While the launch of .africa has been delayed the launch of .capetown, .joburg and .durban is going ahead on schedule. Tomorrow, July 1st, will see the opening of the sunrise and landrush: They've also released a video to explain how the process will work: http://youtu.be/uLa5w59qIVk … [Read more...] about South African DotCities Sunrise Open Tomorrow
Archives for June 2014
Ed Vaizey’s Speech at #ICANN50
Ed Vaizey, the British minister for Culture, Communications and Creative Industries, spoke at the opening ceremony for the ICANN public meeting in London. Here's the video: http://youtu.be/AUyVeU9Tfb4 The official text is here Related articles Biggest Ever ICANN Meeting Convenes in London (technology.ie) … [Read more...] about Ed Vaizey’s Speech at #ICANN50
ICANN Hires CTO
In the run up to the ICANN meeting in London, the organisation announced yesterday that they were hiring a CTO. It may seem a little bit odd that ICANN didn't have a CTO, so filling that gap was long overdue. The new hire is an old hand in DNS industry circles - David Conrad: Conrad has more than 30 years of experience in the Internet industry, including 5 years with … [Read more...] about ICANN Hires CTO
DotPress Pioneer Program Launches
One of the other uncontested strings that Radix applied for is .press. Personally I think this could be quite an attractive extension, though I'm not sure how "big" it will be in terms of volumes. As a blogger and someone who is fascinated by the media I really think that a .press domain name could be used in some pretty interesting ways. Earlier today Radix announced … [Read more...] about DotPress Pioneer Program Launches
DotHost Launch Pioneer Program
Radix, who have applied for several domain extensions, announced today the launch of the .host pioneer program. The .host domain is pretty self-explanatory and is aimed at companies operating in the hosting sector. They've been doing quite a bit of targeted marketing over the last year with them exhibiting at industry events worldwide such as HostingCon and World Hosting … [Read more...] about DotHost Launch Pioneer Program