The advent of more-or-less blanket Whois privacy has not immediately led to the feared uptick in spam, according to researchers. Data from Cisco’s Talos email data service, first highlighted by security company Recorded Future this week, shows spam levels have been basically flat to slightly down since ICANN’s GDPR-inspired new Whois policy came into effect [...] Continue reading →

 I didn’t really discuss it until I found out what was going on but two weeks ago I had my second heart episode where I got terrible heart pains and collapsed.  Followed by weeks of chest pain and headaches.   People were calling it panic attacks. My best friends are doctors and they felt [...] Continue reading →

Afilias has changed its corporate structure and is now officially based in the United States. A new holding company, Afilias Inc, has been created in Delaware. It now owns Afilias Plc, the Ireland-based company that has been until now the parent of the Afilias family. Being “based” in Ireland and doing business primarily in the [...] Continue reading →

Remember when going to a wedding meant sending paper invitations back-and-forth and checking off things like dinner preference and the name of your guest? Now most weddings have a dedicated wedding website to collect RSVPs and to serve as a central location for all the wedding details. I’ve been to enough weddings recently to know [...] Continue reading →

I’m going to say something pretty controversial, you can’t build a business off big deals. Don’t get me wrong, I love a big deal but to build a business off them is next to impossible. I’ve talked to so many entrepreneurs that espouse the next big deal that’s just about to [...] Continue reading →

Afilias announced today that it has formally established a new corporate parent entity, Afilias, Inc. of Delaware, USA.  Afilias plc of Ireland is now a wholly owned subsidiary of Afilias, Inc.  Afilias further announced the relocation of its global corporate headquarters to Horsham, PA, the current offices of its operating subsidiary Afilias USA, Inc. “We’ve [...] Continue reading →

A domain broker auctioned a domain name on Twitter. Twitter is a great medium to share news, interact with friends and gripe about airline delays. Could it also be a good way to auction a domain name? Domain broker Darryl Lopes gave it a shot this week with the domain name ITQL.com. The starting bid [...] Continue reading →