Amazon.com wants “.joy,” Google wants “.love” and L’Oreal wants “.beauty.” Big brands are behind hundreds of proposals for new Internet addresses, including scores for generic terms such as “cruise,” “.kids” and “.tires.” If approved, Amazon could use “.author” in an attempt to dominate online bookselling, while Google could use “.love” to collect registration fees from …
Historic Milestone for the Internet’s Domain Name System The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) today revealed who has applied for which generic Top-Level Domain (gTLD) names in what is expected to become the largest expansion in the history of the Internet’s Domain Name System. A total of 1,930 new gTLD applications were …
Following some delays in the application process, the window to apply for a new generic Top-Level Domain (gTLD) finally closed on Wednesday, May 30, 2012. At the time the window closed, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), the steward of the naming and numbering system of the Internet, confirmed that it had …
DotConnectAfrica an organization bidding for the DotAfrica gTLD has written an Open letter to the US congress, the letter posted on their website http://www.dotconnectafrica.org begins in Part: “We begin Senator by commending your enviable record of distinguished public service in the United States Congress spanning nearly three decades, and your esteemed leadership of the Senate …
ICANN the international body that manages and administers the Domain system has officially announced the closure of the TLD Application system that was being used by applicants to submit application for new generic Top Level domains that are slated to significantly change the internet naming system from the current 21. As of 23.00 30th May …