ICANN has been sent another letter by the Article 29 Data Protection Working Party. However it still isn’t on ICANN’s correspondence page – I found it on the Article 29 Data Protection Working Party’s site. The letter, which was signed by all 28 members and represents the legal position of all 28 member states of… Continue reading Art. 29 Data Protection Working Party To ICANN – Maybe You’re Hard Of Hearing?
Month: January 2014
Irish Company Invests 500k In Domain Name
It’s not often that I get to write about Irish companies investing in domain names, but apparently today is the day .. Silicon Republic and other outlets are reporting on the acquisition of teamwork.com by Cork company Digital Crew for €500k. They’re quoting Digital Crew‘s Peter Coppinger on the timeline for the acquisition: “Negotiations… Continue reading Irish Company Invests 500k In Domain Name
High Profile Sports Site Suspended Due To 2013 RAA
Under the terms of the 2013 Registrar Accreditation Agreement registrars are obliged to conduct email verification both on new domain registrations and if there are any changes made to a domain’s registration details. For those of us in the industry we suspected and feared that the changes could and would lead to issues and headaches.… Continue reading High Profile Sports Site Suspended Due To 2013 RAA
Pool Wins More Contracts In Europe
Pool has announced today another two wins in Europe. They’ve been contracted to handle the auctions for both .wien (Vienna the capital of Austria) and .tirol (Tyrol, which is a region in Austria). They previously announced they’d been selected by . شبكة.(dot Shabaka) and DNS Belgium for .brussels and .vlaanderen. The two Austrian “geo” TLDs will be… Continue reading Pool Wins More Contracts In Europe
DotCEO Release New Marketing Video
At this morning’s first session at NamesCon in Las Vegas DotCEO’s CEO unveiled their new marketing video.
Making Dot Sexy Real
Uniregistry’s Bret Fausett has a new set of plates for his car The DMV just delegated my new plates. pic.twitter.com/W7lR03yaHA — Bret Fausett (@bretfausett) January 6, 2014 He hasn’t indicated what model car they’re on though ..
Estonian Domain Registry Reduces Wholesale Prices
The Estonian domain registry has announced a price drop on their wholesale rates. From January 1st 2014 .ee domain names will be 20% cheaper for registrars. The retail prices are set by the registrars. More details here
Paramount Pictures Get The Domain Wrong
Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit will go on general release in the US later this month. The movie, which stars Chris Pine, Kevin Costner, Kenneth Branagh and Kiera Knightley, covers the early years of Tom Clancy’s fictional hero. So Paramount Pictures are doing quite a bit of marketing to raise awareness of the film…. However over… Continue reading Paramount Pictures Get The Domain Wrong
ICANN Opens Hotel Reservations for London Meeting
ICANN has quietly launched the site for this summer’s meeting in London. If you’re a domain geek (and since you’re reading this site you probably are .. ) you might notice that the URL structure has changed. Up until now ICANN was using $city$meetingnumber.icann.org whereas now they’re using meetings.icann.org/$meetingnumber I don’t know if that is… Continue reading ICANN Opens Hotel Reservations for London Meeting
NamesCon Nearly Sold Out
NamesCon, which is being held January 13 – 15 in Las Vegas, will sell out within the next 24 – 48 hours. This is according to an email from conference organiser Richard Lau. The event is the first of the domain name events of 2014 and is expected to draw over 400 industry experts including… Continue reading NamesCon Nearly Sold Out