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Tucows Inc. announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the international wholesale domain reseller channel of Melbourne IT Limited. The acquisition will add 250 resellers and approximately 1.6 million domains under …

A New gTLD domain auction at WorldHostingDays (WHD.global) generated EUR 21,200. 34 new gTLD domains were sold during the auction on the eve of the WorldHostingDays in Europa Park, Rust. Hosting.club was the top-seller, changing …

Afternic announced today that united-domains AG has joined Afternic DLS. united-domains will now offer a much broader choice of premium domain names to their customers and will have the benefit of Afternic’s Fast Transfer technology. …

.Club domain name sales continued to be solid in February with nearly $90k in sales. The registrar channel proved strong in February for .CLUB premium name sales. 17 different registrars and Sedo contributed to a …

Starting today Google is moving all its blogs to a new domain to help people recognize when they’re reading an official blog from Google. The new domain name is GoogleBlog.com. These changes will roll out …

.NYC Domain Meetup has a big event planned for this Thursday, March 10, 2016 at 6:00 PM. The event is titled “Changing Digital Landscape of 2016 NYC” and features speakers from Link.nyc and the mayor’s …

8.club, along with 24 other two-number domain names, including 11.club., 44.club, 55.club, 99.club and more, are set to go to auction on 4.CN, China’s leading domain auction platform and the largest domain marketplace in the …

Radix’s domain extension .space surpassed 125,000 registrations in just about a year from launch and is all set for its next big mission –growing customer awareness. After the January 2015 launch, Radix now introduces .space …

The Domain Name Association (The DNA), the Internet domain industry’s trade association, announced that it conducted its inaugural Healthy Domains Initiative (HDI) summit last week, a meeting focused on healthy growth within the domain name …

Donuts and the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) jointly announced an agreement to help ensure that websites using domains registered with Donuts are not engaged in large-scale piracy. Under the terms of the agreement, …

The deBlasio Administration’s licensing initiative for the neighborhood domain names is currently accepting applications. So if you’re a neighborhood activist or budding media mogul, and want to activate Astoria.nyc, ConeyIsland.nyc, GreenwichVillage.nyc, Harlem.nyc or any of …

Göran Marby, an experienced business executive and government leader has been named the next President and Chief Executive Officer of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). “I’m delighted to announce Göran as …

In a few months, New York City will make history: The city’s 8.5 million residents, along with tourists, will be able to access ultra-fast Wi-Fi anywhere in the city, at zero cost. LinkNYC is a …

Donuts Inc. has processed its two millionth first-time new domain name registration. The name Schedule.HOLIDAY was registered this week. Other recent registrations include: