ICANN 45 on the 3rd Day at Toronto
ICANN 45 hits the third day in Toronto Canada, the meeting that has been attended by delegates all over the world are set to discss among other issues, the new gTLD’s, governance and Internet security. Read More
Author: James Barnley
I’m the editor of the DomainingAfrica. I write about internet and social media, focusing mainly on Domains. As a subscriber to my newsletter, you’ll get a lot of information on Domain Issues, ICANN, new gtld’s, Mobile technology and social media.
Company files for injunction against 189 new gTLDs
Alternate root player Name.Space has sued ICANN for trademark infringement and anti-competitive behavior, saying “insiders” have conspired to keep it out of the new gTLD program.If successful, the suit would prevent dozens of new gTLD applicants from having their applications approved. Read more
I Will Win .Africa Because I have friends in High Places: Case of Conflicted Board Members
When I saw this story headline on DomainNewsAfrica this morning, I was curious to check it out. I recall the spat between DotConnectAfrica(DCA) and DomainIncite Kevin Murphy’s coverage of the story -DotConnectAfrica disconnected from reality dated July 26, 2012 – “If anyone is going to get the .africa registry contract, it’s the other applicant: Uniforum, the …
Wiki War Over .Africa gTLD: DotConnectAfrica Alleges Sabotage of its Wikipedia Pages!
I read this Press Release over Wikipedia sabotage by DotConnectAfrica few days ago and felt that this must be one of the most dramatic gTLDs in the current history of gTLDs. My truth dig on this gTLD tells me the struggles of DotConnectAfrica with the AU Task Force, allegations of sabotage of endorsement, conflict of Interest, illegality in …
World Trade Center Association Tells ICANN, .WTF is Too Vulgar & To Deny The Application
In a comment submitted by Mike Rodenbaugh on behalf of the World Trade Center Association (WTCA), they think the .WTF extension should not be approved by ICANN for being “Too Vulgar”. “WTCA is a leading trade association in the promotion of international trade. Read More
One of The Best Domains In The World Goes Up For Sale: Music.com
According to a press release out this morning, the domain name Music.com is up for sale exclusively with DomainAdvisors.com being in what is in my opinion one of the top 10 generic .com domain names, there are 8 applicants for the new gTLD .Music, including Google and Amazon. Read More
DotConnectAfrica outraged about ICANN’s negligence on Conflict Of Interest Issues with its Board Members over .Africa.
In a letter to the Chief Executive Officer of ICANN, Mr. Fadi Chehadé, the ICANN Board Chair Mr. Crocker and a copy to the various individuals presiding over New gTLD matters including: Cherine Chalaby, Chair, New gTLD Program Committee Heather Dryden, Chair, Government Advisory Committee Kurt Pritz, SVP Stakeholder Relations and Acting Director of New gTLD Program Suzanne Sene, …
10USD is the .Africa ground breaking price.
The current domain prices that are existing in the market have not benefited the African blogger or domain name subscriber, also coupled with second rate long and complicated names that do not accompany a true brand. Many African countries continue to record a substantially low number of ccTLD subscriptions because the prices are too high …
Top 5 domain name stories of September 2012
Patents, the Go Daddy outage, and the French. Here are the top five stories from Domain Name Wire last month, ranked based on page views. Go Daddy patents “announcing a domain name registration on a social website” – Go Daddy got a patent on a way to announce your latest domain name registration on a …
Nominet caught using Google Translate on Welsh gTLD site
Welsh internet users have accused Nominet of using Google to translate its .wales and .cymru gTLD sites into Welsh. According to a Welsh-speaking reader, the majority of the Welsh version Domain For Wales makes “no linguistic sense”. The site “looks like it has been initially translated using Google Translate, and amended by someone who isn’t …