TheHill.com is just one of the many media outlets that reported on a new online platform for the Black Lives Matter movement:: "The Black Lives Matter movement announced on Friday that it has an official platform for curbing police violence and reforming criminal justice in the U.S. The social activism group released its most comprehensive policy outline to date on a website titled Campaign … [Read more...]
Vegas.com Sold For Up To $38 Million With $15.5 Million In Cash, But…..
Publicly traded Remark Media, Inc. (NASDAQ: MARK) announced today they entered into an agreement to buy Vegas.com in a deal that could be valued up to $38 Million dollars. Vegas.com which is privately owned is a online booking company for all things Vegas. Under The terms of the proposed deal, which is subject to approval by shareholders of Remark Media (Remark),The Greenspun Corporation, … [Read more...]
Facebook Surpasses Google as top Referrer for Digital Publishers
Facebook has now surpassed Google when it comes to referrer traffic, a recent report from Parse.ly revealed data showing that Facebook has become number one when it comes to referring traffic to websites. I can say that does not hold true for TheDomains.com, this relates more to the largest online publishers. SocialTimes.com reports: Until recently Google has been the top traffic referrer … [Read more...]
A Band You Never Heard Of Bitches About Having To Pay For Pavement.com or The FB Page
A interesting story in contactmusic.com, about a band from the 90's name Payment is bitching about not being able to simply get the domain name Pavement.com and/or a Facebook page by that name that is held by one of those nasty "Cybersquatters". Here is the title of the story: "Rockers Pavement Spent Years With No Official Presence On Social Media Because They Refused To Pay A Fortune To A … [Read more...]
A Look at China’s Internet – 668 million users
CFR.org published an article on the size and characteristics of the Internet in China. Citing data from CNNIC, the article gives some great insight into the Chinese Internet. From the article: The number of Internet users in China has grown to 668 million, according to a report released last week by the China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC), a state agency that administers … [Read more...]
Report shows 15% of America is still not using the Internet
BizReport.com broke down some stats that came out of the Pew Research Center that looked at Internet usage in the U.S. The research showed that Asian - Americans had only 5% not using the Internet, in contrast Blacks were at the high end of the scale with 20% not using the Internet. From the article: Despite government and social service programs designed to increase Internet adoption, 15% of … [Read more...]
Online Gambling Company 888.com Buys Bwin.Party For $1.4 Billion Dollars
According to The BBC, Online gambling firm 888 said it buying Bwin.party Digital Entertainment in a cash and stock deal valued at £898m or $1.4 billion dollars. Bwin.Party website is bwinparty.com and the company's name was created long before the new gTLD's If you're wondering, the new gTLD domain name Bwin.Party is owned by the company and is being forwarded to bwinparty.com. The … [Read more...]