Research in Britain has found that our all-encompassing magical devices are “doing us in” by adding an average of two hours work per day. Even though smartphones are supposed to make life easier, it also seems to turn us into workaholics.As reported by The Daily Mail, Read More
PUBLIC FORUM COMMENT SUBMITTED BY DCA TRUST: This is a complete unabridged version of the document. Shorter version was read out at the Public Forum Meeting due to constraint of time. General Comment on the ICANN Multi-Stakeholder Model & DCA’s Contribution to the ICANN Africa Strategy Presented by: Ms. Sophia Bekele, Executive Director, …
‘Exponential growth’ in data will cause a major problems for storage and processing, the President of Oracle has warned. Mark Hurd said that “Data is growing exponentially – in some cases by 35 to 40 per cent a year. This is causing big problems for our customers and tremendous economic pressure.” Read More
Just like its physical counterpart, the market for Internet real estate has been in the doldrums in recent years, especially if you are trying to sell a fancy address for millions of dollars. On the Internet, all the priciest addresses are not in Pacific Heights or Manhattan’s Park Avenue – they’re in the dot-com zone, as …
The US Departments of Commerce and Justice are investigating the price increase provisions of Verisign’s .com registry agreement. Verisign CEO Jim Bidzos disclosed the “review” on a conference call with financial analysts tonight. Read More
Continuing with the country’s efforts to push rural telecommunications, Nigeria’s Vice-President Namadi Sambo announced that the government is looking to continue its pledge to the people that it will create mobility and increased penetration is the broadband Internet sector. Read More
As plans for a 2013 rollout of new top level domains marches forward, two companies have sued ICANN to stop it from issuing certain top level domain names. Both lawsuits come courtesy of companies that applied in the “proof of concept” round back in 2000. Read More
DCA Trust used the opportunity afforded by the presence of the entire ICANN Global Community gathered at Toronto to also unveil the IBCA – Internet Business Council for Africa – initiative that it has independently developed as a component of the ICANN Africa Strategy. Read More
The ICANN-45 International meeting of the ICANN Global Community in Toronto, Canada provided an opportunity for the unveiling of the initial draft of the ICANN Africa Strategy, an episode that will always be remembered as a landmark moment which signaled the official commencement of ICANN’s new approach to Africa. Indeed, a new chapter has started …
From the recent communiqué at the ICANN Toronto, ICANN announced the opportunities for new GAC officials who officially take over effective 2013. GAC is the acronym for the Governmental Advisory Committee, which is a formal advisory body providing important feedback and input for ICANN regarding its public policy ICANN relies on certain advisory committees to …