New gTLD program posts 100 new Initial Evaluation results: 92 applications get a pass (total is 720)

The next set of Initial Evaluation (IE) Results was released by ICANN. ICANN has ramped up the number of results to batches of 100 prioritized applications per week. The total number of passing applicationsis now 720 (was 628 last week). ICANN released Initial Evaluation (IE) results for the next set ofapplications with priority numbers 700-800. There are 92 (some were from previous weeks) applications in this set …

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Pool.com Doing Scheduled Maintenance June 14-15

Pool.com will be doing scheduled maintenance on June 14-15 so their website is going to be offline for 24 hours. Any closing auctions, or auctions scheduled to begin, will be postponed by 24 hours. Here is their notice: Between 20:00 GMT (4:00 PM EDT) on …

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Microsoft sends letter to ICANN about Google’s Dotless Domain to its .search gTLD

Microsoft sent a letter to ICANN about Google’s Proposed Dotless Domain to its .search gTLD.Microsoft expressed its continuing concern over Google’s proposed amendment  to run its gTLD application for .search as a “dotless” domain, as Microsoft strongly urges ICANN to follow the advice of the SSAC and ensure that dotless domains are only used in the private space. Microsoft said that “Google’s proposed amendment would interfere …

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Pocket Domain dropped 700+ .info domains from its Alfena registrar

Pocket Domain dropped 700+ .info domains from its Alfena registrar a few weeks back. Most of thedomains were registered during the 2003-2009 period. Most of the domains were owned by PocketDomain that used to run a small backorder service calledDropCatcher.Info (or DropCatcher.org). PocketDomain runs a few registrars like Alfena and PocketDomain. …

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Sedo Rolls Out Updates to the Buyer Control Panel But…

Sedo rolled out some updates to the “Buyer Control Panel” but this feels more like a bug fix than an update. Sedo’s goal was to make buying a domain name easier, so they just made some updates to theirBuyer Control Panel. Customers now have a more intuitive interface …

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