NDD Camp will be held in Paris on this Thursday June 21st. The event is free to attend, but registration is obligatory. The event features 3 parallel tracks with sessions covering a range of topics including: drop catching new TLDs aftermarket SEO online marketing managing domains content Full details of the event are available on the French … [Read more...] about NDD Camp Domain Event in Paris
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Afnic Selects New Board Members
Afnic, the .fr domain name registry, held it's General Assembly on June 10th. During the meeting they elected both a new chair to the Afnic board, as well as several new board members. Board members are drawn from a number of eligible groups. The new board members are: Two members for the “Registrars” college: Mr. Eric Lantonnet (NAMEBAY) for a 4-year mandate Mr. Tristan … [Read more...] about Afnic Selects New Board Members
French Supermarket Giant LeClerc Turns On DotBrand
Earlier this week French supermarket giant E.Leclerc launched a new site for their sports' goods. The key change? The new site lives at sport.leclerc. Leclerc, which employs over 94 thousand people, is one of the companies that opted to get its own "dotbrand". While some companies have rolled out a variety of different things on their own domain extension it's still rare to see … [Read more...] about French Supermarket Giant LeClerc Turns On DotBrand
French Domain Registry Reacts to Charlie Hebdo #jesuischarlie
The French ccTLD registry, AFNIC, has, in common with many other French organisations, come out strong in the aftermath of the attack earlier this week on Charlie Hebdo. Their front page currently displays the current image: and on their English language site they've provided a translated version: But what's a lot more interesting for DNS geeks is that they've … [Read more...] about French Domain Registry Reacts to Charlie Hebdo #jesuischarlie
.Paris Takes Over The Eiffel Tower
I mentioned the launch of the .paris pioneers earlier this week. Last night there was apparently a big event in Paris at the Eiffel Tower (Champs de Mars) and there were plenty of photos shared by the brands, companies and people in attendance. But what's really impressive is that they were able to get the message up on the side of one of Paris' best known monuments - the … [Read more...] about .Paris Takes Over The Eiffel Tower