A recent study, by EURid and the Leuven Statistics Research Centre, set out to better understand the most common usage of websites that are linked to domains, and we thought it would be an interesting exercise to extend similar analysis to the new gTLD market. So, we analyzed all second-level domains registered in new gTLDs …
Minister of Communications and IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad will be unveiling the dot Bharat domain name on August 21 in New Delhi to facilitate multi-lingual Internet access, NIXI chief executive Dr Govind told ET. The autonomous body National Internet Exchange of India (NIXI) and the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) will be …
Request for blocking of search results granted to anonymous applicant is first to affect an entry in the online encyclopaedia. Google is set to restrict search terms to a link to a Wikipedia article, in the first request under Europe‘s controversial new “right to be forgotten” legislation to affect the 110m-page encyclopaedia. The identity of …
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is seeking to block an attempt by plaintiffs involved in a US lawsuit to seize the top-level domains (TLDs) of Iran, Syria and North Korea as part of compensation for terrorist incidents. ICANN said that it has asserted to the US federal court in Washington DC …
The newest Chinese top-level domain (TLD) on the block is quickly overtaking the competition. Within 48 hours of its public availability, .WANG – which translates to “dot net”, or “king”, and is one of the most common names in China – received more than 20,000 registrations. After four weeks on the market, .WANG is …
By Yohannes Tadesse CIO East Africa In my last piece Quid Pro Quo: Secrets of ICANN’s Africa Strategy with AUC, I sought answers to the secret dealers that have characterized the African dream registry for “.africa,” The domain that was ranked possibly among the most promising new gTLDs with an advantage of being established in …
ICANN has announced that It has been brought to ICANN‘s attention that some online entities have attempted to sell fraudulent “certificates”, which they claim are required to protect generic top-level domain names. The perpetuators of this scam threaten registrants on the protection service with the objective of securing a fee from the registrant. The “certificates” …
If ICANN indeed is not giving lip service to its accountability process, then it should respect the outcome of its own Independent Review Process (IRP) During the ICANN 50 Press Conference in London the ICANN president was fielding questions from Journalists and .africa came in discussion as the string that has been mentioned quite severally …
(CNN) — Google already is a major player in search, online mapping, social networking and other key functions of the Web. Now it wants to sell domain names, too. The Internet giant on Monday announced the launch of an invite-only service, Google Domains, to help small businesses find, register and manage their Web addresses. The …
First Minister Carwyn Jones this morning announced that the Welsh Government will drop the “.gov.uk” internet domain name and adopt “.wales” and “.cymru”. Speaking at a major conference of Icann, the body which coordinates the internet’s global domain name system, Mr Jones said he was “thrilled that Wales will finally have a natural home on …