Public Interest Registry: .ORG has turned 40 years old

Posted by DomainGang on July 10, 2025, at 9:10 pm

The .ORG TLD marked its 40th anniversary today, July 10, 2025. The first domain registration, Mitre.org, was made in 1985 by MITRE Corporation, a nonprofit technology organization. Since then, .ORG has become the preferred domain extension for mission-driven entities around the world. More than 11 million .ORG domains are in use, spanning nonprofits, educational institutions, […]

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Superhuman.com acquired by Grammarly; a new chapter in AI-driven productivity

Posted by DomainGang on July 1, 2025, at 2:18 pm

Superhuman was founded in 2014, when Rahul Vohra and his co-founders set out to build a lightning-fast, productivity-first email client. The company just announced its acquisition by Grammarly, marking a major leap forward in the race to build the AI-native productivity suite of the future. Known for its sleek interface and speed optimizations, Superhuman has also […]

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Shitshow Creative: Unleash bold creativity—Use the right domain name!

Posted by DomainGang on June 20, 2025, at 9:02 am

In early May I came across a tongue-in-cheek press release by Justin Kramm on LinkedIn—a social medium used primarily to connect employees, companies, and professionals with their peers. Shitshow Creative, an imaginary agency at the time, was ready—and willing—to take on large, demanding projects out of this world. Using a standard grade school profanity (“shit”) […]

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Man of vision: Munir Badr celebrates 20 years with AEserver in Dubai

Posted by DomainGang on June 11, 2025, at 9:55 am

Twenty years ago, Munir Badr launched a small online service to simplify domain registration in the UAE. What began as a student project is now AEserver, one of the country’s leading hosting and domain companies. At the time, registering a .ae domain required paperwork, faxes and long waits. Munir built an online ordering tool to […]

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GoDaddy has finally changed its domain transfer away process

Posted by DomainGang on May 27, 2025, at 4:40 pm

GoDaddy has changed its domain transfer process, making it a cinch to move your domains to another registrar. Transferring domains away from GoDaddy has always been a complex, multi-point ordeal. One had to unlock the domain, then remove the WHOIS privacy, then request the authorization code. Each step had to complete first before going to […]

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Mozilla to shut down Pocket—Will it sell Pocket.com?

Posted by DomainGang on May 22, 2025, at 8:20 pm

Mozilla announced today that it’s shutting down two of its projects, Pocket and Fakespot, in order to concentrate on the development of Firefox. Pocket is a content bookmarking service while Fakespot is a browser extension that helps people identify fake reviews online. On July 8th, 2025, Pocket will shut down and its users will be able […]

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Escrow.com: Master of Domains Awards 2025—Andrew Rosener gets 7th MVP ring

Posted by DomainGang on May 12, 2025, at 7:46 am

Escrow.com, the leading platform for secure online payments, has announced the winners of its 2025 Master of Domains awards. These annual honors spotlight the top 10 domain brokers with the highest transaction volumes for deals closed in 2024, recognizing standout performance in the domain name industry. For the seventh consecutive year, industry titan Andrew Rosener […]

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Pope domains: Out with PopeFrancis.com — In with PopeLeoXIV.com

Posted by DomainGang on May 8, 2025, at 3:50 pm

Pope Francis‘ demise was met with sorrow by millions of Catholic faithful around the world. He was widely known for his efforts to reform the Catholic Church and to embrace all people, especially those who were suffering. The election of a new Pope in Rome followed centuries-old rites, culminating today in the selection of Pope […]

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Pope Domain Names: Taken or for sale, these are the top candidates

Posted by DomainGang on April 22, 2025, at 5:49 pm

Pope Francis, born Jorge Mario Bergoglio in 1936 in Buenos Aires, was the first Jesuit and Latin American pope, serving from 2013 until his death on April 21, 2025, at age 88 from a stroke and heart failure. Known for his humility and progressive views, the late Pope Francis championed social justice and addressed clerical […]

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Startup buys Pickle.com as domain rebranding from .AI

Posted by DomainGang on April 7, 2025, at 9:40 am

Pickle is a start-up funded by early seed rounds; the company uses AI to train its software on people’s videos and provide them with a “shell” or “double” that can then lip-sync live. Boasting a 0.3 second lag or delay in response, the videos can be used in real time. Since its formation last year, […]

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Domain Days Dubai announced its 2025 schedule

Posted by DomainGang on February 26, 2025, at 6:40 pm

The operators of Domain Days Dubai have announced the domain conference’s schedule for 2025. Launched in 2023, this year’s domain conference—for the 3rd year in a row—will take place on October 22 & 23, 2025 in Dubai. Meanwhile, the ICANN84 meeting is scheduled for October 25-30 in neighboring Muscat, Oman. This indicates there will be […]

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Web3 & traditional domains: Interview with Davide Vicini, CEO of Freename

Posted by DomainGang on February 11, 2025, at 11:29 am

Freename‘s mission is to empower users with decentralized domain names and top-level domains (TLDs) on blockchain networks. Freename provides ownership, control, and monetization opportunities without traditional registry restrictions, enabling its users to create, trade, and utilize Web3 domains for websites, digital identities, and other applications. It is also an ICANN-accredited domain registrar of traditional domains, […]

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