I saw KickApps 1.0 and it wasn’t something even worth mentioning or discussing.  A colleague of mine insisted that I had to check out KickApps’ latest version, 3.0, which, “KickApps 3.0 makes it easier than ever for web publishers and developers of all levels and experience to deploy Social Networking, UGC, Programmable Video Players and Widgets.”

Sounds like standard marketing BS right?  Can there really be a solution to the novice or amateur web developer’s needs?  According to their website, “[t]he new release dramatically extends your ability to manage media, members and reporting, all essential to growing a successful community. Additionally, it contains more site customization and syndication as well as features that are designed to create a more engaging experience for your community’s members.”

I decided to head over to their website and stumbled upon this video, which is worth checking out if you have not seen it…

One of the many resources that DNJournal.com provides to the domainer community is domain name sale price reporting. Brought to our attention by Equity78 on the NamePros dot tv subforum, DN Journal recently reported different domain names sales for the week.  To find out what TV related domain names sold (and there are some in the $X,XXX region), read on…

What do you if your popular television show that includes reports on deals, bargains, and shopping needs a website to aggregate all of the information from the show, its videos, and information about advertisers?  Obviously, we know that the dot tv (.tv) extension is the only place to create a presence because of its brandability.  Not everyone gets that, but Dot TV fever is catching on.

One of the new sites that has been added is MoreDeals.TV and program host Alan Mendelson says this site “will be an experiment. We want to see if a dot-TV site can deliver the same punch as our dot-COM sites have delivered.

The Best Deals TV Show…

After I picked up on the other two stories related to domain tasting (Google Adsense and the Name Tasting Study), I discovered a story on DN Journal that suggests that “ICANN is about to effectively end domain tasting” based on minutes from the organization’s most recent meeting.  Link after the jump…

The importance of website infrastructure cannot be overemphasized if your website will be truly as good as you anticipate ESPECIALLY if you decide that your dot tv domain must stream its own videos.  I came across this great tale that harkens back to the 1990s dot com era.  The morale of the story is that everything can be perfect until one of your assumptions is blown out of the water.  Link after the jump…

While less popular with dot tv domains, the practice of domain name drop catching is becoming very popular.

You might have seen yesterday’s story about Google’s actions to prevent domainers from exploiting its Google Adsense program (domain tasting).

Well, today, the Coalition Against Domain Name Abuse (CADNA) announced the release of a study concerning the practice of a few domainers called drop-catching. 

According to the study, “CADNA’s study, which tracked 17,000 randomly selected Dot-ORG, Dot-COM and Dot-NET domain names after their scheduled expiration on September 18th, 2007, found that 100% of the Dot-COM and Dot-NET domains were…

Multi-platform entertainment programmer LX.TV (dot tv) has been acquired by NBC’s Local Media Division. LX.TV began producing hi-def programming for NBC Universal’s (NYSE: GE) WNBC last January. The company will become a standalone unit within the Local Media Division and will produce “cultural and lifestyle programming” across the group’s local media platforms.

Former MTV execs Joseph Varet and Morgan Hertzan founded the local entertainment company as Code.TV, a broadband channel for…

I am absolutely baffled.  Why would someone relist a domain in an auction on eBay FOR MORE MONEY when the previous auction received zero bids.  Can you explain that to me?

The owner of IT.tv (dot tv) did just that…