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Four New gTLD Applications Withdrawn, Including One Closed Generic
July 2, 2013 @ 1:40 AMFour new gTLD application were withdrawn overnight, including the first “closed generic” bid to be dropped since ICANN implemented a freeze on such applications. Today’s withdrawals are: .movie — Of the eight applications for this string, this Dish DBS bid was one of only two proposed with single-registrant business models. It would have undoubtedly have […]
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See All New gTLD Withdrawls and Initial Evaluation Results in a Handy Timeline
July 2, 2013 @ 1:35 AMFrom today, DI PRO users have a new feature for tracking new gTLD withdrawals that removes the huge pain and inconvenience of actually having to read DI and other domain blogs. It’s been the mostly commonly requested feature over the last couple of weeks, and we’re happy to oblige. The New gTLD Program Timeline lists […]
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Four Failures and 92 Passes in Latest New gTLD Results
June 14, 2013 @ 10:27 AMICANN has just released 96 new Initial Evaluation results, a batch which doubles the number of failures the first phase of the new gTLD program has produced. The following applications failed to receive passing scores and are now “Eligible for Extended Evaluation”: .locus — a strange and ambitious-sounding single-registrant bid filed by Locus Analytics. The […]
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Get Live New gTLD Program Stats
June 14, 2013 @ 2:35 AMToday DI PRO is launching a new live dashboard for new gTLD program statistics. The idea is to give users quick and easy access to key program metrics. Want to know the maximum number of gTLDs that can be delegated in the current round? It’s 1,365. Want to know how many contention sets remain? It’s […]
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.org Domain & Trademark Holder Denied UDRP On .com
June 13, 2013 @ 2:20 PMThe domain name degreesearch.com was just saved in a UDRP brought by the holder of the .org verison of the domain which also owned a trademark on the DegreeSearch.org.
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Donuts Explains Auction Results to Date
June 13, 2013 @ 1:32 PMDonuts discusses first new TLD auction results. New TLD applicant Donuts participated in six private auctions to resolve contention sets. It won one of the auctions and lost the other five. Here is a statement from the company about the results so far. Donuts won the bidding for .PHOTOGRAPHY. According to the auction agreement terms, […]
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Web.com Q1 Results: Revenue Up 26%
June 13, 2013 @ 12:40 PMWeb.com Group, Inc. released its Q1 results for 2013. Revenue was up 26% year-over-year to $115.5 million. Web.com is the company that owns two top ten domain registrars – Network Solutions and Register.com. Operating loss was $2.5MM from $18.5MM in last year’s Q1. Net loss from continuing operations was $46.5MM compared to $29.8MM in 2012…
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Pocket Domain Dropped 700+ .info Domains From Its Alfena Registrar
June 13, 2013 @ 9:03 AMPocket Domain dropped 700+ .info domains from its Alfena registrar a few weeks back. Most of the domains were registered during the 2003-2009 period. Most of the domains were owned by PocketDomain that used to run a small backorder service …
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.co is Not Just for Tech Startups
June 13, 2013 @ 7:26 AMA lawn care company uses a great .co domain name. It seems like every day TechCrunch is covering a startup using a .co domain. But it’s not just tech companies that have taken an eye to the domain. On the way to work yesterday I passed a lawn company truck with the domain name Mow.co […]
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STRAAT Investments (.Co) Registry Buys 16,000 Sq Ft Building in Miami for HQ
June 13, 2013 @ 7:13 AMAccording to Florida Trend a popular business publication in the State of Florida, CO Internet’s parent company, STRAAT Investments, purchased a 16,000-sq.-ft. building in Miami’s Brickell area to house its growing headquarters which is named Building.Co
It expects to move in by the end of this year and will devote part of the building to space for entrepreneurs…
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