,122. The other new piece of data was that ecigarettes.com sold for $49,999. The top sale for April was LCT.com at $41,000. Online was the most sold keyword, this continues a trend of being number one for many months in a row. (click to enlarge) ... read more ...
 
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How new top-level domains will impact retail - By Jan Corstens Partner, Deloitte Over the next few years, the Internet will be facing its biggest makeover yet when branded and generic domain names like .nyc, .shop, and .tiffany enter the existing field of Top Level Domains (TLDs) such as .com and .org. The decision by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) to introduce thousands of new TLDs to the web was intended to increase innovation on the Internet and open up opportunities for users to make their mark online. Brands ... read more ...
 
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The Root and the Solution - The Internet was born in the United States as a project of the US Department of Defense and has always enjoyed a close relationship with its parent country. But recently, the United States has begun handing over one of the key functions of Internet governance — control of the Internet’s central directory — to an international body. This shift may seem just. After all, the Internet is a global piece of infrastructure. However, this devolution of control could have unsavory ramifications for ... read more ...
 
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Moniker to switch to DomainDiscount24 interface - Moniker’s interface is being retired. A big change is coming for Moniker customers. The registrar will soon switch it user interface to one very similar to DomainDiscount24.com, another registrar within the KeyDrive family of companies. KeyDrive acquired Moniker in 2011 but has barely touched the site design. In fact, Moniker.com’s interface hasn’t been touched in years, and frankly it’s time for a change. When you transfer domain names out of Moniker you ... read more ...
 
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.Build starts building: 1,700 domains so far - .Build domain name lays the foundation. .Build domain names for the construction and building industries hit general availability on Tuesday. Tim Switzer, head of operations and registrar relations for .BUILD, told Domain Name Wire that the company has about 1,700 registrations including sunrise, landrush, and general availability. Switzer said the number is about what the company expected given the higher price of .build. The domain name retails for about $99. ... read more ...
 
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Namecheap hunt “favorites” is cool. I’m still watchful for improved new TLD search. - Namecheap’s interface is a nice upgrade for domain discovery. It could do better with TLD context, though. Namecheap unveiled a new domain searching interface this morning. The highlight for me is the ability to pick favorite TLDs for future searches. For example, I “hearted” .com, .zone, .guru and .in. When I search for domains in the future I can see results for these favorite extensions by clicking on the Favorites tab. This is a nice upgrade as I no longer ... read more ...
 
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Blackberry files obvious app for predictive & energetic tip turn domain key - Idea is to change from .com to another TLD depending on what you type. Phone maker Blackberry has filed a patent application with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for a predictive and dynamic top level domain name key. We’ve all used the .com key found on many Android devices and previously on Apple phones and tablets. Recent Apple changes now make you press and hold the “.” key to enter .com or select from a list of other extensions. Blackberry’s idea ... read more ...
 
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Wolfram wins .CEO URS brawl on second try - This time the case computes. Search and data company Wolfram has won a Uniform Rapid Suspension (URS) case for Wolfram.ceo…on the second try. It lost the first case because it filed the case as Wolfram Research, Inc. The panelist noted that the trademarks mentioned in the case were owned by Wolfram Group LLC. So Wolfram refiled the case as Wolfram Group LLC and won this time around. The registrant, Andrew Davis, claimed that Wolfram is a common name. The panel didn’t ... read more ...