Domain Extensions

Google announced through a blog post that it is creating a new holding company, called Alphabet that is using the domain name abc.xyz. Larry Page will be running Alphabet as CEO with help from his …

Paul Graham, a programmer, writer, and co-founder of Y Combinator, published an essay called “Change Your Name“. He says that if you have a US startup called X and you don’t have x.com, you should probably …

Daniel Negari, CEO of .xyz, had a Q&A with me after I accepted to be a judge on The Challenge domain name registration contest. What is this contest about? Is there a point to be …

Radix announced their latest generic launch, .online has already received 550+ Sunrise requests, with 10+ more days for the phase to end. “The versatile nature of the TLD has attracted participation from brands across varied …

Neustar, Inc. announced it has acquired Bombora Technologies Pty Ltd (Bombora), based in Australia, for AUD $118.5 million, or approximately USD $86.9 million. Bombora and its subsidiaries, which include ARI Registry Services, provide registry services for …

Think you can register the best .COM or .XYZ domain name and win $1,000? Then you can take The Challenge at TheChallenge.xyz while you hand-register the best domains you can find and submit your entries …

Minds + Machines Group Limited provided an update of its operations for Q2 2015. The Company’s unaudited interim results for the six months to 30 June 2015 will be published in September 2015. Antony Van …

Radix, announced leading pioneers for .tech as it entered the Early Access Phase (29th July) at 16:00 UTC. Radix has switched from Landrush to the EAP model, for its latest batch of new TLDs. EAP …

TLD Registry, the registry of Dot Chinese Online (.在线) and Dot Chinese Website (.中文网) top level domains, is releasing the first installment of their Chinese Domaining Masterclass blog series. In January 2015, TLD Registry presented …

In response to the increasing desire for privacy online, following a consultation, Nominet is planning to introduce a new framework for privacy services within .UK. At the same time, Nominet will be clarifying the criteria for …

The premium .London auction featuring 50 .London domain names is underway and already one domain is over the 5,000 GBP mark and 3 are in 4 figures. With more than a week left in the …

With the coming of many new generic top level domains (gTLDs), Google would like to give some insight into how these are handled in Google’s search. They have heard and seen questions and misconceptions about …

Domain Name Association (DNA) announced it is launching DNA University to support the domain name industry. One of the first initiatives of the DNA University will be to roll out a webinar series that will …

Rightside issued an official statement today explaining their general view on New TLDs and why they shut of the fictitious website at Bloomberg.Market per their standard operating procedures. Here is the statement: