Good has just opened a floodgate of new .xyz domain registrations, according to a blog by theDomains, The .XYZ registry got thrown into the world stage last night when Google announced the formation of a new parent company, Alphabet which would be using the domain name abc.xyz. .XYZ got over 6,000 registrations yesterday including hundreds …
DotConnectAfrica has emerged as the prevailing party in a .africa case involving ICANN and has been running for two years. The case commenced officially in October 2013 when DCA Trust sent its first Notice of IRP to ICANN as a process towards resolving of the dispute between ICANN and DCA Trust over ICANN discriminatory Board …
The interesting and most awaited .Africa ruling has finally been made on 9th July 2015 by the 3 member Independent Review Panel that has been handling the case since DotConnectAfrica Trust filed its case in October 2013 following the ICANN Board’s recommendation that the .africa application should not proceed. The panel comprised of Mr. Babak …
Nearly 80% of UK brands are yet to purchase controversial domain names like .sucks, which became available to public on 21st June. The brands are said to be at risk of ruining their reputation as the new domain names can be purchased by anyone willing to pay for them, including online trolls. Some of the …
Nii Quaynor, the main point man for ICANN in Africa, who was Missing In Action (MIA) for over a decade at ICANN has been facilitated to get the” Ethos Multistakholder” award by ICANN. ICANN’s ‘Multistakeholder Ethos Award’ is its second year of running and is given to recognize “those ICANN participants who have deeply invested in …
It is almost unbelievable that ICANN and FIFA can be found in one sentence, but the news of FIFA sweeping scandals have only of late come to sharp universal focus. The similarity may be so strong that internet governance industry veterans have gone ahead to draw spilling parallels of the two organizations. ICANN also wants …
DotConnectAfrica Trust joined, the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) at the launch of CBC TECH 2020, at Madison Building, Library of Congress, 101 Independence Avenue Washington, DC 20540.The new initiative is aimed at engaging the tech sector in increasing African-American representation and inclusion in the industry. The Founder of DCA Trust Ms. Bekele later held meetings …
Barclays is to ditch its dot com domains in favour of proprietary URLs ending in .barclays and .barclaycard. The bank says the switch will create a more secure and streamlined experience for customers engaging online. Troels Oerting, Barclays Group CIO, says: “The launch of the .barclays and .barclaycard domain names creates a simplified online …
The Internet’s long-restricted virtual real estate market is open for business. Hundreds of new so-called top-level domains (TLDs) like .photography, .expert and .pizza are available now that the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), which oversees the domain name system, has expanded access to suffixes. A handful of companies that prepared years ago …
ICANN wants total control of DNS while breaking its own bylaws to block .africa probe Source: By Kieren McCarthy on theregister.co.uk ICANN broke its own bylaws – and acted in a way “fundamentally inconsistent” with its role as the world’s DNS overlord – while restricting efforts to make itself more accountable to netizens.That striking judgment …