Virtual Reality has been a popular niche for domainers over the last few years. One of the most popular topics on Namepros. Below I have included reg stats over the last 30 days for "Virtual Reality" There was a good article on Clickz that is worth a read for those investing in the Virtual Reality niche. From the article: It’s the year of virtual reality?! The main industry … [Read more...]
BY.com Added To Namescon Auction; Get’s $500K Bid: My Interview W/ The Owner
The two letter domain name BY.com has just been added to the RightoftheDot.com domain name auction as part of the Namescon conference. The domain name already has gotten a bid of $500,000 on Namejet.com in pre-bidding. No only is BY.com become the 4th two letter .com in the auction, but it joins AT.com as the second two letter domain that is a word. I had a chance to chat with the owner … [Read more...]
CB Insights: Covers World’s Most Popular Non-.com Startup Domains, but Confused on New gTLD’s
CB Insights.com which covers the startup/ venture capital markets published an interesting post entitled "The Non-Dotcom Bubble: The World’s Most Popular Startup Domains Other Than .Com" The story contains a chart tracking the most popular Non-.Com domain name extensions for funded tech companies from 2010-2015. Of course since the first new gTLD didn't launch until 2014, none are reflected … [Read more...]
BlackBerry Limited Registers Android Domain Names
BlackBerry Limited registered two domain names that are interesting: AndroidSecured.com |.net This is interesting because it was recently rumored that a new BlackBerry phone would run the Android operating system. Since “Android” is a registered trademark of Google Inc. this may be a solid clue that BlackBerry and Google have come to terms for a BlackBerry phone to run Android? An article on … [Read more...]
Time To Look at Online Education names as University of Phoenix Sees Drop off
The University of Phoenix is owned by Apollo Education Group which trades publicly under the symbol of APOL. The company reported dismal earnings and is now laying off 900 employees. The company has watched half of their enrollment drop in 5 years. Online Education, Classes and Degree have always been high paying keywords, back in 2011 WordStream released the 20 highest paying keywords for … [Read more...]
Is Microsoft Getting Ready To Replace Internet Explorer ?
With Microsoft getting ready for a Windows 10 launch there is talk they may be scrapping Internet Explorer for a new browser with the codename Spartan. ZDNet covered the story. MicrosoftSpartan.com was registered today, not by Microsoft but by a registrant in Nepal. Other names like DownloadSpartan.com and SpartanExplorer.com were registered today. From the article: There's been talk for a … [Read more...]
Tech Companies Want Senate To End NSA Collection Programs Before Republicans Take Control
Tech companies coming together to get the Senate to act to eliminate the NSA's bulk data collection programs. Companies like Google and Microsoft etc... are worried about losing business around the world as foreign governments might fear that the U.S. government can gain easy access to the data of their citizens. With the change of power in the Senate there is a fear among tech leaders that this … [Read more...]