Donuts.co which applied for 307 new gTLD strings has stated all along that they were in partnership with Demand Media (DMD) on 107 of the applications. However I do not think Donuts or Demand have publicly stated which of the 107 new gTLD's that Donuts applied for that they are in a partnership with Demand Media on. Looking through some new gTLD applications today I found that 107 … [Read more...]
Jean-Christophe Vignes joins Artemis as Director of Domain Operations
Tom Scopazzi of Artemis which has an application for .Secure, just sent out an email today announcing that effective today, Jean-Christophe Vignes has joined Artemis as Director of Domain Operations! "In this capacity, he will be in charge of building our Registry and Registrar capabilities for .secure and we look forward to leveraging his expertise throughout the ICANN world. " "As you … [Read more...]
Radix, TLDH & Westerdal Asks ICANN To Suspend All Pending Expert Panels In New gTLD Process
Three large applicants to the new gTLD program sent a letter to ICANN yesterday to complaint about the Experts appointed by The Dispute Resolution Service Providers relating to the Community Objection process especially those at the ICC and asked ICANN to "ask all contracted arbitrators to temporarily suspend their decision making until ICANN can conduct a basic level of training for the actual … [Read more...]
Microsoft, Verisign & Yahoo! Sends Joint Letter To ICANN: We Want An Update On Name Collision Mitigation Plan
In a joint letter Microsoft, Verisign and Yahoo! urged ICANN to study the Collission Mitigation Plan before allowing any "The undersigned companies and organizations submit this letter to express our significant concern regarding several unresolved stability and security issues associated with the upcoming delegation of new gTLDs." "We understand that the New gTLD Applicant Group (NTAG) … [Read more...]
1and1.com New gTLD Pre-Registrations Blows Past 2 Million, Setting Off gTLD Pre-Reservation Panic
1and1.com which started a multimillion dollar national television advertising campaign which seemed to start around the first NFL games three weeks ago, just crossed the 2,000,000 mark in new gTLD pre-reservations. Unofficially I tracked some 70,000 pre-registrations today alone. To their credit and … [Read more...]
Paris Opens Up Founders/Pioneer Program For 1st 100 .Paris Domain Names
The City of Paris opening up a submission period to allocate the first 100 .Paris new gTLD domain names. The city is opening two "Calls for Proposals" for the purpose of selecting the first domain names under “.paris” top-level domain (TLD). Interested parties can apply on the web site http://mondomaine.paris.fr to be among the first 100 first holders of a web site ending in “.paris”. "The … [Read more...]
Want To Win An Apple TV: Famous Four Starts Suggest A Cool .Bid New gTLD Domain Contest
Famous Four Media is running a competition to find the coolest web address you can think of for the new .Bid generic Top Level Domain (TLD). The competition is open now and will close at 11:59 UTC +2 on 4th October 2013, at which time the best suggestions will be entered into a random draw and the winner will receive a brand new Apple TV. To stand a chance of winning all we need is for you … [Read more...]