Not exactly "news", but the ICANN Toronto meeting now has a nice logo … [Read more...] about ICANN Toronto Gets New Logo
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.Post Is In The Root
Yesterday a "new" domain extension was added to the root nameservers. It's not really "new", as it was approved ages ago, but hadn't been delegated. The .post TLD will be run for post offices and only post offices, so don't expect to see too many domain names using it.. It'll be interesting to see which ones actually do.. The "news" broke last night via Jeff Moss' … [Read more...] about .Post Is In The Root
Blacknight Offering Free and Discounted .Co and .Me Domains
Irish registrar and hosting provider are offering free .co or .me domain names with some of their hosting plans (Disclosure - I own the company) You can read full details about the offer on their blog. Related articles Blacknight now .co accredited (domainincite.com) Press Release: Blacknight Announce .CAT Super Summer Kickoff Promotion - The clock is … [Read more...] about Blacknight Offering Free and Discounted .Co and .Me Domains
Want To Submit A Comment On A New TLD? Good Luck!
Earlier this evening I thought I'd try to submit a comment on a couple of new TLD applications. As I discovered the user experience and interface isn't exactly "friendly" To demonstrate this I did a short screencast of my efforts: Not a pleasant experience! … [Read more...] about Want To Submit A Comment On A New TLD? Good Luck!
Brazilian Registry: Another ccTLD Milestone
The domain registry for the Brazilian country code, .br, has passed the 3 million domain names mark. The milestone was reached at 22.52 GMT … [Read more...] about Brazilian Registry: Another ccTLD Milestone
DotNxt Speakers Announced
I'm not 100% sure if this is "news" or I simply didn't spot it until now ... In any case DotNxt has published the full list of speakers for their conference next month in London. The conference had originally been scheduled to take place prior to the Prague ICANN meeting, but with so many delays in the new TLD program the conference organisers postponed it. So who is down … [Read more...] about DotNxt Speakers Announced
Irony: Centralnic Create Brand Confusion With New Company Brand Name
I guess this was inevitable. There are a bunch of domain and internet related companies out there that have totally forgettable and unoriginal names. At some point there's going to be confusion between two or more of them. But you'd also think that any sane company would do a small bit of due diligence to avoid these kind of conflicts when registering a limited company … [Read more...] about Irony: Centralnic Create Brand Confusion With New Company Brand Name
ICANN Wins IANA Contract Bid
The US government has renewed the IANA contract to ICANN. Full details in the official release. The IANA contract renewal had been haunting ICANN for the last year, so closure on this key aspect of internet plumbing should be greeted positively in most quarters. The EU, however, might not be too happy, as they'd already raised concerns about the bidding process, which … [Read more...] about ICANN Wins IANA Contract Bid
Argentinian GAC Opposes New TLD Application
The Argentinian GAC member speaking in the ICANN public forum today forcibly voiced their objection to a new TLD application. The application that has been submitted for .patagonia that has been received by ICANN was made by a company and not by the region of Argentina. … [Read more...] about Argentinian GAC Opposes New TLD Application
ICANN 44 Weekend Meetings
This weekend the 44th ICANN public meeting kicked off in Prague. Yesterday's big news came early in the morning with the announcement that "Digital Archery" had been "suspended". Whether it will come back to haunt new TLD applicants at a later date or not is not clear, though many attendees are hoping that it won't. Yesterday also saw the meeting between the GNSO and … [Read more...] about ICANN 44 Weekend Meetings