Sky were one of the big brands that applied for and got their “dotbrand” domain extension from ICANN. While they may have been increasing the usage of the domain name in their customer communications recently I haven’t seen most of it, as I “cut the cord” over a year ago. This morning, however, I got… Continue reading Sky Actively Using Their Brand TLD and a Cloud Domain in Consumer Emails
Month: January 2018
IE Domain Name Rules Changing Soon
Last year the .ie ccTLD opened a consultation process around “liberalisation”. As anyone who has tried to register a .ie domain name would know, compared to registering a .com or .eu the amount of paperwork and general bureaucracy associated with a .ie domain name has always been excessive. The consultation showed that there was strong… Continue reading IE Domain Name Rules Changing Soon
CloudFest to Have Robot Keynote (Literally!)
Cloudfest (Aka WHD Global) will be held in March this year in Rust, Germany. As usual the event will be the biggest of its kind in Europe. The organisers behind the event like to bring quirky speakers and performers to their events and this year is no different. However the keynote speaker they’re getting this… Continue reading CloudFest to Have Robot Keynote (Literally!)
PIR Board Seats up for Grabs
PIR, which runs the .org domain name registry, is currently seeking applicants for positions on their board of directors. There are three positions available, one which starts immediately and two whose terms runs from the middle of 2018. Board positions have a 3 year term. If you’re interested the nominations are open until February 1st,… Continue reading PIR Board Seats up for Grabs
RegistrarStats Going Dark
RegistrarStats has been around for years. It was one of the better sources of information about domain registry market share, trends and, of course, statistics on registrars. It was. It hasn’t been for quite some time. When the site was first made available most, if not all, of the data was available for free. If… Continue reading RegistrarStats Going Dark
Failed Social Media Platform Domain Sells on Sedo for $70k
A few years ago when Twitter was on the rise the social media company started imposing limitations on their API. What this meant was that many 3rd party developers found themselves restricted and inevitably they complained. Some people felt strongly that a social media platform should exist that wasn’t constrained by commercial requirements and that… Continue reading Failed Social Media Platform Domain Sells on Sedo for $70k