One of the campaigns that has been working against the sale of PIR and the .org registry under the "Save dot Org" moniker is planning to picket ICANN's headquarters in LA. Save Dot Org are planning on picketing the Los Angeles' offices of ICANN on Friday January 24th: Date: Friday, January 24, 2020 Time: 9 am – 11 am Location: ICANN, 12025 Waterfront Dr., Los Angeles, … [Read more...] about Save Dot Org Campaign to Picket ICANN HQ
GoDaddy Unveils New Branding
Branding is one of those things that many companies spend a lot of time and energy on. It goes from the company's logo down to the choice of font on the notepaper. GoDaddy's logo, up until yesterday, was highly recognisable and hadn't changed much since the company launched over 20 years ago. The new logo is, of course, part of the company's latest pivot. Under the new CEO … [Read more...] about GoDaddy Unveils New Branding
ICANN Appoints new Head Honcho for Europe
Yesterday ICANN announced who would be taking the reins of their European operations. Up until October of last year ICANN in Europe was under the direction of Jean-Jacques Sahel. However Sahel left the organisation to go work for Google in Asia. So for the last couple of months the head post in Europe has been vacant. Chris Mondini, who has worked for ICANN since 2011 … [Read more...] about ICANN Appoints new Head Honcho for Europe
Canadian Domain Registry Offers Free Canadian Stock Images
CIRA, the .ca domain name registry, has started offering free stock images. No, they aren't branching out or trying to compete against the likes of BigStock or Getty, but what they are doing is offering some Canadian themed stock images for free. Our Canadian Stock Photo library is full of original, maple syrup-infused photography that is free to use and share! All we ask … [Read more...] about Canadian Domain Registry Offers Free Canadian Stock Images
IP Numbers Types Flex Muscles in PIR Debacle
The sale of PIR, the company that runs the .org domain name registry, has attracted a lot of interest since it was first announced back in mid-November. The latest group to enter the fray is the Number Resource Organisation (NRO) which represents the interests of the five regional internet registries (RIRs) for IP addresses. As a general rule the NRO does not usually … [Read more...] about IP Numbers Types Flex Muscles in PIR Debacle
Nominet Releases Updated ccTLD Map
I love data and when it's easy to consume I love it even more. Nominet have been producing a world map with a slight difference for the last few years. Their map displays the countries with their size related to the number of domains in their ccTLD. What that means is that countries that in reality are quite small end up appearing to be quite big, while some quite large … [Read more...] about Nominet Releases Updated ccTLD Map
Domain Pulse 2020 Registration Open
Domain Pulse 2020 will be held in Innsbruck, Austria. The event, which is rotated between the Austrian, German and Swiss ccTLD managers, will take place on February 20th and 21st 2020. It's free to attend, but registration is obligatory. As you'd expect a lot of the event is held in German, though they usually provide pretty good simultaneous interpretation, so if you … [Read more...] about Domain Pulse 2020 Registration Open
Namescon Release Preliminary Agenda
NamesCon global will be held in Austin, Texas from January 29th to February 1st 2020. Yesterday they released the schedule, or at least a preliminary version of it. So you can see the timetable for the various talks and sessions, though details like who is speaking etc., are still missing in many cases. There'll be sessions on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday with the event … [Read more...] about Namescon Release Preliminary Agenda
RIPE Hiring Managing Director
As was announced quite recently Axel Pawlik has stepped down from his role of Managing Director of RIPE NCC a role which he held for 20 years. In the last few days RIPE NCC has published the job ad. As you'd expect for a role of this nature they're using an outside employment agency to help find the right candidate. Whoever ends up in the role will be tasked with … [Read more...] about RIPE Hiring Managing Director
IGF 2020 to be Held in Katowice, Poland
The 2019 IGF drew to a close this Friday afternoon in Berlin, Germany. The 15th IGF will be hosted by the government of Poland who have chosen to hold the event in Katowice, Poland from November 2nd to November 6th. This year's event drew 3406 participants from 161 countries. No details of the 2020 event have been released so far, so if you're interested in attending … [Read more...] about IGF 2020 to be Held in Katowice, Poland