Tag Archives: minds and machines

Mon 22nd February 2016
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Antony Van Couvering dismissed as CEO of Minds + Machines - Van Couvering out, Hall in as CEO. Minds + Machines co-founder Antony Van Couvering has been ousted as CEO of the company by its board. He will be replaced by Toby Hall, who was named Chief Marketing Officer of the company just last month after working as a marketing consultant for the company. Hall was worked for years with companies publicly traded on the London AIM exchange. Minds + Machines trades as MMX on the AIM. In a press release issued today, the company wrote: The Group is currently making ... read more ...
Mon 17th March 2014
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RrSG provides justification to behind adult claims done opposite Minds + Machines - Communication shows that Web.com didn’t receive contract until after reservation program was live. Last month I wrote that ICANN’s Registrar Stakeholder Group (RrSG) was questioning if Top Level Domain Holdings/Minds + Machines’ “Priority Registration System” complied with ICANN contracts. Issues around registry and registrar cross ownership and making sure registries provide equal opportunity to unaffiliated registrars are sure to pop up in coming years. ... read more ...
Mon 7th May 2012
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Donuts and Minds + Machines updates on TAS and new TLDs - Interesting posts from the perspective of new TLD applicants. The new TLD delay continues and ICANN just released the total number of applications received so far (over 2,000). So what does this mean for new TLD applicants? Two of the largest recently published blog posts that shed some light on it. First, eNom founder Paul Stahura (now with new TLD applicant Donuts Inc) wrote about the application glitch and how it could affect applications. Donuts saw one other ... read more ...
Mon 18th July 2011
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Former ICANN Chairman Joins Minds + Machines - Peter Dengate Thrush joins publicly traded company poised to profit from new top level domain names. That was quick. Less than a month after pushing through a vote approving the new top level domain name program at his last meeting as ICANN Chairman, Peter Dengate Thrush has joined a company applying for new top level domain names. Dengate Thrush will join Top Level Domain Holdings (parent company of Minds + Machines) as Executive Chairman. His compensation package ... read more ...
Mon 18th January 2010
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An Easy Way to Comment on EOI for New Top Level Domain Names - Web based form makes commenting easy. Last week I wrote about how International Trademark Association (INTA) asked its members to comment on ICANN’s proposed “Expressions of Interest” (EOI) scheme for new top level domain names. As a result of INTA’s request to its members, the comments for EOI are filled with unhelpful one-liners such as “I do not support ICANN’s acceptance of pre-registrations for new gTLDs.” If you’d like to leave a more ... read more ...
Wed 28th October 2009
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Minds and Machines Settles Food Fight with Wolfgang Puck - Consulting company settles fight with Wolfgang and Gelila Puck. New top level domain name consultancy Minds + Machines has settled its lawsuit brought against restaurateur Wolfgang Puck and his wife Gelila. Minds + Machines, along with its parent company Top Level Domain Holdings and Frederick Krueger, sued the Pucks last month, alleging that Gelila Puck inserted herself into all of the plaintiff’s business dealings and that Wolfgang Puck had not upheld his end ... read more ...