The IGF (Internet Governance Forum) will be held in Istanbul, Turkey from September 2 – 5. The local organisers launched the official site on Friday and it provides information on the venue, hotels, travel etc., Registration for the IGF is open until August 15th At present the agenda is still being drafted, but the theme… Continue reading IGF 2014 Istanbul Official Site Live
TLDCON To Be Held In Baku
The .ru domain registry is holding their annual conference for domain registries and registrars this year in Baku, Azerbaijan. This year’s conference has the catchier title of “TLDCON”. The event, which is free to attend, will take place on September 9-12 at the JW Marriott Hotel Absheron Baku The conference agenda covers a variety of topics… Continue reading TLDCON To Be Held In Baku
Dreamhost Hit With ICANN Breach Notice
Dreamhost is one of the larger webhosting providers out there. The Los Angeles based company was founded back in 1996 and offers Linux hosting exclusively ie. no Microsoft software. According to HosterStats they currently host around 1.3 million domain names. Earlier this week the company was hit with a breach notice by ICANN’s compliance team.… Continue reading Dreamhost Hit With ICANN Breach Notice
DotEU By The Numbers
The guys over at EUrid released a nice graphic that gives a summary of key data related to .eu in 2013: At the recent ICANN meeting in London EUrid was firmly focussed on highlighting European businesses that actively use .eu for their websites. Related articles EUrid Awarded .eu Contract For 5 Years (internetnews.me)… Continue reading DotEU By The Numbers
South African DotCities Sunrise Open Tomorrow
While the launch of .africa has been delayed the launch of .capetown, .joburg and .durban is going ahead on schedule. Tomorrow, July 1st, will see the opening of the sunrise and landrush: They’ve also released a video to explain how the process will work:
Ed Vaizey’s Speech at #ICANN50
Ed Vaizey, the British minister for Culture, Communications and Creative Industries, spoke at the opening ceremony for the ICANN public meeting in London. Here’s the video: The official text is here Related articles Biggest Ever ICANN Meeting Convenes in London (technology.ie)
ICANN Hires CTO
In the run up to the ICANN meeting in London, the organisation announced yesterday that they were hiring a CTO. It may seem a little bit odd that ICANN didn’t have a CTO, so filling that gap was long overdue. The new hire is an old hand in DNS industry circles – David Conrad: Conrad… Continue reading ICANN Hires CTO
DotPress Pioneer Program Launches
One of the other uncontested strings that Radix applied for is .press. Personally I think this could be quite an attractive extension, though I’m not sure how “big” it will be in terms of volumes. As a blogger and someone who is fascinated by the media I really think that a .press domain name could… Continue reading DotPress Pioneer Program Launches
DotHost Launch Pioneer Program
Radix, who have applied for several domain extensions, announced today the launch of the .host pioneer program. The .host domain is pretty self-explanatory and is aimed at companies operating in the hosting sector. They’ve been doing quite a bit of targeted marketing over the last year with them exhibiting at industry events worldwide such as… Continue reading DotHost Launch Pioneer Program
.Us ccTLD Adopting URS From July 1 2014
Neustar, who run the backend registry operations for .us and others, announced yesterday that the .us ccTLD will be adopting the URS from July 1st 2014. The URS is a shorter and cheaper method of lodging a domain name dispute than the UDRP. Of course it’s .us, so the terminology is a little different. In… Continue reading .Us ccTLD Adopting URS From July 1 2014