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Domain Name Wire
Did a digital archery company put the final nail in the coffin of doomed scheme?
Company claims it reported issue to ICANN earlier this week. So ICANN has “suspended” digital archery, a way to divide up new top level domain applicants into batches. This was the right move, albeit a couple weeks late. Now 20% of applic...
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Did a digital archery company put the final nail in the coffin of doomed scheme?
Company claims it reported issue to ICANN earlier this week. So ICANN has “suspended” digital archery, a way to divide up new top level domain applicants into batches. This was the right move, albeit a couple weeks late. Now 20% of applic...
Discussion
June 23, 2012, 11:01 pm
Domain Name Wire
New ICANN CEO Fadi Chehadé doesn’t have his own name as domain name
FadiChehade.com registered today, but not by new ICANN CEO. ICANN announced this morning that software executive Fadi Chehadé would be its new CEO come October. Naturally, the first thing I did was look up his presence on the web. Here’s...
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New ICANN CEO Fadi Chehadé doesn’t have his own name as domain name
FadiChehade.com registered today, but not by new ICANN CEO. ICANN announced this morning that software executive Fadi Chehadé would be its new CEO come October. Naturally, the first thing I did was look up his presence on the web. Here’s...
Discussion
June 22, 2012, 11:45 am
Domain Name Wire
Verisign working to fix Hebrew IDN error
Company wants to fix error in one of its new top level domain applications. Verisign has responded to Domain Name Wire’s inquiry regarding an error in its application for a Hebrew internationalized domain name (IDN) for a transliteration of .co...
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Verisign working to fix Hebrew IDN error
Company wants to fix error in one of its new top level domain applications. Verisign has responded to Domain Name Wire’s inquiry regarding an error in its application for a Hebrew internationalized domain name (IDN) for a transliteration of .co...
Discussion
June 21, 2012, 11:52 am
Domain Name Wire
Sorry, but this round of new TLDs isn’t revolutionary
Rules of engagement make this round of new TLDs less than satisfactory. Last week ICANN released the names of the 1,400 some odd top level domains that might be headed to the web in the next year or two. Despite every cliche ICANN CEO Rod Beckstrom m...
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Sorry, but this round of new TLDs isn’t revolutionary
Rules of engagement make this round of new TLDs less than satisfactory. Last week ICANN released the names of the 1,400 some odd top level domains that might be headed to the web in the next year or two. Despite every cliche ICANN CEO Rod Beckstrom m...
Discussion
June 21, 2012, 10:45 am
Domain Name Wire
Codecademy beats Code Academy in domain dispute
They may know how to code, but they could work on domain name strategy. Here’s an interesting domain name dispute involving hot startup Codecademy. Codecademy, true to its name, helps people learn how to program. The company made quite a splash...
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Codecademy beats Code Academy in domain dispute
They may know how to code, but they could work on domain name strategy. Here’s an interesting domain name dispute involving hot startup Codecademy. Codecademy, true to its name, helps people learn how to program. The company made quite a splash...
Discussion
June 21, 2012, 10:39 am
Domain Name Wire
Hi, China! Afternic inks deal with China’s largest domain registrar
Afternic offers domain names through HiChina. Afternic announced a deal today with HiChina, China’s largest domain name registrar. HiChina is the company’s fourth partner in China for AfternicDLS. This means that customers searching for d...
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Hi, China! Afternic inks deal with China’s largest domain registrar
Afternic offers domain names through HiChina. Afternic announced a deal today with HiChina, China’s largest domain name registrar. HiChina is the company’s fourth partner in China for AfternicDLS. This means that customers searching for d...
Discussion
June 21, 2012, 10:13 am
Domain Name Wire
Early .Green backer fights three other applicants for domain name
The green domain space gets crowded. Competition to run the top level domain .green is heating up (and heating up is not a word revered by the green community). Four companies have submitted applications to ICANN to run the domain name: DotGreen Comm...
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Early .Green backer fights three other applicants for domain name
The green domain space gets crowded. Competition to run the top level domain .green is heating up (and heating up is not a word revered by the green community). Four companies have submitted applications to ICANN to run the domain name: DotGreen Comm...
Discussion
June 20, 2012, 11:33 am
Domain Name Wire
Microsoft gets dotBing.com, but what about other dot domains?
Company gets control of dotBing.com domain name, but doesn’t have dot domains related to most other TLD bids. This week Microsoft took control of dotBing.com, a domain that was registered back in 2009. Its interest in the domain is clearly rela...
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Microsoft gets dotBing.com, but what about other dot domains?
Company gets control of dotBing.com domain name, but doesn’t have dot domains related to most other TLD bids. This week Microsoft took control of dotBing.com, a domain that was registered back in 2009. Its interest in the domain is clearly rela...
Discussion
June 20, 2012, 10:54 am
Domain Name Wire
SnapNames throws hat into domain sunrise and landrush auction ring
KeyDrive companies want to play a role in new TLD rollout. SnapNames and Moniker have announced they will support sunrise and landrush auctions for new top level domain registries. The company will, of course, also offer premium generic sales and auc...
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SnapNames throws hat into domain sunrise and landrush auction ring
KeyDrive companies want to play a role in new TLD rollout. SnapNames and Moniker have announced they will support sunrise and landrush auctions for new top level domain registries. The company will, of course, also offer premium generic sales and auc...
Discussion
June 20, 2012, 10:31 am
Domain Name Wire
ICANN may let new TLD applicants modify their applications
Plan may allow new TLD applicants to fix errors. ICANN is considering allowing applicants for new top level domains to make changes to their applications, the organization confirmed to Domain Name Wire today. The group is working on a process that co...
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ICANN may let new TLD applicants modify their applications
Plan may allow new TLD applicants to fix errors. ICANN is considering allowing applicants for new top level domains to make changes to their applications, the organization confirmed to Domain Name Wire today. The group is working on a process that co...
Discussion
June 19, 2012, 7:33 pm
