Image via Wikipedia Earlier today saw the official opening of the 34th public ICANN meeting in Mexico City, Mexico. As is common with ICANN meetings there was an opening ceremony at 9am local time. What probably wasn’t expected was for Dr Paul Twomey to announce his departure: “Last year, I told the Board that I… Continue reading ICANN President and CEO To Step Down
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Minds and Machines Launch At ICANN Mexico
It’s always nice to see new ventures launching, but that is especially true when you know most of the actors involved. Minds and Machines, which launched this weekend during the ICANN meeting in Mexico, is aimed at assisting companies and organisations navigate the new gTLD application process, as well as offering a registry services backend.… Continue reading Minds and Machines Launch At ICANN Mexico
Nominet PAB Election Takes A Strange Turn
Nominet was expected to announce the nominations for the PAB election this afternoon. What we got instead took me by surprise. Since there were only three nominations put forward by the deadline all three get appointed without any election, leaving one free seat on the PAB. In other words, there won’t be a PAB election… Continue reading Nominet PAB Election Takes A Strange Turn
Domain Event Venue Forgets To Renew Domain
The guys over on Domain Name News had quite an amusing story earlier today. It transpires that the Hollywood Renaissance let their domain lapse! With the Renaissance playing host to DomainFest this week the timing couldn’t have been worse!
Oversee.net Lays Off Staff
Doom and gloom stories are never pleasant, but especially so when you know people involved. Oversee.net, which runs DomainFest among other things, laid off a further 39% of their staff earlier this week. Whether this round of layoffs will have an impact on the upcoming DomainFest event in downtown Hollywood is hard to tell, though… Continue reading Oversee.net Lays Off Staff
Whois Inaccuracy Report System Gets Upgrade
ICANN have upgraded the system used for reporting inaccuracies in WHOIS. According to the announcement: The Whois Data Problem Report System (WDPRS) has a number of advantages over the previous system, which was first introduced in 2002. Among them are: * More detailed information is captured from complainants to assist registrars in investigating Whois… Continue reading Whois Inaccuracy Report System Gets Upgrade
Google Adsense For Domains Opens Up
Image via CrunchBase, source unknown Google dropped a bit of a bombshell yesterday when they announced that they were opening up Adsense for Domains to the general public (North American publishers first). Could this be the end for some of the smaller parking companies? With Google’s ever growing publisher base I suspect that some of… Continue reading Google Adsense For Domains Opens Up
New Hosting and Domain Statistics Site Launched
John McCormac has been collecting and processing statistics on domain registrations and hosting for as long as I can remember. He is probably best known for Hackwatch and WhoisIreland, which produces monthly reports for the Irish hosting and domain industry. John’s latest project has been in development for several months and offers an alternative to… Continue reading New Hosting and Domain Statistics Site Launched
Nominet PAB Election
Nominet’s election for its Policy Advisory Board has started. Further details on how to vote may be found on the Nominet site The candidates this year come from very diverse backgrounds and encompass a wide range of interests.
Oversee.net Acquires Moniker
Oversee.net has been on the acquistion trail over the last year. It bought SnapNames last year and now has grabbed registrar and domain broker Moniker. The last 12 months has seen quite a few companies consolidating their positions, but it’s uncertain where this willl all lead.