YNOT – The International Foundation for Online Responsibility — the organization tasked with setting policy for the operation of websites within the dot-xxx domain space — has hired former mainstream journalist Kieren McCarthy to lead its public outreach efforts. Among other...

YNOT – Note to would-be adult industry attorneys: Suing suspected copyright infringers on behalf of porn studios may not be the quick-bucks slam-dunk you expected. Just ask Richmond, Va.-based personal injury attorney D. Wayne O’Bryan. Last week a federal judge in Richmond...

YNOT – Affiliate program Next Door Entertainment describes its newest explicit fetish website as “clean-cut jocks doing dirty things.” And that about sums up BoundJocks.com, where high-definition video, model interviews and live cam shows allow members an up-close and personal...

By M.Christian YNOT – While far too humble to challenge the genius of Benjamin Franklin, we have to say there actually are three things that are absolutely, positively certain in this world: death, taxes and sanctimonious zealots.

YNOT – Leave it to the black hats: The moment a piece of technology becomes popular or useful, someone will figure out a way to subvert it. The marketing darling of the moment, Quick Response — or QR — codes, became the latest victim this week when anti-virus researchers at...

YNOT – If humanity is going to survive for the long haul, meaning thousands of years, at some point we are going to have to leave the Earth behind. As things stand now, we’re trashing the planet, using up non-renewable resources and generally overpopulating the joint at a...

YNOT – Novelty manufacturer Evolved Novelties is going more pink than usual in October and encouraging retailers and consumers to join it in taking a stand against the disease. The company launched a “Go Pink” campaign to benefit breast cancer research and promote awareness....

YNOT – Regardless the opinion many adult industry insiders harbor about the dot-xxx sponsored Top Level Domain, some see the neighborhood as prime real estate. Liberty Media Holdings, parent company of gay adult studio Corbin Fisher, is one of the latter. On Wednesday, Chief...

YNOT – In January 2012, for the first time in its history, Adultcon will take place outside Los Angeles. From Jan. 12-14, the event will occupy a space inside the Riviera Hotel, across the street from the Las Vegas Convention Center on the north end of the celebrated Strip....

YNOT – Although Google’s Android operating system owns nearly 50 percent of the worldwide smartphone market (Canalsys statistics), Apple’s iOS-powered devices continue to dominate when it comes to mobile web traffic, a report from web analytics firm Net Applications has revealed....