As I've mentioned in the past, dotMobi has been running auctions to allocate some of its "premium" names. There was quite a bit of controversy surrounding the last auction which seems to have left a bad taste in some people's mouths.The next auction was originally scheduled to take place on January 23rd, but has now been postponed.According to a post yesterday on the company's … [Read more...] about DotMobi Premium Auction Postponed
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Hosting.mobi Sells for $101k!
The first of the dotmobi premium auctions finished earlier this evening, although the full sale results don't seem to be available as yet hosting.mobi is listed as having fetched $101,000! … [Read more...] about Hosting.mobi Sells for $101k!
DotMobi Premium Auction Now Live on Sedo
I mentioned the dotmobi premium auctions that are planned over the coming months.The first of these started earlier today and there's already quite a bit of bidding activity.At time of writing loans.mobi has received $30k in bids, with wifi.mobi getting $19k so far.Head on over to place your bid! Mine wasn't quite big enough (though that's hardly surprising!) … [Read more...] about DotMobi Premium Auction Now Live on Sedo
Google Launches Mobile Ready Adsense
It was only inevitable that Google would eventually offer a mobile ready version of its adsense platform. It's been doing it to some degree with the parking companies for some time, although maybe not directly.As one of the named investors in dotmobi this move is actually a bit late when you consider that there are already a number of other companies who were "first to market" … [Read more...] about Google Launches Mobile Ready Adsense
dotmobi Premium Domain Auction
Caroline from dotMobi has announced that they are running a premium auction in conjunction with Sedo starting on September 26th.The auction will include 100 premium .mobi domains, I've taken the liberty of listing them … [Read more...] about dotmobi Premium Domain Auction
dotmobi makes changes in management team
Just got a press release from dotmobi to say that they've just appointed a new CEO:DUBLIN, Ireland and WASHINGTON, DC - September 12, 2007 - dotMobi, the consortium behind the only Internet address created specifically for mobile phones, has appointed Trey Harvin, longtime Internet and technology veteran, as CEO of dotMobi and David Ryder as VP of Marketing and Sales. In their … [Read more...] about dotmobi makes changes in management team
DotMobi Gear Now On Sale
The dotmobi team have put a shop up offering a range of branded items.The selection is quite good and hopefully they'll be adding to it.The only annoying thing is that you can't pay by paypal at the moment … [Read more...] about DotMobi Gear Now On Sale
Neil Edwards Dispels Myths and Makes a Promise
I've written about .mobi quite a bit over the last few months.There are a few reasons for this:I've met most of the team and thought they were cool peopleThey're actually based in Ireland and employ Irish people (yes that is a bit of national pride you're seeing!)They seem to have a vision and a missionThey're trying (and succeeding) to make the mobile web a realityThey've been … [Read more...] about Neil Edwards Dispels Myths and Makes a Promise
Shaping a TLD – Policy and more
Caroline Greer's latest article on the dotMobi blog caught my attention, as I was thinking about registry policies and development quite a bit over the last few days, especially in light of recent news concerning the IE namespace.Dotmobi, in common with a lot of other registries, has an advisory group that is able to influence its development and policies. This may sound a bit … [Read more...] about Shaping a TLD – Policy and more