Last week most of the hosting and domain name industry was in Rust, Germany for WHD.global. During the event i2Coalition and Eco worked together on several sessions and also signed a new MOU. Details below. Here's the full release: Leading Internet Associations Strengthen Cooperation eco Internet Industry Association e.V. , Europe’s largest Association serving the … [Read more...] about Eco and i2Coalition Strengthen Ties
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ISOC Hiring For Africa
ISOC are hiring. They are currently advertising a vacancy for chapter development in Africa "Manager Chapter Development Africa". Interested? Here's the full spec: Reporting to and working closely with the Regional Bureau Director, Africa and the Regional Bureau Director – Middle –East with a view to develop and implement the overall strategic engagement with ISOC Members … [Read more...] about ISOC Hiring For Africa
Gene Kearon Joins .Irish
Domain industry veteran, Gene Kearon, has joined .irish. Kearon, who was most recently with Dominion Enterprises, announced last night that he was joining .irish. He will be helping promote the new TLD for the global Irish community at the upcoming ICANN meeting in Singapore. Kearon previously worked at Neustar where he was heavily involved in their new TLD business as … [Read more...] about Gene Kearon Joins .Irish
ISOC Opens Nominations for Board of Trustees
ISOC (the Internet Society) has opened a call for nominations to its board of trustees. During this round there are four posts available, with two being elected by IETF, one by members and one by chapters. Full details here … [Read more...] about ISOC Opens Nominations for Board of Trustees
First .Cymru and .Wales Domains Go Live
The first .wales and .cymru domain names will go live later today. As we've noted elsewhere, the launch of new TLDs is giving cultural and linguistic communities their own space online. From early this morning the launch has been garnering quite a bit of mainstream media: The Guardian ITV Wales BBC Wales Wales Online The Telegraph The domain names … [Read more...] about First .Cymru and .Wales Domains Go Live
Guess The Number of .Website Registrations & Win A GoPro!
Radix Registry, the company behind .website, .host and .press, is running a giveaway / competition for the launch of .website. The .website launch is now scheduled to take place this afternoon at 1600 UTC. If you can guess correctly the number of .website domain names that are registered during the first day of GA (general availability) you could win a Go Pro Hero 3 … [Read more...] about Guess The Number of .Website Registrations & Win A GoPro!
S4C, The National Assembly of Wales and others Back .Wales & .Cymru
Getting "anchor tenants" for a new top level domain can be a challenge. However, in the case of .wales & .cymru it looks like the strings have hit a chord, if you'll excuse the pun. Last month during the opening ceremony of the ICANN meeting in London it was announced that the Welsh government would be switching over to the new extensions. Today comes the announcement … [Read more...] about S4C, The National Assembly of Wales and others Back .Wales & .Cymru
DotGreen Is No More
Kevin reported on this last night. As you can see from the reactions to his post a lot of people are surprised, shocked and even quite upset that the DotGreen application has been withdrawn. It's not the only application for the string, which is why it was withdrawn, but to many people in the ICANN space it was the applicant everyone associated with the string. The … [Read more...] about DotGreen Is No More
Melbourne IT Sells Off Brand Services Division
Melbourne IT has sold off its corporate domains business to CSC domains. They'd previously acquired the division in 2008 when they bought Verisign's DBMS business for US$50 million. The sale netted the company AU$152.5 million (approximately US$157 million, EUR120 million). Here's the full release: MELBOURNE, Australia – 12 March 2013 – Melbourne IT (ASX: MLB) today … [Read more...] about Melbourne IT Sells Off Brand Services Division
ICANN Sets Firm Launch Date For New TLDs
ICANN CEO Fadi Chehadé has announced a firm date for new TLD launch. In a video interview, with Brad White, Fadi Chehadé put April 23rd as a date when the first new TLD could be delegated. He admits, however, that the date may "slip", though this time the "slippage" should be days or weeks and not months. You can watch the full video interview below: Kevin … [Read more...] about ICANN Sets Firm Launch Date For New TLDs