US online retail giant Amazon is embracing the era of new internet domain names after it forked out nearly_$4.6 million to gain exclusive access to .Buy websites. Domainnamewire.com — a blog that keeps an eye on all things domain name-related — reports that Amazon beat out Google and two other companies to win the auction. Google was also unsuccessful in its efforts to buy .VIP, while .Tech sold for $6,760,000 — a figure that Domainnamewire.com says may_be a record deal for a top level domain. ICANN, the organization that governs top level domains, is expected to hit the switch on...
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