17 October 2012 The Council of the country code Names Supporting Organisation (ccNSO) today approved the Foundation for Research and Technology – Hellas, Institute of Computer Science (FORTH-ICS), the ccTLD operator of .gr (Greece), as a new ccNSO member. 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 …
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
As it marks 25 years since it held its first event, the upcoming AITEC East Africa ICT Summit – set for October 24-25, 2012, in Nairobi at the Oshwal Centre – a constellation of leaders from the region’s IT sector will gather for a celebration dinner and toast to 25 years of AITEC Africa’s positive …
A mobile application that enables one to account for their mobile money transfer transactions has been launched. The app, dubbed Zebumob is downloadable on android phones and is currently applicable to Mpesa users. Read More
Could you use some help coming up with the perfect domain name for your website? Then you’ll definitely want to check out this archived episode from small business marketing maverick Andrew Lock. Read More