The Internet Architecture Board, has come out strongly against Dotless Domains as proposed by Google to operate the .Search new gTLD. “It has come to the attention of the IAB that there…
Category: New gTLD’s
Dan Warner Picks The Winners & Losers: New gTLD’s In The Sports Category
Dan Warner, who many in the domain industry know is a numbers/stats guy, has some interesting thoughts on winners and losers of the new gTLD’s in the “sports” category which he recently…
Key-Systems To Offer .HIV Domain At Below Cost To Its Customers & Free To Some Org’s
The German based domain registrar Key-Systems today announced that they will support the charitable work of the dotHIV association within the field of HIV/AIDS prevention and fundraising with three distinct activities: Key-Systems…
Patagonia, Inc. Withdraws Its Application For New gTLD .PATAGONIA
In what I would say is not great shock, Patagonia, Inc, has withdrawn its application to operate the .Patagonia new gTLD. Patagonia, Inc. has been in a well documented battle (and here)…
Rabbi’s Say ICANN Unequal Treatment Of .Halal Is Not .Kosher
In a letter to ICANN, several Kosher certification organizations, responsible for certification of approximately 63% of kosher ingredients worldwide, objected to the “unequal treatment of the new gTLD applications for .Kosher and…
Google’s .App Draws Fire From The Association for Competitive Technology
Google’s new gTLD application to operate the .APP new gTLD come under fire yesterday by the The Association for Competitive Technology (ACT). In a a letter to Dr. Stephen D. Crocker Chairman…
Demand Media Withdraws 1st New gTLD Application: .Bar
Demand Media, Inc. (DMD) withdrew its first new gTLD application, .Bar. The application had a prioritization number of 1,689. According to the ICANN website, “the Geographic Names Panel determined that the .Bar…