Remark Media (Nasdaq:MARK) has completed the acquisition of Banks.com, Inc. (OTCQB:BNNX) as reported in a press release. The company sold look.com in 2011 for $400,000.

With this acquisition, Remark Media will expand its online personal finance ecosystem that will serve as the go-to destination for users seeking actionable financial advice. The hub of this ecosystem is DimeSpring.com–currently in beta–which offers original content and an interactive platform for consumers to share experiences and interact with the world’s leading financial experts.

Currently, Banks.com, Inc.’s web properties provide users with finance-related content and services. The advertising-supported website, Banks.com offers access to financial news, interest-rate tables and financial calculators. Banks.com, Inc.’s other properties offer access to related financial services, including: online tax information and preparation assistance through IRS.com; online tax extensions through FileLater.com; and online brokerage services through MyStockFund.com.

Remark Media will redesign and integrate Banks.com, IRS.com and the other newly acquired sites with DimeSpring.com, providing a comprehensive suite of financial content, conversation and services for users. Plans include: shifting the Banks.com websites onto Remark Media’s digital media platform; dramatically enhancing the content offerings and user experience; and adding new social features and interactive elements. The redesigned Banks.com sites, scheduled to launch in the fall, will offer new features including content recommendations and social tools, and newsletters that are personalized to individuals’ particular needs. Additionally, they will incorporate responsive design that allows content to be optimized on all devices.

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As announced in a press release today, Kansa based DOT Registry, LLC has applied for the INC, LLC, LLP and CORP gTLDs in the new ICANN gTLD program. DOT Registry plans to limit the availability of the TLDs to US registered companies.

DOT Registry worked closely with many Secretary of State’s offices to develop their registration policies, which call for transparency in reporting and annual verification. Additionally, securing support letters from these Secretary of State’s offices in order to affirm the necessity of restrictions surrounding the strings LLC, INC, LLP and CORP.

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According to a Press Release issued by Domain Holdings this morning, the company has added Monte Cahn to its team as an Executive in Residence and as an Advisor to the Board. Monte is most known from his time as the CEO of Moniker, but also is Cahn is the President and Director of RightOfTheDot, LLC, an Internet consulting and advisement firm, co-founded by him and Mike Berkens, a company that specializes in new and existing TLD consulting, board advisement, as well as other domain services sales, marketing and strategy.

“I chose to invest and take an active role in Domain Holdings because I really believe in and respect the leadership, like the differentiating and leading technology offering, and know that my contribution can further the strategic direction and success,” Monte Cahn said, also noting that RightoftheDot, LLC has chosen Domain Holdings Group as one of its partners for providing premium domain sales and monetization for new and existing TLD clients.

According to a report on DomainNameWire Monte Cahn also invested in Domain Holdings.

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According to this press release, modem manufacturer Zoom Telephonics sold the domain name Zoom.com and related trademark assets for the equivalent of $344,800 in Equity to Zoom Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: ZOOM). The seller received 80,000 shares in the buying company as compensation and is given the right to divest these shares over the course of 15 months after signing.

Zoom Technologies will assume all rights to the zoom.com domain name after a 4 month transition period. During the transition period both companies will share the zoom.com home page, and a single click will transfer someone to the home page of either Zoom Telephonics or Zoom Technologies. The companies have agreed to cooperate in order to affect a smooth transition of email addresses.

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Originally founded in 1996 by Domain Investor Edwin Hayward, iGoldrush was purchased and operated by Paul Goldstone (founder, CEO & president of DomainIt) since 2000. The site underwent a redesign, and was  relaunched in April 2010 at which time they also welcomed Victor Pitts, former VP of Moniker to the team. IGoldrush is a comprehensive informational website about the domain name space.

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GoDaddy.com announced with a Press Release that they launched Video.me, a new video sharing site. With the launch of the site, the site, GoDaddy steps beyond their normal operations of a registrar, so it is very interesting to see how they will fair competing with the likes of YouTube. The domain name chosen reconfirms the company’s commitment for the .ME ccTLD, which it operates in partnership with Afilias and MeNet.

From the Press Release:

Video.ME addresses these issues by adding simplicity and flexibility to the upload process, and gives users complete control over their content – whether they simply want to store their videos ‘in the cloud,’ invite specific people to watch them or broadcast to the whole world.

Each video has the option to be password protected, giving the user control over who sees it— even if the clip is added to Facebook or another website.

[...] Videos can be any length, there is just an overall weekly storage limit of 500MB.

According to their press release, Go Daddy is the first registrar to follow participate in the new ICANN Data Escrow Program. The company is partnering with Iron Mountain, the ICANN designated Registrar Data Escrow Agent.