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SlashGear’s Super Bowl XLVII ad spot roundup

, Feb 4th 2013 Discuss [0]

For some people, the Super Bowl isn’t about the game, but about the commercials. We saw a lot of them during this year’s game, and there was no shortage of advertisements relating to technology, cars, and movies. We decided to round up all of the Super Bowl commercials that we thought SlashGear readers would enjoy most, including ones from Samsung, Best Buy, GoDaddy, and even BlackBerry. We’ve embedded some of our personal favorites right in this post, with links to all the other ads that are relevant.

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GoDaddy hires former Yahoo and Microsoft exec Blake Irving as CEO

, Dec 11th 2012 Discuss [0]

GoDaddy, one of the world’s largest web hosting and domain registration company, has hired Blake Irving to be the company's new CEO. Irving will begin duties as CEO starting January 7, succeeding interim CEO Scott Wagner. Irving was an executive at Yahoo, and also spent 15 years at Microsoft where he took on various senior roles. Read The Full Story

GoDaddy denies all external influence in Crash

, Sep 11th 2012 Discuss [0]

Yesterday it became apparent late in the day that GoDaddy was having issues with keeping a collection of webpages up as they were reported as under attack by hackers - today it seems that this is entirely untrue. Though GoDaddy and collection of webpages they work with did indeed go down for a period yesterday, they've today sent out a statement that notes that no external forces had to do with the incident. Instead of it being Anonymous or some other nameless hacker dropping a DDoS attack or any number of other malicious actions, it was simply an internal network issue. Read The Full Story

SlashGear Evening Wrap-Up: September 10, 2012

, Sep 10th 2012 Discuss [0]

Welcome back to Monday, folks. We're in the final stretch before Apple's big event kicks off, and with just a couple of days left before everything goes down, the iPhone 5 is making a splash in a big way. The (hopefully) incoming handset was given the title of "biggest upgrade in consumer electronics history" by one enthusiastic analyst today. T-Mobile is offering an "Unlocked and Unlimited" deal for the iPhone even though it doesn't carry the device itself, and we got word today that Apple suppliers have started shipping new 13.3-inch MacBook Pros with Retina Display and a new line of all-in-one iMacs. Read The Full Story

Anonymous attack brings down tons of GoDaddy sites

, Sep 10th 2012 Discuss [0]

Today is not a good for those working behind the scenes at GoDaddy. TechCruch is reporting that an Anonymous member has brought GoDaddy down and, by extension, has brought down many of the sites GoDaddy hosts. Apparently, the attack was carried out by someone going by the name of "AnonymousOwn3r" on Twitter, and he says that he worked alone in bringing the website hosting service down. Read The Full Story

MLG dropping all domains from GoDaddy for their support of SOPA

, Jan 4th 2012 Discuss [13]

The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) is a hot topic that has been buzzing around the internet for the last few months. The supporters of SOPA are feeling the backlash in public boycotts of consumers ceasing services of companies who support the Act. GoDaddy is one company who has been hit hard after coming out in support of SOPA. Read The Full Story

GoDaddy interfered with domain name exodus accuses Namecheap

, Dec 27th 2011 Discuss [6]

Last week GoDaddy reportedly saw 70,000 domain names moved away from its services as a registrar. The mass exodus was the internet response to GoDaddy throwing its support behind the SOPA act that is seeking to become law right now. The swift removal of tens of thousands of domains names registered at GoDaddy was a good thing for competitors like Namecheap and others. Read The Full Story