‘dotBank, dotBeer or dotFootball are more memorable than country code domain … -
Face off: Stuart Fuller, director, commercial operations, NetNames
EVER since internet came into being, people typed “.com” or “.org” to visit websites of their choice. It was in 2011 that the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) announced a shake-up in the system that millions of people across the world used to navigate the web. ICANN proposed the introduction of a new domain name system that will allow entities—individuals and corporations alike—to create ... read more ...
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Mon 2nd February 2015
3° Campionato italiano F-Class 2015 - La National Rifle Association of Italy (Nra It) e il comitato Fi-Tld hanno annunciato l’apertura delle iscrizioni al 3° Campionato italiano F-Class 2015, a partire da mercoledì 21 gennaio. Il Campionato è riservato unicamente agli associati della Nra It, in regola con il tesseramento per l’anno 2015 al momento dell’iscrizione. Come da regolamento internazionale, le categorie ammesse sono due: – F-Class Tr con carabina in 223 o 308, utilizzo di bipiede, peso fino 8,25 kg compresi di ... read more ...
Sun 1st February 2015
Generic Top Level Domains – Current Sunrise Periods Open January 2015 Update -
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Sat 31st January 2015
Would you have applied for a new GTLD if you knew what you know now ? -
On the one year anniversary of the rollout of new gtlds to the public, our January poll question was, “Would you have applied for a new GTLD if you knew what you know now ?”
We had 110 votes and 62 people voted no while 48 voted yes. This may have been a tricky question because a lot of participants may not have had the ability to embark on such an adventure due to the price.
I think if you could have been one string registry, that secured its string uncontested it would be intriguing , something ... read more ...
Fri 30th January 2015
Theralase’s Latest Research on Anti-Cancer Technology Accepted for … - (via Thenewswire.ca)
Toronto, Ontario / TheNewswire / January 29, 2015 / Theralase Technologies Inc. ("Theralase") (TLT:TSXV) (TLTFF: OTC Pink(R)) announced today that its latest research on its lead Photo Dynamic Compound ("PDC") TLD-1433 binding to transferrin has been accepted for presentation at the 15th International Photodynamic Association ("IPA") / Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers ("SPIE") Biophotonics Conference taking place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from May 22 to 26, ... read more ...
Thu 29th January 2015
New .BAND Domains Offer Online Visibility For MusicIans -
Industry veteran Jeff Pollack, CEO of Global Media Entertainment for Pollack Music Media Group, knows firsthand the importance of recognizable branding for bands and musicians. "Artists require not only talent, but also a strong, creative identity that will allow them to stand out in a highly competitive musical landscape," he said. "New domain name options, like .BAND, give musicians exciting new opportunities to extend a unique identity online."
.BAND offers a unique platform that artists ... read more ...
1st Day New gTLD Totals .Space 1784; .Band 776: .Rip 348; .How 250; .Ryukyu … - Five new gTLD’s had their first day of general availability (GA) yesterday.
Here the total number of domain registrations after the first day.
These total include all domains registered in Sunrise by trademark holders as well as any domains registered during an Early Access Program or Landrush where people paid extra money to get early access to domain registrations:
.Space 1,784
.Band 776
.Rip 348
.How 250
.Ryukyu 143
The purpose of .ryukyu is to promote Okinawa and spread to the world Okinawa ... read more ...
Wed 28th January 2015
Watch: Darryn Durham Shreds Castillo Ranch MX - Double D signed with the Lucas Oil/TLD/Red Bull KTM crew for 2015 after two years with the Pro Circuit Kawasaki team. His SX season thus far has unfortunately played to the same tune as his past two seasons – he was injured at Anaheim 1, and is again on the sidelines. In fact, the only race we’ve seen him finish on the KTM has been Red Bull Straight Rhythm.
The truth still remains, though, that Durham is one of the most talented riders in the country right now. As with most professional riders ... read more ...
For Brands With a gTLD, It’s Time to Rethink Your SEO Strategy -
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Owning your own generic top-level domain (gTLD) means it's important to rethink your SEO strategy, as gTLDs will ultimately change how people search and navigate the Internet.
Search engine optimization (SEO) is always evolving in response to changes in user behavior and the algorithms that users rely upon to find their way around the Internet. Apps and social media have also become dominant players into SEO strategy as we learn ... read more ...
Tue 27th January 2015
Openbaar Vervoer De Lijn wordt vanaf 1 februari flink duurder -
Het zonetarief verdwijnt omdat het huidige zonetarief achterhaald is en te ingewikkeld voor de reizigers, aldus De Lijn. In de plaats komt er een tijdstarief van 1 uur. Tijdens dat uur mogen reizigers onbeperkt overstappen. Na dat uur mag dat niet meer, maar mag de rit wel nog afgemaakt worden. Een gewoon biljet, waarmee je dus een uur kan reizen, kost voortaan 3 euro. Er komt één Lijnkaart -goed voor 10 maal een uur reizen- voor de prijs van 14 euro, in plaats van 10 euro nu. ... read more ...
Howard Lefkowitz Shares Insight About His New Company -
Howard Lefkowitz is something of an icon in Las Vegas. As the former CEO of Vegas.com, Lefkowitz has tremendous experience building and managing a great brand, and he has a massive rolodex of contacts in Las Vegas and in the travel industry.
While attending NamesCon, I had the opportunity to have dinner with Lefkowitz, and we chatted about his new company, One Degree World. To me, one of the most interesting aspects of this travel technology company is that it is in the process of launching ... read more ...
Internet grows to 284 million domain names in Q3 2014: Verisign -
New Delhi: US-based Internet infrastructure services provider Verisign today said 4 million domain names were added to the Internet in July-September 2014 taking the total number to 284 million globally.Domain names rose by 1.6 per cent quarter-on-quarter compared to the second quarter of 2014, while globally registrations grew 18.1 million or 6.8 per cent, year-on-year.“Four million domain names were added to the Internet in third quarter of 2014, bringing the total number ... read more ...
Donuts Win Another New gTLD .Express Beating Out Express.com: No ICANN … - Donuts has won yet another new gTLD string ahead winning .Express.
The only other applicant was submitted by Express.com who has now withdrawn their application.
This domain was scheduled for an ICANN Last Resort Auction.
There are now 11 new gTLD scheduled to go to an ICANN in February and 19 more for March.
As things have been going the vast majority of these will be settle ahead of time by private auction while some contention groups will ask and receive an extension.
Several contention sets that ... read more ...
¿Cuáles son los dominios argentinos de Internet más caros? -
Sedo, el mercado de dominios y proveedor de monetización más grande del mundo, anunció su lista de 2014 de las principales ventas de dominios públicos del año.
Encabeza la lista mm.com, que cerró el año con 1,2 millones de dólares, tras arrebatar el lugar más alto del podio a true.com con 350.000 dólares.
En la lista de este año también también crecieron los ccTLD, entre ellos kaffee.de con 100.000 euros ("café" en alemán), chat.fr con 99.999 euros ("gato" en francés) y musik.de ... read more ...
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Verisign, Inc.(NASDAQ:VRSN) a worldwide leader in domain names and Internet security, publicized four million domain names were added to the Internet in the third ... read more ...
Internet grows by 4 mln domain names to 284 mln Q3 -
VeriSign, a provider of domain names and internet security, announced 4 million domain names were added to the internet in the third quarter of 2014, bringing the total number of registered domain names to 284 million worldwide across all top-level domains (TLDs) as of 30 September 2014, according to the latest Domain Name Industry Brief.
The increase of four million domain names globally equates to a growth rate of 1.6% over the second quarter of 2014. Worldwide registrations have grown by ... read more ...
Mon 26th January 2015
Valideus Lures 15-Year Veteran Jeff Neuman Away from Neustar to Help … -
London
based
management consultancy Valideus
decided to launch a sister company
in the United States and they
have certainly gotten off on the
right foot by appointing veteran
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Over half of domains registered in Spain in 2014 were .es -
Monday 26 January 2015 | 15:15 CET | News
The number of domain names registered under the country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Spain, .es, increased by 3.46 percent in 2014 and for the first time accounted for over half of all internet domains registered in the country, according to internet development agency Red.es. The total number of .es domain name registrations in 2014 reached 1,755,224, compared to the 1,696,538 registered the previous ... read more ...
Sizzling News:Verisign (VRSN), Prosperity Bancshares (PB), Chambers Street … - Las Vegas, NV – January 26, 2015 — (TechSonian) –Verisign, Inc. (NASDAQ:VRSN)updated four million domain names were added to the Internet in the third quarter of 2014, bringing the total number of registered domain names to 284 million worldwide across all top-level domains (TLDs) as of Sept. 30, 2014, according to the latest Domain Name Industry Brief.During the third quarter of 2014, Verisign’s average daily Domain Name System (DNS) query load was 114 billion across all TLDs operated by ... read more ...
Valideus launches in US with Neuman hire -
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The Next Global Name Branding Boom - There are some million new cyber brands about to appear on the global e-commerce, big or small they will skate all around the globe. The influx of new dot names called gTLD cyber brands creating new name identities like wine.club, flat.paris loans.london or tax.kpmg jim.pharmacyThe bottom line; the global domain name expansion is unstoppable, the global hunger for brand name visibility is irresistible and the clash of the two is now inevitable.The new gTLD owners of 2000 such game changers armed ... read more ...
APC’s .ng Domain Name, Website is Active, Says NIRA -
By Emma Okonji
The Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NIRA), the registry for .ng domain names, which maintains the database of names registered in the .ng country code Top Level Domain (ccTLD), has maintained that the website of All Progressives Congress (APC), was never shutdown for any reason.
NIRA said the party's website, which was registered since February 7, 2013, under the internet domain name, www.apc.com.ng, was not shutdown by NIRA, and reiterated that the website is still ... read more ...
Sun 25th January 2015
ICANN CEO Fadi Bites The Hand That Feeds It Calling out Those “Hogging … - Fadi Chehade, CEO of ICANN, in a story published by the HuffingtonPost.com, which also contains a video interview with Fadi at World Economic Forum in Davos, explaining how we “went from twenty-something” top domain names to hundreds” throws large domain investors under the bus and then backs up the bus and rolls over them again calling them Cybersquatters.
In respond to a questions regarding “land grabs” in the new domain extension Fadi said:
“The reality is, the more there are names ... read more ...
Donuts Wins The Rights To Operate The New gTLD .Cafe Beating Out Co. That … - Donuts has picked up another new gTLD extension winning the rights to .Cafe, beating out Punto 2012 the registry that runs .Bar and .Rest.
The new gTLD string .Cafe was scheduled to go to the ICANN Last Resort auction later this Month.
Other new gTLD’s that touch .cafe include .Restaurant, which is operated by Donuts
.Eat was applied for by Google
.Food is in contention by three parties
.Rest one of the two strings owned by Punto 2012 and is meant to be a shortener for .Restaurant
... read more ...
Sat 24th January 2015
Afilias Wins The .Bet new gTLD Beating Donuts, Famous Four & UK Gambling … - The new gTLD .Bet has been settled in what we can only guess was a private auction won by Afilias.
Afilias won the rights to operate the new Top Level Domain beating out two big portfolio applicants Donuts and Famous Four Media as well as Ladbrokes a publicly traded British based gaming company.
According to Afilias application with ICANN they expect to have 21K .Bet domain registrations by the end of year three.
.Bet was set to be resolved later this month in the ICANN Last Resort Auction.
Here ... read more ...