Former GoDaddy General Counsel Christine Jones announced that she was running for Congress earlier today. Jones sent out an email to her supporters earlier today making the announcement as well as publishing her first campaign video: https://youtu.be/dvK6VQkkqgc Jones will be seeking the Republican nomination for Arizona's Fifth Congressional District. Here's the … [Read more...] about Christine Jones Announces Congress Bid
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Short IE Domains Auctions Started Today
Auctions for contested "short" .ie domain names started earlier today. The private auctions are being handled by UK based company Divido who already do some auctions for .io and .ac. It is expected that the auctions will take a couple of weeks to complete. The auctions are open to applicants for "short" 1 and 2 letter (or number) .ie ccTLD domain names which were … [Read more...] about Short IE Domains Auctions Started Today
French Supermarket Giant LeClerc Turns On DotBrand
Earlier this week French supermarket giant E.Leclerc launched a new site for their sports' goods. The key change? The new site lives at sport.leclerc. Leclerc, which employs over 94 thousand people, is one of the companies that opted to get its own "dotbrand". While some companies have rolled out a variety of different things on their own domain extension it's still rare to see … [Read more...] about French Supermarket Giant LeClerc Turns On DotBrand
ICANN Sends Reply To Cruz And Co
Senator Cruz and ICANN have been involved in a game of "swap the letter" for the last couple of months. Earlier this week Cruz and Co sent a letter to ICANN that displayed a couple of key things: they were very unhappy with how ICANN had been responding (They're not alone in this one!) They were displeased with ICANN's concept of time (hey we've all been there! Welcome … [Read more...] about ICANN Sends Reply To Cruz And Co
Preliminary Agenda For Domaining Europe Released
The preliminary agenda for Domaining Europe has been released. The event runs over 3 days, with day 1 (Sunday) being dedicated to networking and 1 to 1 meetings. Monday and Tuesday are themed, with Monday focussing on .com and "legacy" domains, while Tuesday's focus will switch to new TLDs and future rounds. There will be a variety of talks covering: European … [Read more...] about Preliminary Agenda For Domaining Europe Released
Cruz And Co Send ICANN Another Letter
Republican Presidential hopeful Ted Cruz (and others) has sent yet another letter to ICANN. This time round the letter is addressed both to the Chairman of the ICANN Board, Dr Steve Crocker, as well as to former CEO Fadi Chehadé. The letter (below) repeats some of the questions previously put to ICANN, though the wording is much blunter this time round. Cruz' office … [Read more...] about Cruz And Co Send ICANN Another Letter
DotMe Breaks 1 Million Domain Names
The guys over at the .me registry have reason to celebrate - they've just announced that they've hit an important milestone. There are now over 1 million .me domain names registered. You can read about the .me 1 million names and how much it means to them over on their blog. In the meanwhile this graphic shows how the zone grew over the past 8 years: There's quite a … [Read more...] about DotMe Breaks 1 Million Domain Names
Nominet To Make Zone File Available
Nominet are planning to make their zone file available from May. In an email to Nominet members yesterday Nominet CEO Russell Haworth stated: We have also taken a decision to make the .UK zone file available free to our members in May. The team are working out the finer technical and operational points and will keep you posted as we firm things up. There aren't any details … [Read more...] about Nominet To Make Zone File Available
How Much Has ICANN Spent On The IANA Transition?
ICANN critics often focus on ICANN's expenditure. The organisation's overall budget had been growing for years prior to the new TLD program launch. However with the new TLD launch it mushroomed very quickly, with the organisation collecting $185k per application. With 1930 applications that gave them $357,050,000 - though admittedly there were quite a few applications withdrawn … [Read more...] about How Much Has ICANN Spent On The IANA Transition?
LACTLD Appoints Andrés Piazza General Manager
LACTLD has announced that the appointment of Andrés Piazza as General Manager. Piazza will take up the post formally from April 1st 2016. He will be working alongside the current General Manage, Carolina Aguerre, from mid-March. Piazza is a well known figure in the Latin American and Spanish speaking internet industry. He's been with LACNIC since 2011, but prior to that was … [Read more...] about LACTLD Appoints Andrés Piazza General Manager