The .Green registry released its launch time table for the new gTLD. The Founders Program is now open but only to December 1, 2014 “The Founders Program is Limited to Friends & Supporters of DotGreen, and attendees of San Francisco Green Festival If your interested in acquiring a .Green Founders name you need to submit …
The .Africa story is still generating lots of reactions even when it is undergoing an Independent Review Process pitting DCA Vs. ICANN. As a follow up to a recent report on an interview by Gareth van Zyl with Sophia Bekele at Fin24Tech, we found out that the article “Internet domain name ‘dotAfrica’ faces hurdles” was not …
Two organizations whose voices hold considerable sway on Internet governance issues–which appeared up until just last weekend to be speaking in harmony–now find themselves at odds. The Internet Society has blasted efforts from some quarters to create a “UN Security Council” for the internet – which would rule over the online world. The society (ISoc) …
Apple, Google, and several other Internet and technology companies are in a race against the clock to get the Senate to approve a bill that will end the NSA’s bulk data collection programs. Known as the USA Freedom Act, S. 2685, the bill aims to stop the government’s collection and storage of the electronic communications …
ICANN is introducing the addition of Five-Year Operating Plan to its planning process, and is seeking public comment on the ICANN Draft Five-Year Operating Plan Version 1 (FY2016-FY2020) [PDF, 1.04 MB]. The public comment period begins today, Monday, 11 November 2014 for a total of 55 days to complete on Monday, 5 January 2015. This …
The New gTLD domain name registrations have passed the 3 million mark. According to ntldstats.com, the total number of new gTLD domain name registrations sits at 3,026,376. According to TheDomains, the good news is that in less than 8 months new gTLD registrations went from zero to over 3 Million and are growing daily. The bad …
ICANN has relocated its 52nd meeting which had been scheduled to take place in Marrakech, Morocco in February 2015, to Singapore In an official alert below, ICANN has given reasons 3 November 2014 Community concerns that would prevent maximum participation at its next global meeting (ICANN 52, 8-12 February 2015), a critical one given the …
There has been a compelling report in the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) the other day about ICANN and illegal online pharmacies as a result of a six-month investigation, the reporter, Jeff Elder, calls into question ICANN’s effectiveness in investigating complaints of suspected illegal activity on domain names it has a contractual relationship with. Jeff Elder …
Jeff Elder of Wall Street Journal has written the blog post below on the discrepancies in the ICANN’s answers on the compliance department. Icann’s Contradictory Answers to a Simple but Important Question How many compliance staff members does Icann have? It would appear to be a simple question, but not one the Internet Corp. For …
ICANN has published the following announcement, on its February meeting, due to possibillity of travel restrictions related to Ebola. Statement on ICANN 52 Meeting in Marrakech, Morocco Following Morocco’s recent request to postpone the Africa Cup of Nations football tournament because of possible African travel restrictions, ICANN is in active and ongoing discussions with our …