Eight years after Google Domains launched, and a little more than a year after it graduated out of beta, Google is "winding down following a transition period," as part of "efforts to sharpen our focus." That's corporate-ese for "We need to keep cost-cutting, so we're selling this business we just finished shaping up to Squarespace." //

However clean and orderly a transition the two companies try to emulate, the sale cannot help but further Google's image as a company that readily gives up on projects that aren't core to its advertising business, even those that have matured and would seem to encourage a tie-in with Google accounts. //

Goofball_Jones Ars Praefectus
13y
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So, looking back at the Google Graveyard, it seems their ongoing philosophy is "if we can't totally dominate a market with a service, we'll kill the service". I mean, look what is left is just the major things they totally dominate. YouTube, Search, Email, and to some extent, Android. That's why it's a laugh-fest when they announce something new because we all know if they don't dominate the world with it within a year, they'll kill it off.

I picture in the future some service they come up with that will keep you alive well past the usual age of dying....only to kill it off a few years later, telling the people currently on it "you have 30 days to take care of your affairs and say goodbye to your family and friends. Thank you for supporting GoogleLife" //

cdd Smack-Fu Master, in training
2d
1
The $180 million Google gets from the sale doesn't even come close to covering the $226 million they paid Sundar Pichai in 2022 and only serves to erode consumer trust in Google's willingness to continue any of its products. If they need the money, why not just hire a cheaper CEO?

What are the Outlook.com email limits?
Limits for non-subscribers vary on usage history. The limits for Microsoft 365 subscribers are:

• Daily recipients: 5,000
• Maximum recipients per message: 500
• Daily non-relationship recipients: 1,000

Notes: 

• A “non-relationship recipient” is someone you've never sent email to before.

As a benefit of your Microsoft 365 Family or Microsoft 365 Personal subscription, you can create a personalized email address that's associated with your Outlook.com mailbox. For example, yourname@example.com. 

Getting started

1. Sign in to your  premium feature settings in Outlook.com

2. Under Personalized email address, select Get Started.

Tip: If you have a Microsoft 365 Family subscription, people you've shared the subscription with can also set up a personalized email address with your connected domain. After you've set up your domain, people you've shared with will see an option to add a personalized email address in the premium features section of Outlook settings.

What is .radio ?

.radio is a new top-level domain (such as .com or .net) which is exclusively dedicated to the radio stations, web radios and others closely associated with the sector.

Why choose .radio ?

The .radio TLD is one of the few recognized community-based resources representing the interest of around 65,000 radio stations, 60,000 web radios, and others closely associated with the sector. Beneficiaries of this new TLD include licenced broadcasters, radio stations from accross the world, unions and related organizations, trade-mark owners, licensed radio amateurs, web radios and radio professionals. //

URL SHORTENER for .radio registrants
(100% FREE)

On.radio is a free service offered by the EBU (.radio registry) to the .radio Community.

It allows registrants of .radio domains to shorten any .radio internet address to a short version easy to share and remember.

One of the final steps before deploying your WordPress website on Google Cloud Platform is setting up a domain name.

With most hosting providers (such as SiteGround or BlueHost), setting up a domain name is relatively easy. However, setting up a domain name on the Google Cloud Platform is slightly more complicated.

All websites, no matter how big or small, need a domain name.

You can purchase domain names through domain registrars. Or, you might already own a domain and want to transfer it to a new registrar.

Either way, it can be hard to know which registrar is best for your site’s goals, your budget, and your needs.

Some registrars are more expensive than others, and some lack of free features that others offer, for example, domain privacy protection.

Here is our list of 10 best domain registrars in 2020:

for maximum security on your domains, consider adopting some or all of the following best practices:

-Use registration features like Registry Lock that can help protect domain name records from being changed. Note that this may increase the amount of time it takes going forward to make key changes to the locked domain (such as DNS changes).

-Use DNSSEC (both signing zones and validating responses).

-Use access control lists for applications, Internet traffic and monitoring.

-Use 2-factor authentication, and require it to be used by all relevant users and subcontractors.

-In cases where passwords are used, pick unique passwords and consider password managers.

-Review the security of existing accounts with registrars and other providers, and make sure you have multiple notifications in place when and if a domain you own is about to expire.

-Monitor the issuance of new SSL certificates for your domains by monitoring, for example, Certificate Transparency Logs.