Tue 4th November 2014
Written by DomainHack.er in DE and tagged
.DE – die erfolgreichste Länderdomain - Wenn man die Länderendung für den Pazifik-Staat Tokelau (.tk) abzieht (immerhin kann man diese kostenlos registrieren), ist .de die erfolgreichste ccTLD der Welt! Die Domainendung aus Deutschland ist das Zeichen dafür, dass das Volk der Dichter und Denker letztendlich auch im Internet angekommen ist; aus ihm ist ein Volk der Blogger und Online-Shopper geworden. Knapp 16.000.000 Registrierungen sprechen eine eindeutige Sprache. Eine Sprache, die jeder Deutsche bestätigen wird. Das Kürzel ".de" ... read more ...
 
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.DE – die erfolgreichste Länderdomain - (PresseBox) (Bonn, 04.11.2014) Wenn man die Länderendung für den Pazifik-Staat Tokelau (.tk) abzieht (immerhin kann man diese kostenlos registrieren), ist .de die erfolgreichste ccTLD der Welt! Die Domainendung aus Deutschland ist das Zeichen dafür, dass das Volk der Dichter und Denker letztendlich auch im Internet angekommen ist; aus ihm ist ein Volk der Blogger und Online-Shopper geworden. Knapp 16.000.000 Registrierungen sprechen ... read more ...
 
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Endurance International (EIGI) Acquires The Assets of BuyDomains.com - Endurance International Group Holdings, Inc. (EIGI), which bought Directi for $110 million ealier this year, has purchased the assets of BuyDomains.com in the according to its financial results for its third quarter ended September 30, 2014. Endurance also owns a number of domain name registrars and hosting companies. Under “Third Quarter Operating Highlights” the company announced they acquired three company’s for a total of $77 Million: “During the quarter, the company acquired Webzai, ... read more ...
 
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Minds + Machines Says They Are Pleased With New gTLD Results; Investors Not So Much - Minds + Machines (LON:MMX) in a story published by proactiveinvestors.co.uk today saying “it is pleased with the revenues from its emerging portfolio of generic top level domains.” “Around US$4 Million has been generated by the new domains M+M is involved with and, according to analysts, the AIM group’s share is around £300,000 for the first half of 2014, driven mostly from .London domain name registrations M+M operates .London on behalf of London Partners, the city’s promotional body. “Industry ... read more ...
 
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Its Official: ICANN 52 Is Relocated To Singapore - ICANN has relocated its 52nd meeting scheduled to take place in Marrakech, Morocco in February 2015, to Singapore In the official announcement made tonight by ICANN said: “Community concerns that would prevent maximum participation at its next global meeting (ICANN 52, 8-12 February 2015), a critical one given the ongoing discussions around the IANA Stewardship Transition and ICANN Accountability, has prompted ICANN to postpone the meeting in Marrakech, Morocco and to relocate to Singapore on ... read more ...
 
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Anyone Remember Pagers? Someone Does & Bought Pager.com For $42K On Sedo - The domain name Pager.com just sold for $42,000 on Sedo.com Back in the day before Smartphones, Tablets, Facebook and Twitter and even the lowly cell phone, people had pagers for those trying to get a hold of them. Yes boys and girls we are going way back to the time that is pretty much after smoke signals. Today the domain name Pager.com sold on Sedo.com for $42,000 According to Estibot.com the domain has a value of $122,000. There are no ads on Google under the term or on the side (at least for ... read more ...
 
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Why Endurance bought BuyDomains, and because a cost competence make sense - BuyDomains is a natural fit for Endurance, and you need to look at more than price-per-domain to understand its value. Endurance International, a $2.1 billion (market cap) rollup of hosting and domain name companies, announced this morning that it acquired BuyDomains from NameMedia. The tie-up makes sense for Endurance, which is generally considered the #2 domain name registrar in terms of domains under management. It will now be able to sell its massive customer ... read more ...
 
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John Berryhill fills Noah’s Ark, gets another retreat domain name hijacking win - Domain attorney defends owner of Squirrels.com in his latest animal-related UDRP. Domain name attorney John Berryhill is either Noah, busily filling up his ark, or he has a fetish with animals. He’s successfully defended UDRP filings against Pig.com, Elephant.com, Ant.com and Elk.com. Now you can add Squirrels.com to the list. World Intellectual Property Organization has just handed down a decision in Squirrels LLC vs. Giorgio Uzonian for the domain name Squirrels.com. As ... read more ...
 
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Ebola army ICANN to pierce assembly from Morocco to Singapore - Without specifically citing Ebola, ICANN moves meeting due to Ebola-inflicted attendance concerns. That “confidential agenda item” at last week’s ICANN Board meeting? A decision to move the next ICANN meeting, which was scheduled for Morocco in February. It will be held in Singapore instead. Without specifically citing Ebola, the board resolved to move the meeting due to attendance concerns. In addition to people being scared of traveling to the region and catching ... read more ...
 
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Minds + Machines tighten to $4 million in domain registration revenue - Company says it has sold the equivalent of nearly a half million .com domain names. New top level domain name portfolio company Minds + Machines issued a press release this morning touting its results to date after launching 10 new TLDs. According to the release: The Directors are highly satisfied with the overall progress of these launches, particularly from a revenue perspective. When measured on a .com equivalent cost basis, registrations within Minds + Machines ... read more ...
 
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Endurance continues to hurl up, acquires BuyDomains - NameMedia sells off domain name portfolio. Publicly traded Endurance International Group continued its roll up of the webhosting and domain name business last quarter with the acquisition of BuyDomains, the company announced today. In his prepared statements for its quarterly earnings call, Endurance CEO Hari Ravichandran said: Second, we closed the acquisition of BuyDomains, a Waltham, MA based provider of premium domain products and services, in the second half ... read more ...
Mon 3rd November 2014
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GoDaddy Opens European Customer Care Centre - Go Daddy put out a press release today with regards to them opening a European customer care centre to serve their EMEA clients. The centre will be in Belfast, Northern Ireland. GoDaddy, the world’s largest technology provider dedicated to small businesses, today announced it has opened a new customer care centre in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The new centre will provide localised customer care to the company’s EMEA customer base. Belfast was chosen as the location for the centre due to the availability ... read more ...
 
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Facebook Is Becoming A Bigger Rival To Google In The Mobile Ad Space - Jennifer Booton of MarketWatch reported that when it comes to mobile advertising Facebook is unrivaled according to Morgan Stanley analyst Ben Swinburne. Google and Facebook are duking it out in the mobile advertising space and mobile has been an area that has been challenging for Google. Morgan Stanley analyst Ben Swinburne predicted Monday, after initiating coverage of Facebook at overweight. This comes as Facebook continues to nab a larger share of the global display market, with impressions ... read more ...
 
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TaxiBot Approved To Enter Service With 737 Fleet - The European Aviation Safety Agency and the Civil Aviation Authority of Israel have issued a supplementary type certificate (STC) for the TaxiBot aircraft towing system developed by Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) in partnership with France’s TLD and Lufthansa LEOS. Plans call for the semi-robotic, pilot-controlled system io begin commercial operations with Lufthansa at Germany’s Frankfurt Airport by the ... read more ...
 
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Izraelski system holowania boeingów - Opracowane przez Israel Aerospace ciągniki TaxiBot zyskały uznanie w Europie oraz Izraelu. Nowa konstrukcja już niedługo może wykonywać manewry holowania wąskokadłubowych Boeingów 737. Roczny koszt holowania na świecie samolotów pasażerskich dojdzie do 8,4 mld dolarów w 2020 r., ale system TaxiBot - jak zapewnia producent - może zmniejszyć ten koszt do poniżej 3 mld dol. Ponadto zmniejsza emisję spalin o 85 proc. i hałasu o 50 proc. TaxiBot jest częściowo zrobotyzowanym pojazdem ... read more ...
 
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B737 TaxiBot cleared by European safety chiefs - The Boeing 737 has now been officially certified for TaxiBot dispatch towing by the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA). The Supplement Type Certificate (STC) which has also been granted by the Civil Aviation Authority of Israel (CAAI) was issued for Boeing 737 Classic aircraft. TaxiBot, a semi-robotic pilot-controlled vehicle, is designed to transport aircraft from airport gate to the runway and back, without using the aircraft’s engines. TaxiBot in-service evaluation will start in the ... read more ...
 
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URS Examiner Hands Over PPR.Wang Without Even Citing Complainant’s Trademark - KERING of Paris, France just won a proceeding under the Uniform Rapid Suspension (URS) policy to get the domain name PPR.Wang Suspended Mr. Sebastian Matthew White Hughes, was the Examiner who found that KERING owned a trademark on the term “PPR” The problem I have with this decision is that the Examiner didn’t take the time to mention where the trademark was granted, what is was granted for or when the trademark was granted and obviously PPR is a very generic term. In The US alone there are ... read more ...
 
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Donuts Launches .RESTAURANT and .GIFTS as Registrations in New Internet … - BELLEVUE, Wash., Nov. 3, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Donuts Inc., the world's largest registry for new generic top-level domains (gTLDs), continues its expansion of the Internet's global addressing system in November by making three new domains available to the public. On November 5, users worldwide will be able to register addresses in .RESTAURANT, .GIFTS and .SARL (a corporate identifier). Donuts will also make .WORLD available for early registration by trademark holders on November 4.  Last month, ... read more ...
 
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Founder of Shazam Got His Inspirations From 900 Numbers & Premium Texts & Hasn’t Made A Dime - Chris Barton is the founder of the wildly popular app Shazam. Shazam basically can detect the name of any song you hear (other than live music) whether it was on the radio, and without having to know the name of a radio station. It would work anywhere, a bar, a club, a cafe, a movie theater, a retail store, anywhere you heard music. and tell you the name of the song as well as the artist and link to where you can buy it on iTunes as well as to other music services. Mixergy.com, published an interview ... read more ...
 
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Registrant Of Playboy.London Wants To Keep The Domain For His unborn Child Hoping Its A Boy - Standard.co.uk just published a blog post entitled “Property boss at war with Playboy over Dot London domain name” Michael Ross, director of CNM estates, registered the domain name Playboy.London after the publishing company failed to register the domain name in the Sunrise period that was opened to trademark holders According to Mr. Ross, he received a strongly worded letter from its Los Angeles lawyers demanding he transfers the domain immediately. However Mr Ross, “who once visited the Playboy ... read more ...
 
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.NYC Now Has More Registrations Than .London - .NYC has passed .London in the number of domain registrations. According to nTLDstats.com, .NYC now has 48,671 domain names registered compare to .London which has 48,479. .NYC has moved into the 8th spot for the most registered new gTLD and .London is number 9. Both .NYC and .London, passed .Photography which now has 47,439 domain names. According to RegistrarStats.com, .NYC passed .London in terms of domain registrations last week. RegistrarStats.com shows .NYC with 47,741 domain names registered ... read more ...
 
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IPv6 web starts to look like the internet we know - Linux and AIX Bare-Metal Recovery Webinar Hurricane Electric's daily report on IPv6 adoption isn't the kind of thing you'd report on too often, but Vulture South sometimes takes a look in case the internet suddenly woke up and decided to ramp up its deployment of the addressing scheme.Germany is the largest national IPv6 top-level domain (TLD) with 13,155,766 domains, with Canada far behind at 1,420,247, and nearly 96 per cent of TLDs have IPv6 nameservers somewhere. ... read more ...
 
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Domain Appraisals with Estibot’s Luc Lezon – Domain Name Wire Podcast #5 - Listen to Domain Name Wire Podcast #5. What’s a domain name worth? It’s the key question whenever you buy or sell a domain name. That’s part of the reason people use Estibot.com to appraise 1.8 million domain names a day. Automated domain name valuations are not without their critics. On this week’s podcast, we chat with the guy behind the Estibot service, Luc Lezon. We discuss some of the factors in the Estibot algorithm, the challenges of domain valuation ... read more ...
 
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Michael Bloomberg’s waggish .NYC domain name registrations - Michael Bloomberg protects himself in .NYC. Who is one of the new .NYC domain name’s top registrants? None other than former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg. Or a law firm representing him, to be more specific*. I count 400 domain names that appear to have been registered on Bloomberg’s behalf. Many of them seem like reasonable registrations to protect his interests: bloombergfamilyfoundation.nyc bloomberggiving.nyc officialmikebloomberg.nyc But there are ... read more ...
 
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.OOO runs another full page, front page journal ad - They’re spending big bucks, but they’ll have to back it up with results rather than just lies and predictions. Last month I wrote about Infibeam, the company behind the new domain name .ooo, and its front page ad on the Times of India. It has returned with another front page ad – including the inside front page. The inside page of the ad, which you can see here, talks about Infibeam’s vision for the domain name. I don’t know if I’d call it a vision or ... read more ...