According to a statement issued overnight, ICANN is "targeting 22 May 2012 as the intended reopening date for the TLD Application System." "It is anticipated that the system would remain open for five business days and close on 30 May. This takes account of the 28 May Memorial Day holiday in the United States." "We have met our commitment to provide notice to all users on or before 8 May … [Read more...]
ICANN Offers Full Refund To Any Applicant For A New gTLD Which Pulls Its App Before The Big Reveal
In an Announcement tonight, ICANN is offering to refund any applicant who has submitted and paid its fee for a new gTLD if they pull their application prior to the Big Reveal. ""In recognition of the inconvenience caused by the temporary suspension of the TLD application system, ICANN will provide a full refund of the application fees paid by any new gTLD applicant that wishes to withdraw its … [Read more...]
Beckstrom: ICANN May Deny New gTLD Applications If They Got An Unfair Advantage In Seeing Others Info
Rod Beckstrom the CEO of ICANN just told theHill.com, that applicants who looks at other applicants info in an attempt "to gain an unfair edge over their competitors" may have their own application denied. In an interview with The Hill, he noted that ICANN has "ultimate authority" over approving all applications and said the organization will examine whether any groups used a recent system … [Read more...]
Breaking: ICANN 2,305 New gTLD Applications Received To Date; 2,091 Paid For
ICANN just announced tonight that when the TAS system was taken down there were 2,091 applications, either submitted or in progress. In addition, there were 214 potential applications that were registered prior to the March 29th deadline, but whose payments have not yet been received or reconciled. The total therefore should be 2,305 if payment is received for all applications to … [Read more...]
Beckstrom Tells NationalJournal.com That Now The TAS Will “Track Users Every Keystroke”
In an interview that Rod Beckstrom just did with the Nationaljournal.com, Beckstrom said that the TAS system will "To prevent further problems, will now track users every keystroke." Duh Wouldn't that have been a good thing to build into a system through which hundreds of millions of dollars will flow through? Beckstrom in the delay in getting the TAS system back up and running … [Read more...]
ICANN TAS Update: 105 Applicants May Had File & User Names Viewed By Other Applicants
ICANN just issued another update on the TAS system and gave out some numbers this time. ""At the time we took the system offline, there were 1268 registered users and some 95,000 file attachments in the system." "Of these, there were approximately 455 instances where a file name and the associated user name might have been viewed by another applicant." "We are continuing to review system … [Read more...]
11 Things I Learned From Reading ICANN’s 2013 Budget
ICANN published its draft budget last night and will open the public comment period on May 25th. It will approve the budget at the Prague ICANN meeting in June I went through the budget an found some pretty interesting things. While everyone has a top 10, I thought I would go with a top 11: 1. ICANN needs a new financial planner: "As of 31 March 2012, the Reserve Fund balance was … [Read more...]