Comodo, the SSL company, acquired DNS.com back in 2011. They rebranded it to “DNS by Comodo”, but they kept the premium .com domain name as their main site and everything else. Earlier this evening users were contacted with the news that Comodo is switching everything over to DNSbyComodo.com Users will need to update their nameservers… Continue reading DNS.com Rebrands as DNSbyComodo.com
DotCEO’s Latest Video
The guys from DotCEO have now enabled embedding of their videos, so here’s the latest one they released:
DotCEO Announce Sunrise and Release New Video
PeopleBrowsr (sic) have announced the .ceo sunrise as well as releasing yet another video. And yet again they’ve disable embedding, which for a company that’s supposedly “social” is an odd choice .. Anyway .. here’s the release: dotCEO – the only TLD to convey both authority and power – will be marketed to brand… Continue reading DotCEO Announce Sunrise and Release New Video
ICANN’s Compliance Goes After Telefonica?
ICANN’s compliance team have been kept busy this week. They’ve issued 3 breach notices to registrars: Virtucom Networks S.A – for non-payment of fees Telefonica Brasil S.A. – for non-payment of fees. Black Ice Domains, Inc – for not paying their fees. Judging by the details in the letter ICANN has been going back and… Continue reading ICANN’s Compliance Goes After Telefonica?
French DPC Slaps Google With 150k Fine
The French data protection authorities have fined Google 150000 Euro and obliged them to put a notice on their home page announcing the fine: The fine is the largest ever levied against a company in France and is due to both the seriousness of the data privacy issues and the number of of them (I’m… Continue reading French DPC Slaps Google With 150k Fine
Art. 29 Data Protection Working Party To ICANN – Maybe You’re Hard Of Hearing?
ICANN has been sent another letter by the Article 29 Data Protection Working Party. However it still isn’t on ICANN’s correspondence page – I found it on the Article 29 Data Protection Working Party’s site. The letter, which was signed by all 28 members and represents the legal position of all 28 member states of… Continue reading Art. 29 Data Protection Working Party To ICANN – Maybe You’re Hard Of Hearing?
Irish Company Invests 500k In Domain Name
It’s not often that I get to write about Irish companies investing in domain names, but apparently today is the day .. Silicon Republic and other outlets are reporting on the acquisition of teamwork.com by Cork company Digital Crew for €500k. They’re quoting Digital Crew‘s Peter Coppinger on the timeline for the acquisition: “Negotiations… Continue reading Irish Company Invests 500k In Domain Name
High Profile Sports Site Suspended Due To 2013 RAA
Under the terms of the 2013 Registrar Accreditation Agreement registrars are obliged to conduct email verification both on new domain registrations and if there are any changes made to a domain’s registration details. For those of us in the industry we suspected and feared that the changes could and would lead to issues and headaches.… Continue reading High Profile Sports Site Suspended Due To 2013 RAA
Pool Wins More Contracts In Europe
Pool has announced today another two wins in Europe. They’ve been contracted to handle the auctions for both .wien (Vienna the capital of Austria) and .tirol (Tyrol, which is a region in Austria). They previously announced they’d been selected by . شبكة.(dot Shabaka) and DNS Belgium for .brussels and .vlaanderen. The two Austrian “geo” TLDs will be… Continue reading Pool Wins More Contracts In Europe
DotCEO Release New Marketing Video
At this morning’s first session at NamesCon in Las Vegas DotCEO’s CEO unveiled their new marketing video.