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Apple Pays Over The Odds For Iphone.com

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Before you launch a new product or service it makes sense to check the domains. If you don't own them, then maybe you can acquire them before your product launch. Apple obviously didn't think that one through .... Iphone.com has been registered for over a decade, but they didn't think to contact its owner prior to announcing their new product. End result? They didn't get the … [Read more...] about Apple Pays Over The Odds For Iphone.com

ICANN San Juan – New gTLD Frustration

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The ICANN meeting in San Juan drew to a close yesterday. As can be expected ICANN released a number of press releases and statements and these are now being scrutinised by the domain industry. Bret Fausett, for example, is not overly impressed with Paul Twomey's statement on new gTLDs: ICANN's President Paul Twomey has declared that ICANN's new gTLD policy is "on … [Read more...] about ICANN San Juan – New gTLD Frustration

IANA Revamped

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IANA are in the process of revamping their website. The current site is functional, though it's got that 90's look and feel :) The new site, however, is much more attractive and modern (in every sense!) According to their press release: The redesign offers a cleaner looking and more navigable website. As well, the upgrade will allow new functions to be added to the site … [Read more...] about IANA Revamped

Digg Style Site For Domain Industry Launches

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Via Michael Gilmour comes news of a new "digg style" site for the domain / domainer industry - DNHour.com This could be very big or a complete damp squid - it will all depend on the takeup in the community. The site seems to be using Pligg, which is an open source PHP/MySQL script for managing Digg clones. The name isn't that catchy and doesn't really lend itself to the … [Read more...] about Digg Style Site For Domain Industry Launches

ICANN Dropping Fees?

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According to a post on Jay Westerdal's blog ICANN are to drop their fees per domain later this year. The announced reduction will be from 22 cents (US) to 20 cents (US) per domain. Unfortunately, as mentioned previously, the registries will be upping their prices later this year, so while ICANN maybe cutting the cost on one side someone else is increasing it on another NB: … [Read more...] about ICANN Dropping Fees?

Mapping ICANN

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ICANN is an international organisation, but how international is it really? If reading lists with lots of text is hard work, then maybe a more visual representation of the same data might be easier to digest. ICANN have made available a collection of maps that show a wealth of information about the domain world: * the number of accredited registrars there are and the … [Read more...] about Mapping ICANN

ICANN Focus On Registrants

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In the aftermath of the RegisterFly fiasco there has been a lot of discussion of how best to protect registrants should a registrar fail. When the .travel registry had financial issues the issue of registry failure made it onto the agenda. The ICANN meeting in San Juan this week is not without discussions of these and other topics, which were topics in a workshop held there … [Read more...] about ICANN Focus On Registrants