Tue 23rd June 2015
Written by DomainHack.er in FR and tagged
Bilan 2014 de l’AFNIC en quelques chiffres -   Partager cet article :L’assemblée générale annuelle de l’AFNIC s’est tenue ce mois-ci, et son rapport annuel d’activité 2014 vient d’être publié.Voici quelques faits et données à retenir de cette année :Développement : L’AFNIC, déjà registre de 6 ccTLDs (.fr, .re, .yt, .wf, .tf, .pm), est devenu l’opérateur technique de plusieurs nouvelles extensions en 2014 avec les .ovh, .paris, .bzh et .frogans. En 2015, son panel s’agrandit encore avec les extensions géographiques .alsace et.corsica ... read more ...
 
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Bilan 2014 de l’AFNIC en quelques chiffres | SafeBrands -   Partager cet article :L’assemblée générale annuelle de l’AFNIC s’est tenue ce mois-ci, et son rapport annuel d’activité 2014 vient d’être publié.Voici quelques faits et données à retenir de cette année :Développement : L’AFNIC, déjà registre de 6 ccTLDs (.fr, .re, .yt, .wf, .tf, .pm), est devenu l’opérateur technique de plusieurs nouvelles extensions en 2014 avec les .ovh, .paris, .bzh et .frogans. En 2015, son panel s’agrandit encore avec les extensions géographiques .alsace et.corsica ... read more ...
 
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Whoa: Autism.Rocks sells for $100,000 [Updated] - A shocking sale in a new top level domain name. The domain name Autism.Rocks has sold for a staggering $100,000. And there may be a good reason this domain name sold for so much. The new owner is listed as Sanjay Shah in Dubai. Shah started the charity Autism Rocks, which can be found online at AutismRocks.com. Shah’s young son has autism. Based on news reports, Shah has been a very successful trader. The seller is associated with another autism charity, We Rock for Autism. I talked to him today, ... read more ...
 
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Bill Sweetman “Today, to launch a consumer-facing brand on something other … - CampaignLive.com is a community website focused on the advertising industry, they put out a piece on the new gtlds and looked at the critics and a few who are using the new gtlds. On the critic side there were comments from brands that too much of the profit seems to be coming from a shakedown of those with intellectual property interests. Dot Sucks is discussed in detail, and a mention on Taylor Swift purchasing .porn and .adult. There was upside of Lions Gate Entertainment using a .movie for the ... read more ...
 
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Afilias wins auction for .Promo tip turn domain name - Domain name is second to sell through Innovative Auctions’ Top Level Auction service. Domain name registry Afilias has won rights to the top level domain name .Promo in an auction organized by Innovative Auctions. Phenomena Group Oy was the only applicant with ICANN for the .promo domain name, but the company decided it made more sense to sell the domain name to another party rather than run it itself. Innovative Auctions sold the domain name through its Top Level Auction offering, a service ... read more ...
 
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XYZ Adds .Protection As the 8th New gTLD it Has Ownership Interest In - Earlier today we wrote about the .XYZ team buying the new gTLD .Security from Symantec .XYZ has now announced they have also acquired the new gTLD .Protection from Symantec as well. The .XYZ group now owns or has a interest in 8 new gTLD’s. .XYZ; .College, .Rent .Security; .Protection and an half ownership of .auto; .car and .cars with Uniregistry. Here is the announcement by .XYZ on .Protection “What are the different ways an individual or small business can advantageously use .Protection domains? ... read more ...
 
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LogicBoxes Helps .MN Registry Grow by 350% - LogicBoxes, the business consulting and automation technology provider for ccTLD New gTLD Registries, Domain Registrars and Web Hosts, today announced the milestone achievement of completing 10 successful years of partnership with Datacom LLC, the .MN Registry. .MN is the ccTLD for the country of Mongolia LogicBoxes met Datacom’s requirement for a long-term partner that would help them achieve their business goals. It helped setup Datacom on OrderBox, including web email hosting, website builders ... read more ...
 
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KSregistry shows refreshed website at ICANN Meeting - KSregistry June 22nd, 2015 By:THN News(The Hosting News) – Duly for the 53rd ICANN Meeting that takes place from June 21-25, 2015 in Buenos Aires, the KSregistry GmbH presents its new revised website with clear design, user-friendly structure and comprehensive services. KSregistry, a hundred percent subsidiary of the international registrar Key-Systems, offers customers the customized, technical operation of their registry as well as consulting services for operating of a Top Level Domain (TLD). ... read more ...
 
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Verisign admits: It is formidable to brand fascinating domain names that are available - Patent says it’s hard to find available domains, marketing says most domain lookups are successful. When do your company’s intellectual property efforts contradict your marketing efforts? The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office just issued patent number 9,065,794 (pdf) to Verisign for “Systems and methods for providing domain name suggestions”. The patent describes ways of finding domain names based on user preferences and external data sources. I’m struck by a statement in the patent: A distinctive, ... read more ...
 
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Symantec sells .Security and .Protection domains to XYZ - Symantec now left with two .brand domain names. Security software firm Symantec has sold its two non-brand top level domain names to XYZ, the company behind the .xyz top level domain name. XYZ says the .security domain name can be used for anything from private security to building security to internet security, with domains like ComputerSoftware.security and DowntownLosAngeles.Security. The company notes that a lot of security companies use the term protection in their brand names and slogans. Protection ... read more ...
 
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Nominet (.UK) Release Domain Name Dispute Report For 2014 - Nominet, the nonprofit that  behind .UK, released its the annual summary of domain name disputes bought before its Dispute Resolution Service (DRS) which is similar to the UDRP system. A total of 726 complaints were made, up 8% on 2013. However, 2014 also saw a 51% increase in the number of cases where people were able to come to an agreement themselves and with the help of a Nominet mediator, without needing to appoint an expert to make the decision. 55% of cases resulted in the domain name being ... read more ...
 
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Bill Sweetman "Today, to launch a consumer-facing code on something other than a .COM is risky." - CampaignLive.com is a community website focused on the advertising industry, they put out a piece on the new gtlds and looked at the critics and a few who are using the new gtlds. On the critic side there were comments from brands that too much of the profit seems to be coming from a shakedown of those with intellectual property interests. Dot Sucks is discussed in detail, and a mention on Taylor Swift purchasing .porn and .adult. There was upside of Lions Gate Entertainment using a .movie for the ... read more ...
 
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Congress TM Caucus Tells ICANN To Give Amazon; .Amazon If It Wants Its Independence - The co-chairman’s of the Congressional Trademark Caucus, wrote to ICANN telling them they need to approve Amazon’s application for .Amazon which has been rejected due to “rights” asserted by Brazil nor Peru in relation to the Amazon Forest and tied the outcome of this issue to the IANA transition away from US oversight that ICANN is seeking: “At this critical stage in which the United States Government prepares to transition stewardship of the JANA functions, we believe it is incumbent ... read more ...
 
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Názvy s doménou .Pharmacy budou obecně přístupné od 3. června … - Národní asociace lékárenských rad (The National Association of Boards of Pharmacy® – NABP®) s potěšením oznamuje, že internetová doména .pharmacy bude obecně k dispozici od 3. června 2015. V té době se budou moci všechny lékárny a související subjekty ucházet o názvy s doménou .pharmacy. Doména nejvyššího řádu (TLD) .pharmacy byla spuštěna v roce 2014 a asociace NABP schválila více než 300 názvů s doménou .pharmacy, o které bylo požádáno v předcházejícím ... read more ...
 
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DropCatch offers name-your-own-price bulk backorders - Service lets customers place backorders for as little as $15. Expired domain name service DropCatch.com has launched a beta test of a discount club for customers who backorder a lot of domain names. DropCatch’s standard minimum price is $59 for a backorder. Under the new program, bulk customers can bid anywhere from $15-$58. If more than one bulk customer places an order and DropCatch catches it, the highest initial bid wins out. There are no auctions. There’s a bit of a catch: bulk bids below ... read more ...
 
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Namecheap Launches Respectourprivacy.com To Save Private Whois Registrations - Namecheap.com, in association with the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and Fight For The Future (FFTF), launched the website Respectourprivacy.com to allow people to file a comment with ICANN letting them know they object to the proposed rule that would greatly restrict the use of privacy or proxy services on whois records of domain names. ICANN public comment period closes on July 7th midnight UTC. As of yesterday there were only 8 comments posted to the ICANN site. Today there are 833. The ... read more ...
 
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Google Domains is renewing domain names for free - Select customers who turn on auto renew by July 11 get a free one year renewal. Google Domains, Google’s newish domain name registration service, is renewing domain names for free. The company sent an email to some of its customers today, offering to renew their domain names free for a year if they turn on auto renew. The offer only applies to domain names registered before June 21, so you can’t register domain names today and get two years for one. However, for domains registered prior to that ... read more ...
 
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.XYZ Buys The New gTLD .Security From Symantec - According to a post on its Corporate blog last night .XYZ announced that it acquired the new gTLD .Security “Coming to you in late-2015, .Security will be the domain for security-related entities, professionals, and all companies that would like a secure and authoritative online presence.” .Security was originally applied for by three companies, Defender Security Company (DefenderDirect.com), Donuts and Symantec Corporation who won the rights to operate the extension after a private auction. Symantec ... read more ...
 
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TLD Reduces Shimmy Impact on E-bikes - 8:30news Sales Trends WEINSBERG, Germany – Unstable driving behaviour of e-bikes and speed pedelecs caused by the shimmy effect of the handlebar often causes accidents. The TLD inside steering damper can prevent this and ensure a trouble-free ride. Photo: The inside demper prevents shimmy effect with e-bikes. – Photo TLD The shimmy effect generally occurs when the frequencies of various components on the e-bike, like the frame, fork and tires overlay in a mutually reinforcing way. ... read more ...
Mon 22nd June 2015
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TLD Security, Spec 11 and Business Implications - After successfully securing your new TLD, launching it, and executing on your meticulously devised marketing plan, the only other concern you face is Security. Unfortunately, predicting exactly when and to what degree a security threat will occur can be difficult but you can take steps to make your new TLD a source of legitimacy and credibility. You may ask: Why security? One obvious reason: Specification 11. As part of the ICANN Registry Agreement, registry operators are required to ... read more ...
 
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Information-Age.com: Will Google Switch To .Google & .YouTube By The End Of … - Information-Age.com just published a story written by Russell Haworth, the CEO of Nominet which runs the .UK registry about the Branded Internet. The story talks about the beginning of brands using their new gTLD domain names in lieu of their .com’s starting  with Barclays recent announcement of the launch of branded domain names .barclays and .barclaycard. Here is the sentence that caught my eye: “There are some interesting whispers from the media and entertainment industry too: Google is ... read more ...
 
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Taubira comparée à un singe : la condamnation d’une ex-candidate … - La cour d'appel de Cayenne a annulé ce lundi la condamnation d'Anne-Sophie Leclère pour "injure publique à caractère racial" sur la personne de Christiane Taubira. L'ex-candidate FN aux municipales 2014 à Rethel (Ardennes) avait écopé en juillet dernier de 9 mois de prison ferme et de 5 ans d'inéligibilité en première instance pour avoir comparé la Garde des Sceaux à un singe. Le tribunal était allé au-delà des réquisitions du parquet.Dans son arrêt rendu lundi, la cour d'appel a ... read more ...
 
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Now You Can Register .sucks Domain Names - Phew, we made it to Monday without the entire corporate world melting down. At midnight yesterday, a new Top-Level-Domain (TLD) went live, joining the ranks of .com, .org and newer upstarts like .london. Now you can register domains with the suffix ".sucks". The TLD has big corporations terrified as it means we could soon see websites like Coke.Sucks, PlayStation.Sucks or BT.Sucks shoot up the Google rankings. According to The Register there have already been allegations that the registrar ... read more ...
 
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Information-Age.com: Will Google Switch To .Google & .YouTube By The End Of The Year - Information-Age.com just published a story written by Russell Haworth, the CEO of Nominet which runs the .UK registry about the Branded Internet. The story talks about the beginning of brands using their new gTLD domain names in lieu of their .com’s starting  with Barclays recent announcement of the launch of branded domain names .barclays and .barclaycard. Here is the sentence that caught my eye: “There are some interesting whispers from the media and entertainment industry too: Google is ... read more ...
 
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KSregistry mit neuer Website zum ICANN Meeting - St. Ingbert (ots) – Rechtzeitig zum 53. ICANN Meeting, das vom 21. bis 25. Juni in Buenos Aires stattfindet, präsentiert die KSregistry GmbH ihre neu überarbeitete Website mit klarem Design, nutzerfreundlicher Struktur und umfassenden Serviceangeboten. KSregistry, eine hundertprozentige Tochter des international tätigen Registrars Key-Systems, bietet Kunden den individuell gestalteten, technischen Betrieb ihrer Registry sowie Beratungsleistungen zum Betrieb einer Top Level Domain (TLD) an. ... read more ...