Domain Extensions

The ICANN Business Constituency sent a letter to the New gTLD Program Committee on December 20th 2013 asking them to reconsider allowing both singular and plural forms of the same TLD string. The ICANN Business …

Symantec, a computer security, antivirus, backup and SSL provider, wrote an article about the effect that new generic top-level domains (gTLDs) will have on SSL certificates. There are already many new gTLDs that have been …

At 31 December 2013 the .fr TLD represented 2,716,027 domain names, an increase of 8.2% in 2013. Although this performance remains higher than the average for the world market (7.1 % according to our estimates), …

Nokia Normandy, the company’s first and only Android smartphone is about to be released. It is likely that Nokia may launch its first Android smartphone during MWC in March. Normandy is a low-cost smartphone that would …

During ICANN 48 in Buenos Aires, the Governmental Advisory Committee issued further advice to the ICANN Board of Directors regarding New gTLD applications. GAC Advice was intended to identify applications that are “problematic,” e.g., that …

Nominet announced today that it plans to update the .uk domain name registration policy so that it can suspend or de-register .uk domain names that promote serious sexual offenses. Although Nominet says that it will …

Top Level Domain Holdings (AIM: TLDH) provided an update on the progress of its uncontested gTLD applications, Minds + Machines’ OPEN Priority Reservation programme and the private auction process. Progress of uncontested TLDH and client …

ICANN announced that on January 14th, 8 more New gTLDs were delegated for a total of 91 new gTLD strings. The 8 new gTLDs are .ZONE, .CHEAP, .MARKETING, .DEMOCRAT, .SOCIAL, .AGENCY, .MODA and .DANCE. Check …

ICANN’s new infographic provides a high-level explanation of the Rights Protection Mechanisms that Trademark holders and their representatives can use to combat infringement during the Domain Name System expansion. New gTLD Program Rights Protection Mechanisms …

Sedo, the world’s largest domain marketplace and monetization provider, maintained its market leading position in 2013, according to the Top 100 Domain Sales Chart as published by the domain industry publication, DN Journal.  With 34 …

An exclusive joint partnership has been announced between Heritage Auctions and RightOfTheDot, LLC to provide live auctioneer and live online auction services for premium domains in new TLD extensions that are being launched over the …

Demand Media, Inc. (NYSE: DMD), a leading media and domain name services company, today announced that its newly formed wholly owned subsidiary, Rightside Group, Ltd. (“Rightside”), has filed a Form 10 registration statement with the …

ICANN announced that on January 8th, 1 more New gTLD was delegated for a total of 83 new gTLD strings. .BERLIN New gTLD was delegated and is now located at http://nic.berlin. Check out the Launch …

CENTR has published its latest stat report for December 2013. CENTR is the association of Internet Country Code Top Level Domain Registries such as .uk in the United Kingdom and .es in Spain. CENTR has 52 …