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Highly Coordinated Attack Impacts Twitter Accounts of World’s Most Famous People

July 17, 2020 By John Colascione Leave a Comment

tWITTER HACK

WEST PALM BEACH, FL - On July 15, 2020, several verified Twitter accounts of famous people and companies were taken over in a security breach, including Apple, Elon Musk, Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, Barack Obama and others. Hackers then published tweets from these accounts soliciting donations via Bitcoin. For example, one tweet read: “We are giving back to our community. We support Bitcoin and we believe you should too. All Bitcoin sent to our address below will be sent … [Read more...]

Two Letter ngTLD “My.Life” Said To Be Sold for Whopping $175k, Buyer Unconfirmed

April 18, 2020 By John Colascione 1 Comment

PALM BEACH, FL – According to several reports, the 2 letter gTLD “My.Life” has been sold in a transaction valued at $175,000.00 (according to the registry), with $100,000.00 paid up front in cash, and $75,000.00 to be paid by the end of the year. The sale was confirmed by a tweet from the Donuts Twitter account  and by Elliot Silver who reached out to Matt Overman, Senior VP of Sales at Donuts. The buyer of the unusually short domain asset is believed to be Meredith … [Read more...]

1950s Telephone Exec Accurately Predicts Future of Phones: “Will Carry Like Watch”

November 30, 2019 By John Colascione 1 Comment

PALM BEACH, FL - In 1953, a telephone executive’s statement and prediction appeared in the April 11, 1953 issue of The Tacoma News Tribune. Below is a photograph of the story which has recently surfaced online and is getting a good deal of attention on social media sites such as Reddit, Twitter and Facebook from its accuracy. “Just what form the future telephone will take is, of course, pure speculation. Here is my prophesy: In its final development, the … [Read more...]

Cryptocurrency Exchange BitMEX Called “Outrageously Incompetent” for Using “CC”

November 4, 2019 By John Colascione Leave a Comment

PALM BEACH, FL – BitMex, a peer-to-peer cryptocurrency exchange founded in 2014 has accidentally emailed its users with the CC (carbon copy) field rather than the “private” BCC (blind carbon copy) field leading to outrage by many of its users. In a tweet posted on Nov. 1, crypto-currency attorney Jake Chervinsky said the leak was done in the most “outrageously incompetent way imaginable.” BitMEX released an official statement on the issue, emphasizing that no … [Read more...]

List of Fox News Twitter Account Handles for Correspondents, Anchors and Editors

November 4, 2019 By John Colascione Leave a Comment

PALM BEACH, FL - The following is a list of Fox News Twitter Account Handles for Correspondents or persons involved in Fox news channel television programming and news reporting. The majority of these accounts are verified accounts. #MediaBuzz @MediaBuzzFNC Ainsley Earhardt @ainsleyearhardt Amanda Raus @amandaraus Anita Vogel @AnitaJVogel Arthel Neville @ArthelNeville Bill Hemmer @BillHemmer Bret Baier @BretBaier Brit Hume @brithume Brooke … [Read more...]

Trump Campaign Cyber-Squats on Biden by Snapping Up Domain Name, Social Pages

October 26, 2019 By John Colascione 5 Comments

PALM BEACH, FL – Presidential hopeful Joe Biden created a new outreach ad-campaign targeting specifically Latino voters called “Todos con Biden” (Everyone with Biden) and it appears his campaign team is just about as smart as he is; they forgot it should include an Internet presence. This opened the opportunity for the Trump Campaign, which they immediately did, to register not just the domain name, but to scoop-up corresponding social media pages with it. Cybersquatting, … [Read more...]

Numbers Reported for “.CLUB” Decline Due to Registry Quality Compliance & Cleanup

October 22, 2019 By John Colascione 2 Comments

PALM BEACH, FL – The following is a correction to previously published work which included an embedded Tweet which has been called into question and said, by the registry, to be incorrect; a reader from the “.Club” registry contacted me with a correction request yesterday including some supporting explanations for certain numbers seen on nTLDStats.com and numbers from a Tweet which were embedded and published on StrategicRevenue.com on October 17, 2019. Upon reading the … [Read more...]

Buyer of Record-Breaking Domain Sale, “Voice.com”, Ordered to Pay $24M SEC Fine

October 9, 2019 By John Colascione 1 Comment

PALM BEACH, FL – On May 30, 2019, the domain name “Voice.com” was sold in a record-breaking all-cash transaction that has officially gone down in the history books as the highest valued domain name sale ever on record when Blockchain company “Block.one” purchased the .com web address from MicroStrategy Incorporated (Nasdaq: MSTR) for $30,000,000.00. The sale lit-up the domain industry when it was announced in June of this year in a MicroStrategy press release. Domain … [Read more...]

Top 10 Ways to Market Your Small Business Online; Do-It-Yourself Marketing Strategies

April 27, 2019 By John Colascione Leave a Comment

WEST PALM BEACH - Every once in a while I'll come out with a list of goodies for those who look for website owner tips. Below is a list of these including the top ten best and/or most popular ways (in my opinion) to market your small business on the Internet including both do-it-yourself strategies and for those which aren't, reasons why you might be better off hiring a fully managed solution provider or Internet marketing company to do it for you. Some of these ideas you … [Read more...]

Twitter Needs Pro-Active Feature to Block Unwanted Followers Automatically

July 4, 2018 By John Colascione Leave a Comment

NEW YORK, NY – Twitter, one of my favorite social networking websites, lacks an important feature which should be added to the service, preventing users from certain counties following you, automatically. I have no idea why this is not part of the service already. Why is it that there is only a feature to block users, after they have already followed you, creating work and time to do. Why aren’t there any auto-blocking features available, so that you can block users from … [Read more...]

Is Dominion Registries Having Trouble Selling Their New Alternative Dots?

April 8, 2018 By John Colascione 1 Comment

NEW YORK - According to a press release by Dominion Registries, a division of Dominion Enterprises, the company is removing a long list of previously implemented registrant eligibility verification restrictions for its new gTLD industry-specific domain extensions which consist of .AUTOS, .BOATS, .HOMES, .MOTORCYCLES and .YACHTS. The changes will be made this year, beginning first with .BOATS, which is now available to anyone at all, for just about any reason, defined … [Read more...]

Donuts’ .Dating Registry to Benefit from Niche Dating Site Using Trump Politics

February 19, 2018 By John Colascione Leave a Comment

NEW YORK, NY - A niche dating website business is out there promoting the .dating URL (https://trump.dating) while suggesting trump supporters make ideal candidates for long lasting relationships. The site belongs to a group called Friends Worldwide, Inc. which has utilized niche sites such as singlesoldiers.org, countrymatch.com and this new one https://trump.dating to build its membership. From what I could find online the network could use the temporary additional … [Read more...]

CBS News Offers Readers ‘Bad Advice’ in 6 Best Practices for Choosing a Domain

February 11, 2018 By John Colascione Leave a Comment

NEW YORK, NY – Usually when you read an article in Google News, you expect it to give you some good advice, especially when it is a reputable news website. That’s not what happened today when Google News led me to question whether or not I was even on a real news website.  Rather than focusing so much on cleaning up Facebook and Twitter, maybe Google should check their own inclusion practices. The article is on CBS News Detroit and it is called “6 Best Practices for Choosing … [Read more...]

Top 100 Domain Sales for Names Containing the Word “News” Past 5 Years (NameBio)

December 18, 2017 By John Colascione 1 Comment

NEW YORK, NY - News is a hot commodity these days, especially with the birth and buzz around Fake News turning elections. Fundamental change is what's happening out there in the News content landscape, and its especially influential when powered by syndication giants such as Bing News and Google News, who make stories reach thousands - quick. Yep, just about anyone with a good writing educate, great looking site and/or a cool looking domain name can find themselves nearly … [Read more...]

Twitter Verification Requests Get Processed by High Tech Associates in Philippines

September 19, 2017 By John Colascione Leave a Comment

Twitter Verification

NEW YORK, NY – Recently I submitted a request to verify my Twitter account through the online form Twitter makes available for those who want to request verification. Verification isn’t available to all users but those who are either public figures, journalists, celebrities and some media outlets will often be the types of accounts Twitter will verify, depending on the circumstances. Verified users have that cool little blue badge next to their names so Twitter users … [Read more...]

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SEDO Weekly Sales List Includes Three Letter .Com Domain Sold at $117,500

WEST PALM BEACH, FL – The domain name “PLP.com” sold at $117,500 this week according to the latest SEDO.com weekly domain sales report. The purchase appears to be an upgrade for Cleveland, Ohio … [Read More...]

Google Moves for More Control of World’s News with Major Google Play Update

WEST PALM BEACH, FL – Something remarkably interesting has been happening behind the scenes which very few have noticed, however, one firm who has not missed the quickly changing landscape, is … [Read More...]

Amazingly Convincing Facebook Phishing Scam Takes Place on Facebook.com Itself

PALM BEACH, FL – I have been reviewing and writing about email phishing scams for years and I have seen a ton of them, from outright laughable in their easy discoverability to incredibly convincing, … [Read More...]

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