Category: Auctions
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Facebook prepares for a legal battle in Bangladesh over this domain
As of 19/11/2020 Facebook has been getting a lot of flak recently. The way the company gathers and utilises user’s data has raised concerns worldwide. It’s handling of hate speech and fake news, came under tremendous fire, which in some cases is even said to swing elections. Adding to the worries of the social media…
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Hurry up for One And Two Character .lu Domain Names
As of 04/11/2020 Restena Foundation, the administrator of .lu domain names has done something that had been kept on hold since 2000. It has started the auctioning of premium one and two character .lu domain names. Although all the domain names were available in the beginning. One and two character domain names were made unavailable…
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12 Tiffany imposter websites fined
As of 16/07/2020 A US Federal Court has fined $12 Million to 12 imposter websites, $1 Million each, who were stealing from Tiffany. Florida Southern District Court in Miami granted the sum to Tiffany and also the control of these websites which were infringing upon the Trademark rights of the jewellery company. The websites had…
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Web.com acquires Webcentral
As of 16/07/2020 Web.com has acquired yet another company. Webcentral, formerly known as Melbourne IT and Arq Group has been acquired for a sum of $12.2 Million, as reported by CRN. Webcentral is Australia’s largest full-service digital services partner for small and medium businesses. Web.com is a domain name and web services providing company. Originally…
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Boogaloo, it’s politics and Facebook
As of 13/07/2020 Boogaloo. A term that you might not have heard (unless you are a movie buff) until very recently. The term is currently making rounds around social media, because of the politics and controversy associated with it. So let’s see what the term means and how social media especially Facebook is dealing with…
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This $30 Million domain name is now active
As of 10/07/2020 The domain name market went abuzz last year when Block.One acquired the domain name Voice.com for a whooping $ 30 Million. The blockchain company bought the domain from MicroStrategy, a business analytics and mobility platform, for its new blockchain based social media platform named Voice. As reported by TechStartups, it is the…
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Do memes violate Intellectual Property Rights?
As of 08/07/2020 It would not be wrong to state that memes are one of the most influential things to happen in this century. Take any social media platform and it is flooded with memes. Memes have transcended from more than just jokes. It has become a medium of expression for people, where everyone can…
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MarkMonitor registers a number of Batman related domains
As of 23/06/2020 Three domains based around Batman have been registered by MarkMonitor, a domain management firm. The domains are suicidesquadgame.com, suicidesquadkillthejusticeleague.com, and gothamknightsgame.com, as reported by ResetEra user DriftingOrbit. Clearly the domains point at some game based around the Batman and the DC Universe. Warner Bros is the company that launches DC Universe’s games.…
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Are you prepared for Apple’s WWDC?
As of 23/06/2020 It is time for Apple’s annual Worldwide Developers Conference. Also, colloquially called Dub Dub, the event is going to start from today. Although every year the conference is held at San Francisco, this year the event is happening online because of the Corona-virus epidemic. The conference garners attention from both the developers…
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With the second biggest IPO this year, JD.com grows by 5.75%
As of 20/06/2020 JD.com has a thunderous entry to the Hong Kong stock exchange. The retail giant has entered the Hong Kong stock exchange amid raised concerns due to the ongoing US-China tension. It however was greeted with an IPO of $ 3.87 Billion, the second biggest this year. (Beijing-Shanghai High Speed Railway is at…
