Phil Corwin weighs in on GNSO “Unanimous” Endorsement for ICANN Independent Accountability

Phil Corwin who writes extensively on Internet governance commented on the recent unanimous GNSO statement at the ICANN 50 in London.  His comments are below GNSO Constituencies Issue Unanimous Joint Statement on ICANN Accountability In an unprecedented development, all stakeholder groups and constituencies comprising ICANN”s Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) unanimously endorsed a joint statement …

Twitter’s Revenue doubled in the fourth quarter but user growth stalls

Twitter Inc. TWTR -0.53%said its user growth slowed in its first quarter as a public company, sending its shares plunging in after-hours trading. Adding to the concern, Twitter’s own advertising metric for gauging usage, “timeline views,” slid for the first time sequentially. The company measures a timeline view every time a user refreshes a page …

ICANN Publishes the Dotless Domain Name Study

5 August 2013 ICANN is pleased to announce the publication of the Dotless Domain Name Security and Stability Study Report [PDF, 1.02 MB] by IT Security firm, Carve Systems LLC (Carve Systems). Dotless domain names are those that consist of a single label (e.g., http://example, or mail@example). Dotless names would require the inclusion of, for …