The independent review of the ICM Registry bid for .xxx was held towards the end of September in Washington and the documents from this are now available onlineI'd love to summarise them, but there is a very large volume of information (hundreds of pages)If you have the time to read over them all they include witness statements from Vint Cerf, Milton Mueller, Paul Twomey and … [Read more...] about ICM Registry (.xxx) Independent Review Documents Available
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gTLD Revolution Announces Pitch for 3 TLDs
GTLD Revolution, which is a new company founded by Dean Shannon (Deep Blue Sea / Fabulous), has today announced their plans to launch 3 new TLDs.The new venture, which has chosen AusRegistry as their backend provider, is planning on applying for at least three new TLDs when the application process opens up early next year.The new TLDs they've announced so far … [Read more...] about gTLD Revolution Announces Pitch for 3 TLDs
New gTLD Update – Scottish Users Prefer .scot
Image by Scottish Government via FlickrThe campaign for a TLD for Scotland announced a small change of tack earlier today on their facebook presence. While previously the campaign had been focussed on setting up the .sco tld for Scottish culture etc., they are now pressing ahead with .scot instead.Davie Hutchinson, one of the main movers in the .scot movement explained the … [Read more...] about New gTLD Update – Scottish Users Prefer .scot
Neil Edwards Dispels Myths and Makes a Promise
I've written about .mobi quite a bit over the last few months.There are a few reasons for this:I've met most of the team and thought they were cool peopleThey're actually based in Ireland and employ Irish people (yes that is a bit of national pride you're seeing!)They seem to have a vision and a missionThey're trying (and succeeding) to make the mobile web a realityThey've been … [Read more...] about Neil Edwards Dispels Myths and Makes a Promise