The draft agenda for RIPE 71 is now online. The meeting is being held in Bucharest, Romania from 16 - 20 November. As could be expected one of the plenary sessions will be focussed on the IANA transition. Other companies speaking include Dyn, Facebook and APNIC. Full details on the meeting's official site. … [Read more...] about RIPE 71 Draft Agenda Available
Uniregistry Provides A New Home For .Hiv
Earlier today Uniregistry and the .hiv registry announced that the .hiv registry was changing hands and that it was being taken over by Frank Schilling's Uniregistry. That .hiv is going to a good home is excellent news. But why did this happen? The .hiv domain extension wasn't setup like other domain extensions. It was established to be something else - a digital red … [Read more...] about Uniregistry Provides A New Home For .Hiv
Association of Portuguese Speaking Domain Registries Launched
Industry associations and groupings come in all shapes and sizes. A new one was launched this week which caters for Portuguese speaking domain registries. The newly formed association LusNIC has a fairly simple goal: To promote and to collaborate in the defense of the interests of Portuguese-language ccTLDs The founding members are drawn from br; (Brazil); .cv; .gw … [Read more...] about Association of Portuguese Speaking Domain Registries Launched
IEDR Hiring For Three Positions In Dublin
The IEDR, which runs the .ie ccTLD, is currently advertising for three positions. All positions are based on the outskirts of Dublin city where the IEDR is headquartered. The roles are: Financial Controller Registration Services Administrator Customer Services Manager While no indication of salary is listed they probably pay reasonably well, as the job market in … [Read more...] about IEDR Hiring For Three Positions In Dublin
Apple Launches Apple.news
Apple has adopted a .news domain name for its new "News" application / service which is a builtin feature of iOS9. Apple.news points to the page on the Apple site with an overview of the new service: For some bizarre reason they haven't redirect the non-HTTPS traffic to the same place, so trying to type apple.news into a browser will leave you thinking that the … [Read more...] about Apple Launches Apple.news
Domaining Spain Expands To Madrid & Barcelona
Domaining Spain / Domaining Europe has been held in Valencia for the last 7 years. Valencia is a lovely city, but it's not quite as "mainstream" as Barcelona or Madrid. So it's interesting to see that Dietmar is organising two events this side of Christmas in Barcelona and Madrid. Domaining Europe will be on in Madrid on October 30th, while a similar event will be held in … [Read more...] about Domaining Spain Expands To Madrid & Barcelona
ICANN Compliance Explained Using Cute Videos
ICANN's Compliance department is being made that little bit more accessible via a new friendly video: https://youtu.be/nGLD0WCCiAY As domain transfers are the most common source of complaints it's not surprising that they chose an issue with a transfer for "Sarah". And as ICANN is "global" you can also watch the video in French, Spanish, Chinese or Arabic.. What's … [Read more...] about ICANN Compliance Explained Using Cute Videos
Freenom Fail To Comply With ICANN Suspension
The battle between ICANN's Compliance team and Freenom has got plenty of in depth coverage by Kevin over the last few weeks. It's been an interesting topic to follow. However ICANN finally prevailed and was able to impose the suspension which is scheduled to run from 26 August 2015 at 00:00 UTC to 24 November 2015 at 00:00 UTC. The terms of the suspension are clearly laid … [Read more...] about Freenom Fail To Comply With ICANN Suspension
CENTR Announces 2015 Awards Shortlist
The 2015 CENTR Awards will be held in October in Brussels. Earlier this week the shortlist of finalists was announced. Here's the list: Marketing category: AustriaLoves.at - "Darlinks" of the nation, NIC.AT (.at) Domain Pirates campaign, IIS (.se) “Without a name it remains a dream” campaign, Registro.it Corporate and Social Responsibility (CSR) category: • … [Read more...] about CENTR Announces 2015 Awards Shortlist
If Sunrise Numbers Are An Indication .Online Will Do Well
Sunrise domain name registrations used to be a good way for both registries and registrars to get sales and revenue. With the advent of new TLDs however the numbers for most extensions have been lacklustre, with registries being "lucky" to get a couple of hundred domains in the sunrise period (on average) However one could also argue that some of the objectively "better" … [Read more...] about If Sunrise Numbers Are An Indication .Online Will Do Well