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Bhavin Turakhia’s Email Venture Gains Big Backer

August 3, 2021 by Michele Neylon

Bhavin Turakhia is a name that is very well known in the domain and internet business. His exit from Directi and his ongoing investment in domains via Radix Registry means that Bhavin's name has strong links with the domain name business. However Bhavin's also been dabbling in other areas, including messaging and email. Earlier today it was announced that … [Read more...] about Bhavin Turakhia’s Email Venture Gains Big Backer

WordPress Buying Tumblr

August 13, 2019 by Michele Neylon

Tumblr is to be acquired by Wordpress' parent company Automattic. Yahoo! bought Tumblr in 2013 for $1 billion dollars, whereas reports are citing numbers below $3 million for the latest sale! Yes, that's "million". The blogging service makes a logical choice for Automattic who already own a growing number of companies serving the blogging space, as well as the .blog … [Read more...] about WordPress Buying Tumblr

WordPress’ Automattic To Launch Dot Blog

May 13, 2016 by Michele Neylon

When you try to explain new TLDs to non-domain people it's often best to choose a clear example of a domain extension that illustrates the concept of the domain extension itself holding meaning. One of the examples that I and others have used more than once is .blog and the reaction has nearly always been of instant understanding and enlightenment. People "get it". If you're … [Read more...] about WordPress’ Automattic To Launch Dot Blog

WordPress Foundation Wins More Domain Disputes

May 5, 2016 by Michele Neylon

Wordpress powers a very large proportion of the web these days, so in terms of "brand" it's very strong. So it's not that surprising that the Wordpress Foundation has formulated a strong, yet clear, trademark policy. Short version - you can't use the term "wordpress", but you can use things like "wp": Under no circumstances is it permitted to use WordPress or WordCamp as … [Read more...] about WordPress Foundation Wins More Domain Disputes