Category: News
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US Supreme Court agrees to hear Dot-Com Trademark Issue
The US Supreme Court has agreed to hear the case that whether a generic name along with a generic TLD is applicable for a trademark protection. The Supreme Court took the matter under its purview after there were differences between Trademark institutions and lower courts regarding whether Booking.com is a trademark or not. It all…
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Unstoppable Domains launches $1M grant in Blockchain Domain Integration
In a bid to help wallets, browsers and decentralized applications integrate blockchain domains, Unstoppable Domains has launched a grant of $ 1 Million. The step is majorly focussed towards making blockchain domains more accustomed in the Cryptocurrency environment. The wallet service providers are the major beneficiaries here as it is easier to do transactions with…
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CRA conducts workshops in collaboration with ICANN
The Communications Regulatory Authority (CRA) in collaboration with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) conducted a one-day workshop on Handling Internet Identifiers Abuse and Misuse, and another three-day workshop on Domain Name System Security Extensions (DNSSEC). The workshop was conducted in CRA’s headquarters from 11th of November to 14th of November. The…
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Web Summit Rise Conference 2020 postponed
The 6th edition of Rise Conference which was going to be held in Hong Kong from March 2020 to March 2021 has been postponed. The reason being the ongoing clashes between the Government and pro-Democracy protesters. The series of protests that began after the introduction of the Fugitive Offenders amendment bill by the Hong Kong…
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MailChimp launches Free Website Builder
Mailchimp has launched its own website builder. The email marketing firm with this decision came out as a full-fledged online marketing platform, locking horns with the Giants of the industry. The website builder is free to use and premium members can connect a domain name as well to their websites. The website builder comes with…
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Italy blocks Six Trading Websites
Italy continued its blocking sprew with the addition of 6 more websites to the list. Italy’s Companies and Exchange Commission (CONSOB) announced that more websites offering financial services without the proper authorization have been blocked. These websites are: Waltika Partners Ltd (https://imperial-finance.io); CobraCFD Ltd (www.c0bracfd.com and www.cobracfd.biz/it); Alfa Financial, Zurich Corporation and lsystems LTD (https://web.zurichcorporation.com);…
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Domains in full Greek Script
The European Registry for Internet Domains (EURid) has launched the .ευ domain. .ευ is the Greek version of .eu TLD. Good news for the Greeks as now an all Greek domain with .ευ extension can be used. The existing Greek names with .eu extension can be switched over to .ευ in 3 years. The European…
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$ 100 Million ad-attack on Trump
The Democrats are gearing up hard to attack on Trump. The recent attack onTrump from billionaire, philanthropist and a possible Democrat President Michael Bloomberg. The media mogul has announced an online ad campaign targeting the US President with a budget of $ 100 Million. One of the key factors regarding Trump’s victory in 2016 was…
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CentralNIC buys Team Internet AG
CentralNIC has bought the direct navigation internet company Team Internet AG at $ 48 Million. The $ 48 Million consists of $ 45 Million cash ($ 3 Million of which is deferred) and $ 3 Million in share consideration. Munich based Team Internet- a subsidiary of advertising technology provider Matomy Media, monetizes over 20 Million…
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Tesla buys CybrTrk.com
The long wait for Tesla’s all-electric battery-powered light commercial vehicle Tesla Cybrtrk is over. Tesla is going to unveil the model on the 21st of November. Ahead of the unveiling, Tesla registered the names “Cybertruck” and “Cybrtrk”. It also registered the domain cybrtrk.com which now redirects to Tesla’s website. Quite surprisingly, they didn’t choose the…
