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Want To Submit A Comment On A New TLD? Good Luck!
Earlier this evening I thought I’d try to submit a comment on a couple of new TLD applications. As I discovered the user experience and interface isn’t exactly “friendly” To demonstrate this I did a short screencast of my efforts: Not a pleasant experience!
Brazilian Registry: Another ccTLD Milestone
The domain registry for the Brazilian country code, .br, has passed the 3 million domain names mark. The milestone was reached at 22.52 GMT
DotNxt Speakers Announced
I’m not 100% sure if this is “news” or I simply didn’t spot it until now … In any case DotNxt has published the full list of speakers for their conference next month in London. The conference had originally been scheduled to take place prior to the Prague ICANN meeting, but with so many delays… Continue reading DotNxt Speakers Announced
Irony: Centralnic Create Brand Confusion With New Company Brand Name
I guess this was inevitable. There are a bunch of domain and internet related companies out there that have totally forgettable and unoriginal names. At some point there’s going to be confusion between two or more of them. But you’d also think that any sane company would do a small bit of due diligence to… Continue reading Irony: Centralnic Create Brand Confusion With New Company Brand Name
ICANN Wins IANA Contract Bid
The US government has renewed the IANA contract to ICANN. Full details in the official release. The IANA contract renewal had been haunting ICANN for the last year, so closure on this key aspect of internet plumbing should be greeted positively in most quarters. The EU, however, might not be too happy, as they’d already… Continue reading ICANN Wins IANA Contract Bid
Argentinian GAC Opposes New TLD Application
The Argentinian GAC member speaking in the ICANN public forum today forcibly voiced their objection to a new TLD application. The application that has been submitted for .patagonia that has been received by ICANN was made by a company and not by the region of Argentina.
ICANN 44 Weekend Meetings
This weekend the 44th ICANN public meeting kicked off in Prague. Yesterday’s big news came early in the morning with the announcement that “Digital Archery” had been “suspended”. Whether it will come back to haunt new TLD applicants at a later date or not is not clear, though many attendees are hoping that it won’t.… Continue reading ICANN 44 Weekend Meetings
ICANN Leadership Confusion?
Yesterday afternoon ICANN held a press conference in Prague to announce two things: the new CEO who would replace Rod Beckstrom the interim CEO who would fill the role between Beckstrom’s departure and October 1 The new CEO from October 1 2012 will be Fadi Chehadé but until he takes the reins ICANN’s Chief Operating… Continue reading ICANN Leadership Confusion?
Registrar Stakeholder Group Issues Statement on RAA Negotiations
The Registrar Stakeholder Group has issued a statement on the RAA negotiations this evening. This is in response to the text and documents released by ICANN a couple of weeks ago. Statement from the Registrar Stakeholder Group The Registrar Stakeholder Group (RrSG) would like to provide this statement regarding the current status of RAA negotiations… Continue reading Registrar Stakeholder Group Issues Statement on RAA Negotiations