Domain industry veteran, Gene Kearon, has joined .irish. Kearon, who was most recently with Dominion Enterprises, announced last night that he was joining .irish. He will be helping promote the new TLD for the global Irish community at the upcoming ICANN meeting in Singapore. Kearon previously worked at Neustar where he was heavily involved in their new TLD business as … [Read more...] about Gene Kearon Joins .Irish
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Community Application For DotGay Wins Reconsideration Request
While there were four applicants for the new TLD string .gay only one of them did so as a "community" application. Under ICANN's established processes for new TLD applications a "community" application is treated differently to a "standard" one and follows a different set of rules. As has been covered in depth elsewhere, the community application for .gay failed to pass the … [Read more...] about Community Application For DotGay Wins Reconsideration Request
Mauritius Government Gets Into Dispute Over Key Domain Name
Domain names expire, drop and get re-registered all the time. It's normal. However, governments are usually very conservative about how they handle domain names. A government department is more likely to hold on to a domain name for several years after they've stopped using it rather than "release" it too early. According to this article, however, the government of … [Read more...] about Mauritius Government Gets Into Dispute Over Key Domain Name
Bulgarian Domain Forum Schedule Announced
The Bulgarian Domain Forum, which is an annual event, is being held again this year. This time round the event will be held in Sense Hotel Sofia. Judging by the photos on the hotel's website it's a pretty fantastic location! As with other years there'll be a mixture of talks, though there'll be a strong focus on new TLDs. The current schedule includes: Impact of new … [Read more...] about Bulgarian Domain Forum Schedule Announced
Serbian ccTLD Registry Opens Call For Tender
The .rs ccTLD registry, the country code top level domain name for Serbia, has opened a call for tenders. The tender, which opened a couple of days ago, is for software systems for domain registration. While the call for tender may not be explicit, one can assume that the registry is interested in moving closer to the industry standard EPP. A lot of ccTLD registries … [Read more...] about Serbian ccTLD Registry Opens Call For Tender
EUrid Announce Finalists of Web Awards
EUrid has announced the finalists for the ".eu Web Awards". Public nominations for the awards were open from June 23rd until September 5th with websites being submitted under a number of categories, namely: The LEADERS (Established business with more than 10 employees) The RISING STARS (Start-up/Entrepreneur with 1 to 10 employees) The LAURELS … [Read more...] about EUrid Announce Finalists of Web Awards
Registration Operations Association Kick Off Meeting at ICANN 51
Registrars and registries have to work together. It's a reality. While relations between the two groups can be fantastic, there are also plenty of instances where at the operational level things are a little "strained". Those issues stem a lot of the time from technical issues, limitations and possibly "design choices". There are a lot of very intelligent people working in … [Read more...] about Registration Operations Association Kick Off Meeting at ICANN 51
Guess The Number of .Website Registrations & Win A GoPro!
Radix Registry, the company behind .website, .host and .press, is running a giveaway / competition for the launch of .website. The .website launch is now scheduled to take place this afternoon at 1600 UTC. If you can guess correctly the number of .website domain names that are registered during the first day of GA (general availability) you could win a Go Pro Hero 3 … [Read more...] about Guess The Number of .Website Registrations & Win A GoPro!
DotGreen Rises From the Ashes
Back in October 2013 we lamented the demise of the .green new TLD bid. A lot of people who work in the domain name industry were shocked, surprised and disappointed when the .green bid was withdrawn. But we got over it. We moved on. And several of the people involved with the original .green bid moved on too. Tim Switzer is now working for the .build registry. So it was with … [Read more...] about DotGreen Rises From the Ashes
Dublin To Host ICANN’s 54th Public Meeting
ICANN has formally announced that Dublin will be the host for the 54th ICANN meeting taking place in October 2015. Dublin has previously played host to both RIPE and IETF meetings. It is also the venue for Web Summit (now known as The Summit) , which attracts several thousand attendees. A growing number of domain registries are based in Ireland's capital city. While some … [Read more...] about Dublin To Host ICANN’s 54th Public Meeting