After requests of many groups, ICANN has officially extended the comment period on the new gTLD’s for an additional 45 days. The new end date is now 26 September 2012. Its a…
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How Can ICANN “Meter” The Roll out Of New gTLD’s When It Couldn’t Decide Which Applications To Process 1st
ICANN in announcing that it would process all new gTLD applications in one batch, did so after abandoning its Digital Archery service which was its last attempt to figure out which applications…
Beckstrom: “The Internet Needs To Be An Organized Chaos”
“The Internet needs to be an organized chaos” said the former CEO of ICANN Rob Beckstrom, speaking at the Def Con conference in Las Vegas, according to Venture Beat. “Rod Beckstrom called…
ICANN Awarded Renewal Of IANA Contract By US Department of Commerce
Thought Domainincite.com broke the news last night, here is the official press release by ICANN that its contract with IANA has been renewed with the US Department of Commerce.” Apparently the outgoing…
Hottest New Idea Out Of ICANN Meeting, Private Auctions Where Losing Applicants, Not ICANN Gets The Money
So as we discussed over at CircleID.com today, over the last week arguably best idea coming out of the ICANN meeting is the concept that applicants for new gTLD strings with more…
ICANN On Excess Funds From Fees & Auctions: “We’re Not Going To Give You The Money Back”
In the public forum at the ICANN Meeting, Chairman of ICANN Steve Crocker told the crowd that when it comes to excess funds coming from application fees and auction proceeds, they don’t…
ICANN Officially Kills Digital Archery
ICANN has officially killed off the Digital Archery program in an announcement today. “”Resolved the New gTLD Program Committee directs the President and CEO to terminate the Digital Archery process as approved…