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Wed 27th May 2015
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TLD Podcast #11: Dirrell-DeGale & Khan-Algieri - In this episode, Diego and I recap the surprisingly thrilling and close fight between James DeGale and Andre Dirrell. DeGale made history by becoming the first British Olympic gold medalist to win a professional world title, and we speculate about what’s next for both DeGale and Dirrell. We also preview Amir Khan-Chris Algieri and Kell Brook-Frankie Gavin, and consider the broader landscape at welterweight. (Note: I incorrectly state that Dirrell lost to Arthur Abraham at the beginning of the ... read more ...
 
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ICANN Reports On Security Breach Of New gTLD Applicant Portal: 60 Searches … - The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) today provided an update on its investigation into a data exposure issue in the New gTLD Applicant and GDD (Global Domains Division) portals, first reported on 1 March 2015 In its 30 April announcement, ICANN noted its intention to disclose to affected users the identity of any user(s) that viewed their information without authorization by May 27th 2015. This activity has been completed. Specifically, ICANN: Notified the users whose ... read more ...
 
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General Availability for .Pharmacy Domain Names Begins June 3, 2015 - PRESS RELEASE The National Association of Boards of Pharmacy® (NABP®) is pleased to announce that general availability for the .pharmacy domain begins June 3, 2015. At this time, all pharmacies and pharmacy-related entities may apply for .pharmacy domain names. The .pharmacy Top-Level Domain (TLD) was launched in 2014, and NABP has approved more than 300 .pharmacy domain names applied for or requested during prior limited registration periods. NABP created the .pharmacy TLD to provide consumers ... read more ...
 
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Phishing in the New gTLDs - The new Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG) Global Phishing Survey has just been released. Written by myself and Rod Rasmussen of IID, the report is the "who, what, where, when, and why" look at phishing, examining the second half of 2014. The report has many findings, but here I'll concentrate on the new gTLDs. The second half of 2014 was when an appreciable number of new gTLDs entered general availability and started to gain market share. Phishing in the new gTLDs started slowly and is rising. ... read more ...
 
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Sale of ‘.hiv’ raises awkward questions as to success of new gTLD programme -

The initial auction of a live new gTLD took place in February. The gTLD, ‘.reise’ (which means ‘travel’ in German), had a smallest starting bid of $400,000. It was eventually purchased by Donuts, a association that operates a gTLD ‘.reisen’ (which also means ‘travel’ in German).

The auction of a live gTLD registry with active domain name…

Via: worldtrademarkreview.com

Tue 26th May 2015
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UPDATE – Minds + Machines gets into its stride as Krueger bows out - Fred Krueger, executive chairman of Minds + Machines (LON:MMX) is stepping down, having steered the company's evolution from an investment company to a fully-fledged operating entity. Krueger will be succeeded as chairman by Keith Teare, with the role now being a non-executive one. The company saw profit before tax surge in 2014 to US$22.06mln from US$1.14mln in 2013, largely as a result of receiving US$33.72mln (2013: US$6.44mln) for stepping aside in contested auctions for generic top level domains ... read more ...
 
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Advantages of Crowdinvesting in Financing New gTLDs - The second-round new gTLD applicants have a tool they don't even know about: "crowdinvesting." That's when a venture sidesteps banks and venture capitalists and instead raises money by selling shares directly to the public. Usually this is done over the Internet, and often enough the investors can hope for a financial return that's far better than what banks and stocks offer. Since the end of 2013, crowdinvesting has raised more than $600 million from more than 5,000 offerings in the United ... read more ...
 
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One Company Just Spent Over $150K In .Apartments Domains & Donuts Makes … - Donuts just I believe set a new gTLD record for selling 21 new gTLD’s on the 1st day of the Early Access Program (EAP) in which wholesale prices are $10K and retail prices range from around $11K to $12,500. Meaning that Donuts took $210,000 in just EAP fees for day 1 of EAP plus many of those domain name also had a premium price. One company, registered 16 domain names on the 1st day EAP spending what basically amounts to what they could have spent to apply for the whole .apartment new gTLD by ... read more ...
 
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Chinese government move could significantly restrict domain name registration … - Trevor Little The Chinese government has announced that registries and registrars will have to meet a number of conditions and obtain the approval of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) before being allowed to engage in commercial and operational activities in China. With just 14 top-level domains (TLDs) approved to date, it ... read more ...
 
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How To Rank Websites With CcTLDs Well - Submit |RSS|Print|Comments Loading... Do you have a website with ccTLD domain? Are you struggling with how to help it rise in Google rankings, then read on to find out how you can do that? The kind of domain your website possesses may influence its ranking in the Google PageRank. ccTLD domains are the indicators of the location of a website and are considered to be the best way of indicating to search engines and users, where it originates from. These domains are indicated by the use of ... read more ...
 
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How To Rank Websites With CcTLDs Well - Submit |RSS|Print|Comments Loading... Do you have a website with ccTLD domain? Are you struggling with how to help it rise in Google rankings, then read on to find out how you can do that? The kind of domain your website possesses may influence its ranking in the Google PageRank. ccTLD domains are the indicators of the location of a website and are considered to be the best way of indicating to search engines and users, where it originates from. These domains are indicated by the use of ... read more ...
 
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The new internet layer and what it means for trademark counsel - Trevor Little While trademark practitioners are still coming to grips with the implications of the new gTLD expansion, Frogans technology is set to add a layer to the Internet in the form of Frogans sites. The introduction of Frogans does not represent a tidal wave of online change in the same way that new gTLDs have, but it is worth reporting on, ... read more ...
 
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Minds + Machines gets into its stride as Krueger bows out - Fred Krueger, executive chairman of Minds + Machines (LON:MMX) is stepping down, having steered the company's evolution from an investment company to a fully-fledged operating entity. Krueger will be succeeded as chairman by Keith Teare, with the role now being a non-executive one. The company saw profit before tax surge in 2014 to US$22.06mln from US$1.14mln in 2013, largely as a result of receiving US$33.72mln (2013: US$6.44mln) for stepping aside in contested auctions for generic top level domains ... read more ...
Mon 25th May 2015
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China hat Kontrolle für neue Domain-Erweiterungen verschärft - Hongkong (ots/PRNewswire) - China ist die Nation mit der größten Online-Bevölkerung und bedeutender Kaufkraft, und für neue Erweiterungen von Domainnamen wie zum Beispiel .app, .auto oder .camera wird ein großer Andrang an Käufern erwartet. Allerdings erlegt das Land dem Markt strikte Kontrollen auf. Repräsentanten von Brandma.Co [http://www.brandma.co/] werden angesichts dieses Umstands an den kommenden ICANN-Treffen [http://buenosaires53.icann.org/en/] teilnehmen, die vom 21.-25. ... read more ...
 
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[Infographic] What is Going to be the Future of Domain Names? - Before starting a new website or even starting a new business itself, one of the most important decisions people have to make is choosing a domain name. A domain name is identification string that are used in various networking contexts, application specific naming, and addressing purposes. Source: WhoIsHostingThis.com Category   Internet ... read more ...
Sun 24th May 2015
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Afnic: “2017, year of consolidation for the domain name market?” - Afnic published a report that looked at consolidation in 2017 for legacy tlds. The report looks at retention rates for legacy tlds and cctlds. Projections are put forward relating to annual creations and deletions. New gtlds were not included in the report. The key takeaway being, the level of deletions should reach and exceed the level of creations in H1 2017 for the two segments of TLDs. From the report: For the purposes of this study, we relied on ICANN reports for Legacy gTLDs and ccTLDs, and ... read more ...
 
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New ‘.sucks’ domain name gives rise to extortion claims, future online reputation … - A new way for disgruntled parties to gripe about businesses is on the horizon: the “.sucks” generic top-level domain, or gTLD. This new domain, intended to “help consumers find their voices and allow companies to find the value in criticism” – at least according to the website of owner Vox Populi Registry Ltd. – has created controversy well before its formal launch. ICANN and new gTLDs For background, four years ago, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) opted ... read more ...
 
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May 31, 2015 deadline for trademark holders to acquire potentially damaging … - The sunrise period for trademark owners to acquire the .SUCKS domain suffix will expire on May 31, 2015. On June 1, 2015 the Generic Top-Level Domain (“gTLD”) (a domain suffix) _____.SUCKS will be released to the general public.  This domain suffix has the potential to be damaging to well-known brands including, consumer product, manufacturing and service companies. Prior to a new gTLD being released to the general public for purchase, trademark holders have the exclusive right to buy the new ... read more ...
 
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TLD gives Toowoomba tour followers its best team shot - IT DIDN'T have a rider on the winner's podium during this year's FKG Tour of Toowoomba. But Team TLD won the hearts and admiration of its supporters and Toowoomba cycling public with a brave display in this year's event. The six-member Toowoomba-based team was a wildcard entry into its home tour which this year included the longest and toughest stages in the event's six-year history. Pedr Harvey, Michael Hooper, Richard MacAvoy and Jonathon Noble all lined up at Thursday's tour start ... read more ...
Fri 22nd May 2015
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Make sure your brand doesn’t .suck ! - The  .sucks domain name registry is preparing to launch, queuing up what promises to be an epic battle between those who build brands and those who condemn them. Touted as a platform "designed to help consumers find their voices and allow companies to find the value in criticism," .sucks is one of the latest - and most controversial -- generic Top-Level Domain ("gTLD") strings recently made available by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers ("ICANN"). A gTLD is the term to the ... read more ...
 
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.GOP Video Promotes Use, But No Major Presidential Candidate Seems To Own … - In a new video posted by the .GOP registry, they boast about it being the only new gTLD owned by a political party and of course that is true, as the other political domain names, .Democrat, .Republican. .Vote and .Voting are owned by for profit non-affiliated registries. The .GOP gTLD is owned by Republican State Leadership Committee, Inc. an affiliate to the republican party. The video’s most talked about site is  StopHillary.Gop which is being forwarded to a .com; a site under GOP.com which ... read more ...
 
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New gTLDs hit 5 million -

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) launched a focus routine for new general top-level domains (gTLDs) in Jan 2012. The new gTLD programme will outcome in an rare enlargement of a Domain Name System from a existent 22 TLDs, such as ‘.com’ and ‘.org’, to over 1,400 TLDs.

While a handful of new gTLDs seem to be…

Via: worldtrademarkreview.com

 
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Ten things to do in Toowoomba this weekend - Valmai Adams and Shirley Lacey have a look around at the opening of the Horse in War exhibition at the Cobb and Co Museum. Photo Contributed Contributed 1. Horse in War HORSE in War focuses on the lives of those who worked with, and risked death alongside, the 120,000 horses of the Australian Army during the First World War. Through photographs, diaries and original objects, Horse in War tells the stories of some of the thousands of skilled horsemen who joined the war efforts. The exhibition ... read more ...
Thu 21st May 2015
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ICA Sounds The Alarm: Tell ICANN No to URS at .Travel – Or It Will Travel to .Com - Phil Corwin of the Internet Commerce Association (the “ICA)  just published a post,  sounding a very loud alarm, to head off what would be the first step that would make all .Com domain name subject to the Uniform Rapid Suspension Policy (URS) which allows “trademark holders” to go after domain names. To remind everyone the URS which is only in effect for new gTLD’s is now being proposed in the new contract for the .Travel Registry which is not a new gTLD but an incumbent Top Level Domain ... read more ...