Domain Name News

TONI&GUY Hair Salon and the TONI&GUY Hairdressing Academy got a new domain name this July that is now an active website: toniguy.edu. They also updated their website at toniguy.com. Not anyone can register a .edu …

BizJournals.com reported today that GoDaddy will be closing it’s Denver-area office that currently has 69 employees. GoDaddy is offering relocation for its 69 workers there. “While the Scottsdale-based domain name registrar and small-business Web services …

I posted an article today about the formation of a new organization called the Secure Domain Foundation (SDF). A few minutes later I got a comment informing me that the domains SecureDomainFoundation.com and SecureDomainFoundation.org were …

Donuts launched a new “Featured Sites” webpage where it displays developed domain names with active websites on them. The webpage already features 12 Donuts New gTLD domain names that have been build in the past …

BRS Media, a .radio new gTLD applicant, submitted formal comments to ICANN regarding the community priority evaluation, from another .radio applicant EBU, for the .RADIO New gTLD. “It is our belief that in an attempt …

Leading experts and companies in the cybersecurity, Internet and Domain Name infrastructure industry announced on March 23, 2014 the formation of the Secure Domain Foundation (SDF), a new, non-profit, community-driven organization devoted to the identification and …

Beilong Zedata (Beijing) Data Technology Co., Ltd has been approved by ICANN to provide data escrow services to new gTLD Registry Operators. All new gTLD Registry Operators are required to regularly deposit a backup copy …

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) announced at ICANN 49 in Singapore that the number of new generic top-level domains (gTLDs) that have been delegated now tops 175. Recently delegated gTLDs include …

Trademark Clearinghouse (TMCH) send out a press release today claiming that over 500,000 claims notices have been delivered. TMCH is providing protection to over 10,000 brands and businesses and over 28,000 trademarks have been recorded …

Fadi Chehadé, ICANN president and CEO, wrote an article trying to correct some general inaccuracies and misconceptions regarding the U.S. announcement and IANA functions. Here is what he said: On Friday, March 14 the U.S. …

Earlier today I posted an article about the new ICANN.org website. ICANN just posted a video demonstration of the new website made by the Neo software development company that designed the site. Take a look: …

Belgian registrar NAMEWEB BVBA made a data retention waiver request to ICANN. The waiver request comes after the first waiver granted by ICANN to OVH SAS on the basis of French law. ICANN has made …

The new ICANN.org website is ready and it’s official launch will be next month. You can already see it live at new.icann.org. ICANN is due to migrate to the new site in April – but …

ICANN introduced the new Global Domains Division (GDD) portal. ICANN’s Global Domains Division (GDD) oversees generic domain operations, domain name industry engagement and Web services, with the goal of having all of these pieces coming …