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Zoom to acquire Five9 in a multi billion deal

As of 19/07/2021 Zoom Video Communications Inc. just approved it’s biggest ever acquisition. The videoconferencing company has acquired the cloud based Five9 for a whooping $14.7 Billion. Five9 is a cloud Contact Centre software. Zoom with this acquisition is iterating back to its two year old Zoom Phone and Zoom Rooms. Zoom in a blog stated…
This country earns One-tenth of her GDP because of her ccTLD

As of 17/07/2021 How much can be the importance of a ccTLD? Obviously, it indicates the nationality of a firm and is often used to cater to the home crowd. But how much can a ccTLD affect the whole economics of a country? Very much, is the answer when it comes to the island nation…
TikTok: First non-Facebook company in the 3 Billion club

As of 17/07/2021 TikTok, despite many hurdles, continues its golden run. The short video company now, including iOS and Android, has over 3 Billion downloads worldwide. Only 5 non-gaming apps have crossed the 3 Billion downloads. The other entrants of the list includes: Facebook, Messenger, WhatsApp and Instagram. TikTok is the only non Facebook company…
Crypto.com gets sponsorship wiTh f1

As of 01/07/2021 Crypto.com has struck yet another home run. This time it has signed a multi-million dollar deal with Formula 1. With the British Grand Prix season just around the corner, the crypto company has signed the deal which is stated to have a valuation of more than 100 million dollars. With the deal,…
Maharishi lost this domain name to RDNH

As of 01/07/2021 Legal battles are often unpredictable. How much you may hunch on a side, you can never be so sure. But it can surely be termed peculiar when even the ‘Maharishi’ lose. Such has been the case with US based The Maharishi Foundation, as reported by ArchyWorldys. The Maharishi Foundation owns the brand…
US Justice Department seizes two Nobelium Domain Names

As of 02/06/2021 Nobelium, the cyber threat group that was responsible for SolarWinds attacks last year, has made the headlines again. This time it has come up with a spear fishing campaign. The group targeted approximately 3,000 accounts linked to 150 think tanks, government organisations and non-government organisations. All received an email that included a…
BRAVADA seeks to dominate Women’s Cosmetics with this domain name

As of 23/05/2021 BRAVADA International Ltd. has acquired yet another prominent domain name. As reported by BuisnessWire, the retail clothing company has acquired the domain name WomensCosmetics.com. The name is perfectly suitable and apt for the expansion of the apparel company. It doesn’t take much to guess the potential of the domain name. Women Cosmetics…
‘Clubhouse’ fight that you need to know about

As of 17/05/2021 Clubhouse fights always catch our attention, don’t they? Well, the fight that we are going to talk about is different than those with clenched fists. The fight is a legal one, over the name ‘Clubhouse‘. There is an audio-based social media app that goes by the name Clubhouse and is quite popular…
How much did Weekend.com cost?

As of 16/05/2021 Earlier this year in January we heard about the acquisition of Weekend.com by Trivago. Trivago acquired the company Weekengo GmbH as well as the domain name Weekend.com. The domain name is a premium name and created quite a buzz on it’s exchange of hands. As reported by JamesNames, the price of the…
NAME:WRECK bugs in the DNS to impact more than 100 Million devices

As of 15/04/2021 According to a joint report by Forescout Research Labs and JSOF Research Labs, 9 vulnerabilities related to the implementation of DNS protocols were found. These 9 vulnerabilities have been named together as NAME:WRECK. From smartphones to IoT devices, around 100 Million devices are at risk here. Domain Name System or DNS is…