Well finally we have a statement from ICANN as to what happened to the TAS system that is used to accept applications for the new gTLD "We have learned of a possible glitch in the TLD application system software that has allowed a limited number of users to view some other users' file names and user names in certain scenarios." said Akram Atallah Chief Operating Officer of ICANN "Out of an … [Read more...]
ICANN Will Start To Accept New gTLD Applications On Tuesday
According to one report ICANN will re-open the TAS system and start accepting new gTLD applications on Tueday. According to the Guardian.co.uk, ICANN will re-open the TAS system to accept applications for new gTLD's at "23.59 GMT on Tuesday for three days, and finally close on Friday 20 April at 23.59 GMT. " GMT is the same time as UTC. Although I haven't read or heard any "official" word … [Read more...]
TAS Crashes & New gTLD Application Deadline Is Extended Until April 20th
ICANN just announced that the TAS system which is the mechanism by which companies file their application for new gTLD's crashed and therefore was extending the time to make application from April 12th until April 20th, 2012. The official new closing time to make application is 23:59 UTC on Friday, 20 April 2012. The next big questions to be answered is will be if the "big reveal", the day … [Read more...]
Minds + Machines Gets .London
According to a press release out this morning Top Level Domain Holdings Limited (AIM:TLDH.L), a wholly-owned subsidiary Minds and Machines Limited, which in turn is a wholly-owned subsidiary of London & Partners Limited (“London & Partners”), been exclusively appointed by Dot London Domains Limited (“DLDL”), to (i) assist with DLDL's application to the Internet’s governing body, ICANN, … [Read more...]
On The Day AT&T Sells Its Interest In The Yellow Pages For $950 Million, An Application For .Yellow Is Announced
On the same day that AT&T sold a majority stake in the Yellow Pages for $950 Million dollars, Techworld.com.au, is reporting that a Melbourne based company is going to apply for the new gTLD of .yellow. "The startup plans to offer brand oriented listing pages for small to medium businesses (SMBs) who may not have an online presence." "It aims to target SMBs who are dissatisfied with … [Read more...]
Why Can’t ICANN Operate Like Mega Millions & Give Us A Date & TIME For The Big Reveal
In teasing us with a date for the big reveal for new gTLD applicants ICANN has left off something pretty important. The time. While announcing the April 30th as the date for the big reveal, they didn't announce at time or even which time zone they would be using. ICANN typically works off of UTC time zone which at this time of the year is 4 hours ahead of EST so midnight April 30th is … [Read more...]
UPDATED: Quick Poll: How Many New gTLD Applications Will Be Submitted? 44,100 is Possible
Now that ICANN updated the number of paid users to the TAS system to 839, with several days remaining its probably fair to say there will be at least 900 users by the time final figures are remaining. We know that each user can submit 49 applications, making it possible if the final number of users is 900, there could be 44,100 applications if each registered user put in the max number of … [Read more...]