I'm currently at the ICANN meeting in Sydney, but am running from one meeting to another all day, so I haven't been in any of the sessions. However, Stephane has and reports that ICANN are pushing for a February 2010 first application round. … [Read more...] about ICANN To Push New TLDs in 2010
Wolfgang Puck To Launch New Food TLD In Sydney
Celebrity chef Wolfgang Puck will be catering the .food launch event in Sydney on Tuesday night.A VIP event to celebrate the launch of .food (dotfood), which Puck is involved with will take place at a well known venue in downtown Sydney. The new TLD application will be presented in association with Minds and Machines.The ICANN meeting being held this week in Sydney will … [Read more...] about Wolfgang Puck To Launch New Food TLD In Sydney
DotPro Asks ICANN For Fee Reduction
The DotPro (.pro) registry has asked ICANN to reduce the annual fees that they pay ICANN. In common with the other registry operators, .pro registry pays an annual fee to ICANN regardless of the number of domains that they manage. The full details of what each registry operator pays and how those fees are structured exactly (ie. if it's a flat fee or fee plus per domain or any … [Read more...] about DotPro Asks ICANN For Fee Reduction
EU Throws Down Gauntlet To ICANN
A few weeks ago the EU Commissioner Viviane Reding published a video where she talked about the EU's views towards ICANN and internet governance. The video received quite a bit of attention at the time, but it wasn't an official position of the EU at that juncture ie. it was Ms Reding's. Earlier today that changed when the EU issued an official release on the subject calling … [Read more...] about EU Throws Down Gauntlet To ICANN
gTLD Revolution Announces Pitch for 3 TLDs
GTLD Revolution, which is a new company founded by Dean Shannon (Deep Blue Sea / Fabulous), has today announced their plans to launch 3 new TLDs.The new venture, which has chosen AusRegistry as their backend provider, is planning on applying for at least three new TLDs when the application process opens up early next year.The new TLDs they've announced so far … [Read more...] about gTLD Revolution Announces Pitch for 3 TLDs
AusRegistry CEO To Open New TLD Session In Sydney
AusRegistry CEO, Adrian Kinderis, is set to open the session on new TLDs to be held during the ICANN meeting in Sydney next week.The session, which is being held on Monday afternoon from 1600 to 1800, in the Sydney Hilton, will cover many practical aspects of managing a domain registry and experts from a wide range variety of backgrounds will be there to share their … [Read more...] about AusRegistry CEO To Open New TLD Session In Sydney
ICANN Mobile Site Incorporates Social Media Tools
The ICANN mobile site for the Sydney meeting (due to open officially next Monday) should be a useful resource for anyone attending the meeting in Sydney.However the site has been expanded and now includes both photos (via Flickr) and tweets (from Twitter)If you're interested in following what's going on or want to share your content, then use the tags "icann" or "icann sydney" … [Read more...] about ICANN Mobile Site Incorporates Social Media Tools
New ICANN CEO To Attend Sydney Meeting?
Since ICANN announced that they would need a new CEO there has been quite a bit of speculation as to who would fill the role.CircleID has suggested that the new CEO could be Rod BeckstromAccording to a vaguely worded announcement published by ICANN today, the board is hoping to have the potential CEO attend the meeting in Sydney, though it's not clear either who the potential … [Read more...] about New ICANN CEO To Attend Sydney Meeting?
Facebook Username Landrush
Image via CrunchBaseFacebook's landrush for custom URLs / usernames opened earlier today (just after 5am Irish time).If you have a Facebook account you can do to: http://www.facebook.com/username/ and pick your username. If you have a fan page with more than 1000 fans you can also set a custom URL for it .. Expect to see lots of whingy blog posts over the next few days as … [Read more...] about Facebook Username Landrush
Tralliance (.travel) Wants To Offer 1 and 2 Character Domains
Tralliance, the registry operator for .travel, is seeking permission to offer both 1 and 2 character domain names and a public comment period has just opened.The .travel domain extension has had a bumpy ride over the last couple of years, but like other gTLD operators its latest pitch for the shorter names comes with some added twists. Tralliance will make available the cctld … [Read more...] about Tralliance (.travel) Wants To Offer 1 and 2 Character Domains