A few years ago there were some that liked to spread the narrative that apps would make domain names less valuable, possibly obsolete. There is not as much talk about that scenario over the last couple years. Josh Metnick forwarded me an article about how Lance Ng sees mobile apps actually becoming obsolete. From an article on Medium Ng writes: In the next three to seven years, I expect … [Read more...]
Namebio giving away cash and prizes just for playing a game
Namebio is giving everyone a chance to win cash and prizes just by playing their Domain Game. Michael Sumner has done a really good job with the app in my opinion. Now players can win the following prizes: Launched in the Spring of 2016, The Domain Game is closing in on a major milestone... ONE MILLION questions played! To celebrate, we want to give back to the players who made the game … [Read more...]
Two Years After Starting Service in Prague, UBER picks up UBER.CZ
It looks like Uber acquired the domain Uber.cz. The domain is now registered at Mark Monitor. Almost two years to date that the service became available in Prague, the first city in central and eastern Europe where the Uber car hire service is available. The domain was owned by Internet CZ since 2008. … [Read more...]
Google Unveils GBoard
Google unveils GBoard, a new app for your iPhone that lets you search and send information, GIFs, emojis and more, right from your keyboard. The company blogged about their new app available surprisingly only for iOS and currently only available in the U.S. Search is incorporated right into the keyboard as one would expect from a Google app. They made a video to introduce the … [Read more...]
Come on Down and Play The Domain Game
Michael Sumner from Namebio released a new app yesterday called the Domain Game. Description Train your gut instincts on domain name values by playing The Domain Game by NameBio.com. We'll show you real-life domain name sales, including the dates and venues where the sales took place, and you guess the price range for each sale. NameBio is a searchable database of more than $1.3 … [Read more...]
Mobile Advertising Prospects Take A Hit – Adblocking is coming to the iPhone with iOS 9
Mobile Advertising has been a hot topic for the last couple years, back in April there was an article by Business Insider titled, "Mobile is growing faster than all other ad formats." From the article: Mobile is growing faster than all other digital advertising formats in the US, as advertisers begin allocating dollars to catch the eyes of a growing class of "mobile-first" … [Read more...]
Fertility App Glow Raises Another $17 million – Should they acquire Glow.com ?
Glow is an app that allows women to track their fertility cycles, they received another $17 million in funding bringing their total up to $23 million. Tech Crunch reported, The company announced in August that it was responsible for getting over 20,000 women pregnant, using the app. It has also added quite a few other apps to the family over the last year with Glow First, Glow for Enterprise and … [Read more...]