As most of you know by now, New York has become the newest state to legalize gay marriage. As the owner of GayMarriage.com we have been following the story closely and now all eyes in the domain world will turn towards the new gTLD .Gay. Its no secret that a group lead by domainer Alexander Schubert is going to apply to operate the .Gay registry based off a community application. Why try … [Read more...]
New York Is Excited About The New gTLD’s & It’s Upcoming .NYC Extension
The city of New York put out a press release on the new gTLD's and clearly are excited about the prospects of their soon being a .NYC ""Today, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers ( ICANN ) announced it will dramatically expand its domain offerings and will begin accepting applications for new domains in January 2012. Once approved, this will allow for the … [Read more...]
One Day After The New gTLD Program Is Announced .Jewelers Comes Forward
According to a press release, a company called GJB Partners, LLC announced plans today to "secure, operate and market the top-level domain name “.Jewelers” “We are thrilled the ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) Board of Directors has approved the Applicant Guidebook and Application Window and are eager to move forward,” said Ann Glynn, GJB Partners LLC Managing … [Read more...]
At The End ICANN Stayed True To Its Word
Now that ICANN voted to approve the new gTLD program today in Singapore its interesting to note that ICANN fulfilled the promise it made just a few months ago at its meeting in San Fransisco in March. Back at the San Fransisco ICANN Meeting, Chairman Thrush ended the meeting by saying: “We are going to have a vote early in the Singapore meeting so we ALL can have a party and celebrate” said … [Read more...]
CNN.com: Forget .Com Here Comes .Coke
CNN.com is just one of the hundreds of new outlets that have already written about ICANN's approval of the new gTLD program while you were sleeping. In a story entitled "Forget .com, here comes .coke", CNN.com covers what almost ever major new publication has already written about overnight in the US, that the domain industry has changed forever. "The trusty old Internet addresses we know … [Read more...]
ICANN Overwhelmingly Approves New gTLD Program
The ICANN Board just voted to approve the new gTLD program to a standing ovation to those in attendance. The vote took place as promised on the first day of the ICANN Singapore meeting. The vote now allows the process under which hundreds of new domain name extensions can be applied for. Applications for the first round will open on January 12, 2012 and will close on April 12, … [Read more...]
Live Blogging From The ICANN Board Meeting On The New gTLD Vote
We are now going to be blogging live as ICANN discusses and votes on the new gTLD program We will be updating frequently so keep hitting refresh. The meeting is starting in minutes. You can also follow us on Twitter.com/berkens Only one members of the ICANN board stated that they have a conflicts and all will not vote on the new gTLD proposal. In the .XXX application vote, 4 … [Read more...]