Name.com put out a press release that they are partnering with several companies to make it easier for their customers to develop sites and apps. Everyone is in a race to make AI-driven app development accessible to all their clients. Key partnership highlights include the following: The post Name.com partners with Bolt,Netlify and Vercel appeared [...]
Existing investors add to balance sheet. Newfold Digital, a rollup of domain name and web hosting companies, announced today that it has raised an additional $100 million of funding. Its existing owners, Clearlake Capital Group, L.P., and Siris Capital Group, provided the funding. The company is due to receive an additional cash infusion upon the [...]
After rebooting the Pebble smartwatch, founder Eric Migicovsky is expanding his company's device lineup with a new smart wearable: an AI-powered smart ring known as Index 01. Named for the finger where the ring is meant to be worn, the new $75 ring is not meant to be a competitor to the always-on, always-listening AI [...]
TheDomains.com turns 18, started by one of the five greatest domain investors of all time, Michael Berkens back in December of 2007. We are closing in on 12,000 posts and have had over 117,000 comments. After many years of posting 12 hours a day, Michael is now living the good life as I see him [...]
Empromptu claims all a user has to do is tell the platform's AI chatbot what they want — like a new HTML or JavaScript app — and the AI will go ahead and build it.
Panel Finds RDNH Despite No Response Filed This case reminds us once again, that RDNH can and should be found in appropriate circumstances, even when not requested by a Respondent. This is particularly clear when a Respondent has not even responded – and therefore could not have requested RDNH – yet RDNH is still found [...]
This Wednesday at 2PM Eastern if you are interested in hearing one of the legends of the game talk domains, David Costello will be doing an X spaces hosted by Brady from Unstoppable Domains. David has been posting a lot on X about his problems with the GoDaddy appraisal system and how he genuinely thinks [...]
Learn about the joint WIPO-ICA UDRP review and get a preview of January’s ICA meeting in Las Vegas. Last week, World Intellectual Property Organization and Internet Commerce Association (ICA) published a final report of their collaborative review of the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy. On today’s show, ICA General Counsel Zak Muscovitch explains how [...]
Panelist said Ekin SAS left out key details in its filing. A French food company has been found (pdf) to have tried reverse hijacking the domain name EkinFrites.com. According to its website, Ekin SAS operates both a frozen food business that sells fries and a restaurant. It uses the domain name ekin.fr. It filed the [...]
Skild AI is developing a hardware-agnostic foundation model for robots that can be customized for various uses.