“Glitch” filled system gets Domain Dunce honors in 2012. ICANN’s new top level domain program is the most watched initiative in the non-profit’s entire history. So you’d think ICANN would have double and triple checked all of the technology supporting it, including the TLD Application System (TAS). Alas, TAS failed. Big time. Read More
June 13 was a big day for the domain name industry. It’s the time of year to review what has transpired in the domain name industry over the past year and look forward to 2012. We’ll start with one of the most anticipated dates in the domain industry this year: June 13, 2012. That was …
ICANN (the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) will draw 1900 new sponsored top level domains (TLDs) in a “prioritisation draw”, Tuesday Australian time. Successful bidders will be chosen through a lottery draw – which means for the first time we’ll have some foresight on what kind of names we can expect to hit …
THE International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has always prided itself on being one of the most pragmatic organisations of the United Nations. Engineers, after all, speak a similar language, regardless where they come from. Even during the digital cold war they managed to overcome their differences and negotiate the International Telecommunication Regulations (ITR), a binding global …
In a recent Blog by the Ombudsman Chris LaHatte while responding to DCA’s complaints of Conflict of interest against two board members Mike Silber and Chris Disspain . In his conclusions LaHatte states “I consider that no disqualifying conflict of interest, or indeed any conflict of interest at all,”. . He notes however that …
Russia may not be the world champion in terms of computer use or Internet access, but when it comes to non-Latin domains the patriotic .рф is the name to beat. The Cyrillic .рф domain has the most registered users and is the most successful internationalized domain experience to date, according to the 2012 World Report on Internationalised Domain Names Deployment, which the .eu registry EURid and UNESCO released this month. Read …
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
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 …
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
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