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 …
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 …
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 …
This week’s sales race was no contest as Platinum.com zoomed to the top of our latest all extension Top 20 Sales Chart after changing hands for $250,000 at Moniker/SnapNames. That makes it the 5th highest domain sale reported so far this year. Read More
Irish registrar and hosting company Blacknight have sent an objection letter to ICANN concerning several new gTLD applications, which may seek to operate non-trademarked generic word TLDs in a “closed” manner. Read More
The company behind the dot .Patagonia gTLD application, clothing gear makers Patagonia, Inc., have rushed in a couple of last minute comments with the ICANN discussion board on gTLDs. Read More
New Zealand‘s prime minister, John Key, has launched a inquiry into “unlawful” spying by government agents leading to the arrest of Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom, who is fighting extradition to the US where he faces charges of internet piracy and breaking copyright laws. Read More
DomainingAfrica.com : The ICANN Application comments period has just closed. The public comment form an integral part of the application process, in the ICANN guide book …As an interested follower of the .africa domain, I have had an opportunity to look into the various comments that have been submitted for both the .africa applicants. …
The report by Washington-based NGO Freedom House places Britain only eighth when measuring digital freedoms such as access to the internet and online free expression laws. Read More
According to the study, 45 percent of the people surveyed say that the TV is their “primary screen” for watching paid and free videos streamed over the Internet – a rise from 33 percent last year. Read More