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Facebook, Instagram & WhatsApp Suffer Outage

October 4, 2021 by Michele Neylon

Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp have all suffered an outage this afternoon. Facebook owns all three platforms, so it looks like there's an issue on Facebook's side. It's unclear at this juncture what is causing the outage, though previous outages impacting big platforms have usually been due to software updates gone wrong. However it is clear that it's impacting … [Read more...] about Facebook, Instagram & WhatsApp Suffer Outage

Brazil Blocks WhatsApp Again

May 3, 2016 by Michele Neylon

A Brazilian judge has ordered the blocking of WhatsApp. The order came in the last couple of days and has been reported in mainstream media: The Intercept The NextWeb The blocking order means that 100 million Brazilian users of WhatsApp are cut off. AFNIC's Stéphane Bortzmeyer did a bit of digging around using RIPE's Atlas probes and the blocking can be seen clearly … [Read more...] about Brazil Blocks WhatsApp Again

Facebook Has Acquired A Registrar

April 14, 2016 by Michele Neylon

Facebook has acquired an ICANN accredited registrar. According to a tweet from Pinky Brand (below) the news came via an update from ICANN to registry operators https://twitter.com/pinkybrand/status/720719396323196928 On the GNSO Council call this evening Susan Kawaguchi confirmed the acquisition. So who did they acquire? They've acquired a registrar called … [Read more...] about Facebook Has Acquired A Registrar

RIPE 71 Draft Agenda Available

September 29, 2015 by Michele Neylon

The draft agenda for RIPE 71 is now online. The meeting is being held in Bucharest, Romania from 16 - 20 November. As could be expected one of the plenary sessions will be focussed on the IANA transition. Other companies speaking include Dyn, Facebook and APNIC. Full details on the meeting's official site.   … [Read more...] about RIPE 71 Draft Agenda Available

Paramount Pictures Get The Domain Wrong

January 5, 2014 by Michele Neylon

Left to right: Chris Pine plays Jack Ryan and Kevin Costner plays Harper in JACK RYAN, from Paramount Pictures and Skydance Productions.

Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit will go on general release in the US later this month. The movie, which stars Chris Pine, Kevin Costner, Kenneth Branagh and Kiera Knightley, covers the early years of Tom Clancy's fictional hero. So Paramount Pictures are doing quite a bit of marketing to raise awareness of the film.... However over on the Facebook page for the film they've … [Read more...] about Paramount Pictures Get The Domain Wrong

Christine Jones Running For Governor of Arizona

August 12, 2013 by Michele Neylon

Former GoDaddy general counsel Christine Jones is getting into politics. Ms Jones announced over the weekend that she was planning on running for governor of Arizona, where both she and GoDaddy are based. While precise details of Jones' campaign are not available as yet, they should be announced in the next few weeks. She's got a campaign site, Twitter and … [Read more...] about Christine Jones Running For Governor of Arizona

AFNIC (.fr) Trying For Their Own Meme?

October 26, 2012 by Michele Neylon

Is AFNIC getting into social media and memes in a big way? They've already got a Facebook page, Twitter and are even pushing out infographics.. now it appears they're trying to harness memes. This appeared on some social media sites earlier this morning: Sure, it's not exactly "revolutionary", but it's a breath of fresh air to see an established ccTLD's marketing team … [Read more...] about AFNIC (.fr) Trying For Their Own Meme?

Eurid Now On YouTube

March 18, 2010 by Michele Neylon

Image via CrunchBaseEurid now have a YouTube channel and so far they've got three videos on there, which isn't a bad start.The number of domain registries and registrars setting themselves up on Youtube and Facebook is constantly increasing, though only a very small number of organisations seem to really do anything more than pay lip service to the concepts.Will the same happen … [Read more...] about Eurid Now On YouTube

Nominet Goes Social

January 18, 2010 by Michele Neylon

Nominet has joined the ranks of those registry operators who have embraced the much vaunted and possibly hyped, "social media".In the last few weeks the UK registry operator has started using two Twitter accounts and its Facebook page to interact with its members (and other interested parties).Based on member feedback they have also started sending out technical notifications … [Read more...] about Nominet Goes Social

Enom Founder Moves On

November 14, 2009 by Michele Neylon

Paul Stahura, who founded Enom, has announced that he will be leaving DemandMedia via his Facebook page:"After much thought, and 12 years after founding eNom, I've decided to join the ranks of eNom alumni. Demand Media, the company I sold eNom to nearly four years ago, is a great company and will be even greater in the years to come. Truly "going big"... Huge. The board, the … [Read more...] about Enom Founder Moves On

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