NamesCon Europe (formerly known as Domaining Europe) was recently held in Valencia, Spain. Next year's event, however, will be in Lisbon, Portugal. The exact dates and venue for the domain event have not been announced, though it's meant to be held in June. The event organisers are already selling "early bird" tickets for the event, though for some odd reason they're … [Read more...] about Namescon Europe Moves to Lisbon
Archives for June 2018
Web.com to be Acquired for $2 Billion
Web.com, which is a listed company, has announced that it is to be acquired by an affiliate of Siris Capital Group, LLC. The deal is reported to be worth approximately $2 Billion USD. The company will have the ability to seek alternative offers: Web.com may solicit alternative acquisition proposals from third parties during a "go-shop" period from the date of the agreement … [Read more...] about Web.com to be Acquired for $2 Billion
Australian Company Fined Over 1 Million Euro for Domain Scam
An Australian company has been €1.24 million (AU$1.95 million) for duping businesses out of over AU$2.3 million via a domain slamming scam. The case was taken by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) who claim that the company in question had sent out over 300 thousand fake renewal notices to Australian businesses. For those of us who have been in the … [Read more...] about Australian Company Fined Over 1 Million Euro for Domain Scam
NDD Camp Domain Event in Paris
NDD Camp will be held in Paris on this Thursday June 21st. The event is free to attend, but registration is obligatory. The event features 3 parallel tracks with sessions covering a range of topics including: drop catching new TLDs aftermarket SEO online marketing managing domains content Full details of the event are available on the French … [Read more...] about NDD Camp Domain Event in Paris
ICANN vs EPAG: ICANN Seeks Appeal Plus Pushes for ECJ Referral
As I predicted ICANN is pursuing its case against EPAG. They're now not only appealing the case to a higher court in Germany, but are also trying to get the entire thing referred to the European Court of Justice. In an announcement late last night ICANN made it very clear what their intentions are. While they're pursuing the appeal in the higher court in the German region, … [Read more...] about ICANN vs EPAG: ICANN Seeks Appeal Plus Pushes for ECJ Referral
Cloudflare Summit London
Cloudflare will be hosting their summit tomorrow in central London. The one day event will feature an interesting mix of international speakers, as well as senior staff from the cloud security company. Speakers on the day will include CloudFlare founder and CEO Matthew Prince. The full agenda is here. … [Read more...] about Cloudflare Summit London