A few days ago we let you know that Twitter won the rights to the domain name Twitter.org by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) The domain name was held under privacy at Moniker.com The domain name has an original registration date of October 2005. The domain name transferred to privacy into privacy in late 2011. The decision has now been issued. The case was a … [Read more...]
Verisign: 2012 Ends With 252 Million Domain Names: 121 Million .com/.net
VeriSign, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRSN) just published it quarterly Domain Name Industry Brief. announcing that more than 6 million domain names were added to the Internet in the fourth quarter of 2012, bringing the total number of registered domain names to more than 252 million worldwide across all top-level domains (TLDs) as of Dec. 31, 2012 The increase of 6.1 million domain names globally equates to … [Read more...]
ICANN: All New gTLD Initial Evaluations Should Be Completed By End Of August
ICANN now says they will be done with the Initial Evaluation for new all new gTLD applications by the end of August 2013 The statements came in a session from the ICANN Beijing meeting, entitled "New gTLD Program Status ICANN released some other important dates and time frames for the new gTLD process: "ICANN will publish all objections on new gTLD applications by this Friday April 12, … [Read more...]
Internet In China By The Numbers
Some pretty interesting numbers coming out of the ICANN meeting's Opening Session in Beijing today. China has 564 Million Internet users, which represents over 42% of their population and almost double the population of the US. China added 40 million new Internet Users in just the last year. China has 7 of the Top 30"Internet Companies" China E-Commerce … [Read more...]
Following On Success of .TK, .ML To Offer Free Domains
Following on its highly successful management of the .TK registry Freedom Registry announced today its going to 'Power" the Dot ML, the Mali domain name, .ML .ML domain names will be operated as " generic, unrestricted, clean and global TLD focusing on individuals and businesses in- and outside Mali". "Free domain names will be offered to all internet users in both Mali and other countries … [Read more...]
Escrow.com Re-Designs & Launches New Updated Site
Escrow.com just launched its re-designed site. Its not only the design that has changed but more information and features are now available. Andee Hill of Escrow.com, shared some of the new features with us: ""The big upgrade to our services is our Milestone Transactions. These were previously named Professional Service Transactions and had limitations. The Milestone … [Read more...]
Hollywood Reporter: “Godaddy Alleges ‘The Oscars’ Aren’t That Famous”
A story in the Hollywood Reporter of all places has landed domain name registrar Godaddy.com on the front pages The story talks about the lawsuit that the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has against GoDaddy.com for "allegedly trafficking in unauthorized trademarks. The Film Academy (AMPAS) takes issue with GoDaddy's "CashParking" program wherein its customers are allowed to buy a … [Read more...]