CFR.org published an article on the size and characteristics of the Internet in China. Citing data from CNNIC, the article gives some great insight into the Chinese Internet. From the article: The number of Internet users in China has grown to 668 million, according to a report released last week by the China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC), a state agency that administers … [Read more...]
Archives for July 2015
KraftHeinz.com Registered The Same Day the Merger Was Announced Lost in UDRP
A one member UDRP panel awarded the domain name kraftheinz.com was registered on March 25, 2015, the same day the merger between Kraft Foods Group, and H.J. Heinz Company was announced. The decision was published in Korean and we used Google translate. The panel said: "Registering a domain name that combines the names of the target company by merger or a merger between companies that act … [Read more...]
1st Day New gTLD Totals .Team 2,643 .Show 1,310; .Jewelry 961
Three new gTLD's went into General Availability (GA) on Wednesday. Including domain names registered in the Sunrise Period by trademark holders and domain names registered in the Early Access Program (EAP) for an extra fee, here are the totals after the first day of GA: .Team 2,643 .Show 1,310 .Jewelry 961 Another new gTLD extension entered an EAP period on Wednesday, .Tech which … [Read more...]
.Trust Announces Advisory Board
NCC Group has announced the line-up of its new .trust Advisory Board, "an elite panel of renowned security experts responsible for supporting NCC Group’s .trust Technical Policy, in a bid to create the world's first secure community on the Internet". Six renowned security experts currently sit on the board alongside Gunter Ollmann, CTO of the group’s Domain Services division. The board will … [Read more...]
Willing.com, Evolve.com, Zeros.com And More Domain Movers
Here are the latest Domain Movers that I have recently detected. The following domain names have been purchased, registered or are simply moving, mainly all by large companies. These are often early detections and likely the first time that most have been reported on. I heavily rely on the domain name whois system to provide ownership information to provide accurate data, but that doesn't … [Read more...]
Minds + Machines To Register Up To 30K New gTLD Premium Domains Under Emerald Names
Minds + Machines announced they are going through the process of registering up to 30,000 Premium Names from across its wholly-owned portfolio of TLDs through its wholly-owned entity, Emerald Names, "so as to raise the visibility of its inventory amongst the broker and registrar channel, as well as with consumers". "As a result, these Premium Names will resolve to a “for sale” web site, … [Read more...]
Report shows 15% of America is still not using the Internet
BizReport.com broke down some stats that came out of the Pew Research Center that looked at Internet usage in the U.S. The research showed that Asian - Americans had only 5% not using the Internet, in contrast Blacks were at the high end of the scale with 20% not using the Internet. From the article: Despite government and social service programs designed to increase Internet adoption, 15% of … [Read more...]