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Wed 24th September 2014
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IDN ccTLD Request from the Republic of Iraq Successfully Passes String … – ag-IP - Home / IDN ccTLD Request from the Republic of Iraq Successfully Passes String ... / LOS ANGELES – The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) announced the successful completion of String Evaluation on proposed IDN ccTLD string for the Republic of Iraq. Details of the successful evaluation are provided through this link: http://www.icann.org/en/resources/idn/fast-track/string-evaluation-completion According to ICANN, the ... read more ...
Tue 23rd September 2014
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CentralNic poised to take advantage of changes in the online world - ---ADDS MANAGEMENT AND BROKER COMMENTS--- Internet domain name services provider CentralNic (LON:CNIC) achieved record billings and profits in the first half of 2014 in its registry business. The performance was achieved against a background of delays in the launch of top level domains (TLDs) – the bit of an Internet address that comes after the final dot. In its first full set of interim results as a publicly listed company, the company said its traditional domain name wholesaling, or registry, ... read more ...
Mon 22nd September 2014
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Recently introduced TLDs create new opportunities for criminals - Earlier this year, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) released over 300 top-level domains (TLDs), and more are coming.The TLDs are supposed to be a way to focus the Internet. In reality, they've become a boon for registrars who use them as an up sell when someone purchases a domain. Moreover, they've become a goldmine for criminals, who can often bypass network defenses guarding against phishing and CC communications by using a domain that's outside of the norm.According ... read more ...
 
 
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The Rooks Celebrate New Release at Mercury Lounge This Saturday – The Lo - TLD contributor Flora Theden talks to RB/IndieSoul sextet The Rooks about their new EP, Beyoncé, and their upcoming show at Mercury Lounge. If you’re looking for funky, vibrant, live music on the LES, you might want to check out The Rooks’ EP Release Show next Saturday night, where the sextet will play old favorites and debut songs from their upcoming EP, “Wires,” which they just finished recording. It’s the NYC-based band’s first show at Mercury Lounge, but front man Garth Taylor ... read more ...
 
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BUILD Internet Domain Registry Announces It is Now Accepting Bitcoin … - San Francisco, CA  - .Build, the new Top Level Domain (TLD) for internet domain names announced it will now accept Bitcoin as a payment method from its customers. .BUILD, went live in April of 2014 is a part of the new expanded Internet made up of many new TLD’s beyond .com, .net and .org. By having a meaningful extension to a website or email .BUILD provides an opportunity for companies to improve their online identity and web presence with the power of an industry-specific domain name. ... read more ...
 
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10 Churches Using .Church Domain Name - I’ve seen some press regarding the recently introduced .Church domain names. This morning, Hover reported that .Church “has debuted at no.8 on this week’s Top 20 gTLDs.” I wanted to have a look to see if any .Church domain names were being used by churches, and I shared some of what I found below. Based on a Google search of “site:.church,” I want to share 10 churches that I found that have their .Church websites indexed in Google. I did not check to see if these churches are ... read more ...
 
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HuntingMoon’s Auction Is Live: 675 Domains: Adult, Dating, Gambling & New … - HuntingMoon.com is holding an online auction of over 675 domain names including in conjunction with the Webmaster Access conference which is being held in Amsterdam. The auction ends Oct 1, 2014 in staggered fashion starting around 4PM EST/1PM PST There are also couple of small portfolios and two businesses for sale. While the domain auction has a high percentage of adult, dating and gambling domains there are some non-adult domains like StockFutures.com The auction also features a number of registry ... read more ...
 
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Accent Media Limited Win Private Auction For .Tickets Beating Donuts, Famous … - According to a press release we received overnight, a British company, Accent Media Limited, won the private auction for the new gTLD .Tickets beating Donuts, Famous Four Media, Shubert Internet, Inc., and Afilias. According to the PR, “The company will offer domain names to approved organisations to provide safer online ticket sales with the intention to establish the “.tickets” top-level domain as a global gold standard of trust for consumers. According to a separate press release by publicly ... read more ...
 
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Amazon buy .buy domain for $4.6m - It’s a situation redolent of the earliest days of the web when supposedly sought after .com prefixes swede snapped up by millions. Now that a whole host of top level domains (TLDs) are newly available, we’re seeing some of them going for silly money. Amazon saw off other buyers, including Google, in the auction held by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann). The $4.6m saw off the competition. I suppose in the grander scheme of things such a sum is pocket change ... read more ...
 
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CentralNIC Group buys stake in .tickets rights holder - No investment advice The Company is a publisher. You understand and agree that no content published on the Site constitutes a recommendation that any particular security, portfolio of securities, transaction, or investment strategy is suitable or advisable for any specific person. You further understand that none of the information providers or their affiliates will advise you personally concerning the nature, potential, advisability, value or suitability of any particular security, portfolio ... read more ...
Sun 21st September 2014
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Results Available for 17 September 2014 New gTLD Program Auction – ag-IP - LOS ANGELES - On 17 September 2014, an Auction conducted by ICANN's authorized Auction service provider, Power Auctions LLC, was held to resolve string contention sets for three new generic Top-level Domain (gTLD) strings; BUY, TECH, and VIP. String contention occurs when more than one applicant has applied for the same or a confusingly similar gTLD. According to ICANN, the applicants for these strings were unable to resolve the contention sets among themselves, and thus proceeded to an auction, ... read more ...
Sat 20th September 2014
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Scotland Facing Fight for Domain Name -   Scotland has plenty to sort out as its people vote on their future: about currency, the European Union, oil revenue and tax. Now there may be a different thorny problem -- from the world of technology.The country decides on Sept. 18 on whether to stay part of the United Kingdom or declare independence. At present, Scotland has the right to use .UK as its top level domain, the same as users in Wales, England or Northern Ireland.Scotland would surely want its own Country Code Top Level Domain ... read more ...
 
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Amazon shells out $4.6M for .buy domain - Amazon has shelled out a hefty $4.6 million for the .buy generic top-level domain (TLD), outbidding rival Google and other tech companies in the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) auction. The Domain Name Wire reports that the .buy TLD was demanded by 4 applicants - Amazon, Bitter Sunset, LLC, Charleston Road Registry Inc. (Google’s registry service), dot Buy Limited, and the online retailer giant with a bid of $4,588,888 has won out. Notably, only 2 bidders out ... read more ...
Fri 19th September 2014
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.Com Is Rocking -             As someone who watches the numbers of domain name registrations across all TLD’s everyday I have to say .Com is rocking and seems to be getting stronger by the day. Back on March 31, there were 113.2 Million .Com registered according to Verisign. Today 5 1/2 months later .com has topped 114.4 Million registrations (14,408,441) with a net add of over 37,000 registrations yesterday and over 30K the day before according to RegistrarStats.com It was just about a month ago that we ... read more ...
 
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1st Day New gTLD Radix Totals: .Website 6342; .Press 800; .Host 780 … - Three new gTLD’s went into general availability (GA) yesterday all operated by Radix and the totals after the first day of general availability including domain names registered during the Sunrise period for Trademark holders and during Landrush a period where registrant could pay more money for early access to the domain names are as follows: .Website 6,342 .Press 800 .Host 780 Yesterday afternoon Radix put out a press release saying that they had registered over 6,500 .Website domain names in ... read more ...
 
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I.buy, You.buy, WeAll.Buy for Amazon - Amazon was the high bidder for the .buy Top Level Domain. That means if you want to register the domain i.buy, for example, you'll have to go through Amazon's registry process - assuming it makes that particular domain available. We're all used to web addresses that end in .com, .org, or .net, for instance - those extensions are called Top Level Domains. But ICANN, the entity set up in 1998 to manage Internet names, made the decision to launch "generic Top Level Domains" (gTLDs), which set off a ... read more ...
Thu 18th September 2014
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CentralNic unveils plans to invest - No investment advice The Company is a publisher. You understand and agree that no content published on the Site constitutes a recommendation that any particular security, portfolio of securities, transaction, or investment strategy is suitable or advisable for any specific person. You further understand that none of the information providers or their affiliates will advise you personally concerning the nature, potential, advisability, value or suitability of any particular security, portfolio ... read more ...
 
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Backing from City of Las Vegas Helped .VEGAS Draw Plenty of Attention to Their … - That's why city and registry officials chose to celebrate the debut at City Hall in front of a giant 3-D .VEGAS logo display, complete with showgirls.Dignitaries on hand for the start of .VEGAS ... read more ...
 
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Amazon Outbids Google For .Buy TLD, Pays $4.6 Million - Amazon.com paid $4.6 million for the rights to use the .buy top-level domain (TLD) name, outbidding Google and several other smaller companies. The name didn't bring in the most money for those in the auction. It was the second auction for the new TLDs managed by the Internet Corporation For Assigned Named and Numbers (ICANN). The 1,400 new top-level domains include .cheap and .sexy. Some names have shown little demand, but .buy and .tech will take their place among the top-20 domains that are generating ... read more ...
 
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Over 6500 .Website Domain Names Registered In The First 4 Hours Of Availability - According to a press release we just received from Radix, the new gTLD .WEBSITE, that went into General Availability today has already surpassed 6,500 domains in the first 4 hours “We have been confident about .website right from the start and these numbers just reinforce the potential the TLD holds.” said Sandeep Ramchandani, Radix business head. Registrars such as OpenSRS, 1Api, 101domain, Key-Systems had expressed their buy-in in the TLD from start by giving it top billing on their homepages ... read more ...
 
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ICANN’s Fresh Top Level Domains: a Gift to Phishers - Though they may be freshly initiated internet addresses, malicious activity is already being seen coming from many of the new top-level domains released this year by Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). It’s a worrying trend that shows fresh addressing to be a boon for phishers and spammers—at least at first. While the term “top-level domain” (TLD) may not be familiar to the average web surfer, it is a core part of the domain name system (DNS) that the internet ... read more ...
 
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General Availability Kicks Off for .Website, .Press and .Host - General availability launched today for three anticipated top-level domains: .WEBSITE, .PRESS and .HOST. These TLDs entered General Availability with 80+ registrars onboard, including industry leaders like GoDaddy, eNom, OpenSRS, 1Api, 11, DomainMonster and Name.com. .WEBSITE, the first truly generic nTLD to launch, surpassed 6500 domains in the first 4 hours. "We have been confident about .website right from the start and these numbers just reinforce the potential the TLD holds." said ... read more ...
 
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Amazon Scoops Up the ‘.Buy’ Domain for $4.6 Million - Looking to branch out beyond ".com," Amazon is the new proud owner of the ".buy" generic top-level domain (gTLD) after paying nearly $4.6 million at auction. The online retail giant reportedly beat out Google and two other companies in the auction, where the ".tech" and ".vip." domains were also sold for millions. The auction was run by ICANN, the nonprofit organization that oversees Internet domain names. Although the domain is sure to be valuable, it's still just a consolation prize for the ... read more ...
 
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Amazon Beats Google, Pays $4.6 Million For .Buy Top-Level Domain - Amazon beat Google in an ICANN auction on Wednesday, and won the rights to operate the .buy top-level domain with a bid of $4,588,888. ICANN reports that there were four bidders for .buy — Amazon, Google (via its Charleston Road Registry subsidiary), Dot Buy and Bitter Sunset. Only Amazon and Google bid more than $1.5 million to operate the new gTLD. ICANN calls these “string contention” auctions, and describes the process this way: String contention occurs when ... read more ...