The total number of .ie domain names grew by just over five percent in 2012, Ireland’s registry IEDR reported. Registrations per capita for the Irish republic are quite low compared to other developed countries with the total number of .ie domains being 182,284, a growth rate of 5.3 percent. The growth rate would be quite [...] Continue reading →

[news release] The APWG reports in its Q1 2013 Phishing Activity Trends Report that phishing attack frequency declined 20 percent from Q4 2012 to Q1 2013, due to a precipitous drop in virtual server phishing attacks. Statistics indicate that phishing levels are returning to the levels seen prior to the record-setting highs of 2012. Phishing [...] Continue reading →

Plus  who is raising money; who is building bad-ass company cultures; what happens at the world's biggest hacker conference stay at... and nobody likes to be CHANGED AND MOST IMPORTANT; "Why Your URL Bar Matters, and Why Silicon Valley Should Take Note" Owen Fragerhttp://lnkd.in/BBZSZq What [...] Continue reading →

The Huffington Post just seems have discovered people really do type in domain names into the navigation bar and it seems there is even money to be made in owning domain names. Wow Who would have thought? In an article entitled “Why Your URL Bar Matters, and Why Silicon Valley Should Take Note” goes on [...] Continue reading →

It appears that the registry operators for new gTLDs have started the courting for registrars with some marketing efforts. DirectI’s Radix registry has launched a photo contest for registrars to find the best pictures representing one of their 29 new gTLD applications. The twist? The photos are to be shot with a Polaroid camera [...] Continue reading →

According to Bloomberg.com, Zynga Inc. (ZNGA) filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court, Northern District of California  against  the maker of the “Bang With Friends” claiming it infringes on Zynga’s trademark for its “with friends” family of games.     Zynga alleges the company “selected the name ‘Bang With Friends’ with Zynga’s game trademarks [...] Continue reading →

.US domains are a great way to give your website an American identity, whether it's to foster a sense of patriotism or just let people know that you've got a presence in the United States. And if you want to get creative, you can also use the .US extension to form a question/statement or finish [...] Continue reading →