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Fri 25th October 2013
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ICANN Begins New TLD Rollout - October 25th, 2013 By: THN News <!-- GA_googleFillSlot("THN-140x60-1-Rotating");--> <!--GA_googleFillSlot("THN-140x60-2");--> <!--GA_googleFillSlot("THN-140x60-3");--> (The Hosting News) – A new era in web domains has begun. On Wednesday, internet authority ICANN, otherwise known as the “Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers,” announced that it had delegated the first new generic TLDs. The move allows the new gTLDs to ... read more ...
 
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Verisign Pre-Earnings: Expecting Modest Revenue Growth - Verisign (NASDAQ:VRSN), the provider of registry services for all .com and .net domain names, will announce its Q3 2013 financial results on October 24. We expect moderate revenue growth for the company, which will be driven by an increase in .com/.net domain names. We believe the future growth rate in .com and .net domain names will be lower than the overall Internet domain name growth rate due to rising competition from country code domain names as well as other factors. Our moderate ... read more ...
 
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New gTLDs to launch this month - The long-planned introduction of hundreds of new generic top-level domain names (gTLDs) by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), kicks off later this month, when the first set of new domain names will be issued to domain name registry Donuts, Inc. October 2013 gTLDs Donuts, Inc. will launch a 60 day "sunrise" registration period on October 29, 2013 for the following newly sanctioned gTLDs: .camera .clothing .equipment .guru .holdings .lighting .singles .ventures .voyage Subsequent ... read more ...
 
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Verisign Grows .com and .net as New gTLDs Set to Debut - Verisign also manages the root zone of Internet DNS, a zone that is now being expanded. This week, the first four new gTLDs were delegated with new international domain names. The first four names are: شبكة  (xn--ngbc5azd) – Arabic for "web/network"Registry: International Domain Registry Pty. Ltd.онлайн (xn--80asehdb) – Cyrillic for "online"Registry: CORE Associationсайт (xn--80aswg) – Cyrillic for "site"Registry: CORE Association游戏(xn--unup4y) – Chinese for "game(s)"Registry: ... read more ...
 
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We Said It Over A Year Ago, The BC Tells ICANN Allowing Singular & Plural … - In a letter sent to ICANN, the Chair, ICANN Business Constituency (BC) told ICANN what we at TheDomains.com said over a year ago, that allowing new gTLD’s of plural and singular of the same term is a bad idea. “As we move towards the launch of the first new gTLDs this year, the Business Constituency is extremely concerned about ICANN’s intention to delegate both singular and plural versions of the same string. “We believe that allowing singular and plural versions of the same TLD string ... read more ...
 
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ICANN’s Trademark Clearinghouse: protecting your brand in the impending … - Over the next two years, the Internet domain landscape will change drastically. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has already begun the process of introducing 1,400 new top-level domains (TLDs) to the .com, .net, .org landscape, with the first new TLDs slated to go live by the end of the year. The new TLDs, such as .discount and .cheap, will create greater choices for consumers and new business opportunities for brand owners, but also bring with them potentially negative ... read more ...
 
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Blacknight Announces Arrival of New TDLs - October 25th, 2013 By: THN News <!-- GA_googleFillSlot("THN-140x60-1-Rotating");--> <!--GA_googleFillSlot("THN-140x60-2");--> <!--GA_googleFillSlot("THN-140x60-3");--> (The Hosting News) – Blacknight, Ireland’s leading domain registrar and hosting company are happy to announce the addition of the first of many New Top-Level domains. It has been a long process, but ICANN has finally given the green light to four new domain extensions. ... read more ...
 
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Losing Private New gTLD Auctions For .Lawyer & .Website Net Top Level … - Top Level Domain Holdings (LON:TLDH) said  by losing the  private auctions for .website and .lawyer, which concluded on Oct. 23, it will add £2.97m ($4.81m) to its cash reserves. The 14 previous new gTLD private auctions held by ApplicantAuction.com, totaled $18.9 in winning bids or around $1.33 million per string. This week ApplicantAuction.com declined to furnish a total amount raised in the auction for 4 string auctioned, telling theDomains.com that they would not be furnishing a total ... read more ...
 
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TOP LEVEL DOMAIN HLDG LTD : Private Auction and gTLD Program Update – 4 - Company well positioned for growth and acquisition of further gTLDs The directors of Top Level Domain Holdings (AIM:TLDH) are delighted to announce that following the private auctions for .websiteand .lawyer, which concluded late on 23 October 2013, the Company will add £2.97 million (US$4.81 million) to its cash reserves. The amount includes proceeds from the two private auctions, net of commissions payable to the auctioneer, and refunds due from ICANN in relation ... read more ...
 
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Neue Top-Level-Domains bis 2018 marktrelevant - http://: Neue Domains etablieren sich (Foto: pixelio.de, Markus Wegner) Köln (pte016/25.10.2013/13:30) - Die bereits in den kommenden Wochen sich anbahnenden generischen Top-Level-Domains (gTLD) werden bereits in fünf Jahren einen signifikanten Anteil am gesamten Domain-Markt einnehmen. Zu dieser Markteinschätzung gelangt der Verband der deutschen Internetwirtschaft (eco) http://eco.de in seiner neuesten Erhebung. ... read more ...
 
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Die Auswirkungen der neuen Top-Level-Domains - In den kommenden Wochen beginnt die Einführung hunderter neuer generischer Top-Level-Domains (gTLDs) wie zum Beispiel ".web." oder ".blog". Ihr Anteil am gesamten Domainmarkt wird bereits in fünf Jahren signifikant sein, schätzen Domainanbieter. Zu einem Rückgang der länderspezifischen Domainregistrierungen wird es jedoch nicht kommen. Ein Fünftel der Domainanbieter in Deutschland, nämlich 21 Prozent, geht davon aus, dass der Anteil der neuen Top-Level-Domains (TLDs) in den nächsten fünf ... read more ...
 
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Blacknight Announce The Arrival Of The First New Top-Level Domains - Submit |RSS|Print|Comments Loading... Expansion of domain names underway with launch of first four new domains.Carlow, Ireland (PRWEB) - Blacknight, Ireland’s leading domain registrar and hosting company are happy to announce the addition of the first of many New Top-Level domains. It has been a long process, but ICANN has finally given the green light to four new domain extensions. These are the first of several hundred new domain extensions that will be available for registration by ... read more ...
 
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InterNetX stellt den DomainShop auf Europas wichtigster Konferenz für new … - Auf der newdomains in München diskutieren Branchenexperten verschiedene Geschäftsstrategien für den Start der neuen Endungen. Markus Galler, Director of Sales bei InterNetX, stellt unterschiedliche Wege vor, um erfolgreich eine TLD zu betreiben - zum Beispiel mit dem DomainShop. Das Domain-Business bereitet sich auf den Start der neuen Top-Level-Domains (new gTLDs) vor: Vom 27. bis 29. Oktober treffen sich Branchen-Experten aus aller Welt auf der newdomains Konferenz in München, um Strategien ... read more ...
 
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Brand owner prevails in first ever URS decision - Details have emerged of the first example of the Uniform Rapid Suspension (URS) in action, with Facebook successful in its effort to suspend the ‘.facebok.pw’ domain name. While a straightforward decision for the examiner, the news rounds off a significant week in the expanded gTLD environment. The URS is a rights protection mechanism for new gTLDs intended to facilitate the rapid suspension of domain names in clear-cut cases of trademark infringement. Designed to complement the Uniform ... read more ...
 
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InterNetX stellt den DomainShop auf Europas wichtigster Konferenz für new … - (PresseBox) (Regensburg/München, 25.10.2013) Auf der newdomains in München diskutieren Branchenexperten verschiedene Geschäftsstrategien für den Start der neuen Endungen. Markus Galler, Director of Sales bei InterNetX, stellt unterschiedliche Wege vor, um erfolgreich eine TLD zu betreiben - zum Beispiel mit dem DomainShop. Das Domain-Business bereitet sich auf den Start der neuen Top-Level-Domains (new gTLDs) vor: Vom ... read more ...
 
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Internet lance le plus gros chantier de son histoire - De nouveaux gTLD (generic top level domains), ou nom de domaines génériques de premier niveau, seront ouverts dans les jours à venir. Ainsi, aux côtés des traditionnels .com, .org ou .net, les internautes verront également fleurir de nouvelles extensions comme .download ou .mail. Un marché juteux et qui sera expliqué aux entreprises ce mercredi à la Chambre de commerce. Depuis le 8 août 2012, un nouveau gTLD a déjà conquis de nombreuses sociétés: le .post, dédié aux services ... read more ...
 
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Eerste gTLD’s in Chinees, Arabisch en Cyrillisch - Karina Ahles-Frijtersis uitgever bij Settembrini Publishers BV en blogt bij DutchCowboys over technologie en internet en heeft speciale interesse in onderwerpen die over wiskunde, gezondheid, ruimtevaart of kinderen gaan, daarnaast schrijft ze ook voor TEDxAmsterdamED. Je kan haar volgen via LinkedIn. ... read more ...
 
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India’s Radix to offer .website ‘top level domain’ by Q1, 2014! -

Discussion in ‘Engineering Technology News’ started by Kaustubh Katdare, Oct 25, 2013 during 9:53 AM.

Via: crazyengineers.com

 
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Get Ready for a New Digital Land Grab - "Today marks an historic moment, not only for the New gTLD Program, but for the Internet as a whole," wrote Akram Atallah of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) in a blog post last night. ICANN is a body that oversees the domain naming system that enables navigation around the web -- it's how computers know where to go when you type in qz.com. ICANN is not an organisation given to hyperbole. But Atallah is right to be excited: yesterday, four new ... read more ...
Thu 24th October 2013
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ICANN starts rolling out new generic top-level domains - The 'delegation' (introduction) into the Internet's root zone of four new gTLDs starts a Sunrise period to give trademark holders an opportunity to register second-level domains corresponding to their marks, wrote Akram Atallah, president of ICANN's Generic Domains Division in a blog post.Following the mandatory 30-day Sunrise period, operators are free to make their domains available to the public; a period called General Availability.ICANN said in July it had passed a registry agreement for new ... read more ...
 
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"The biggest change to the Internet since its inception": Massive domain name … - After years of preparation, the rollout of new generic top-level domains (gTLD) is finally underway, with the Internet's governing body today delegating the first new domains. They are in Arabic, Chinese, and Cyrillic scripts, including Arabic for "web/network," Cyrillic for "online" and "site," and Chinese for "game(s)," the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) announced. "It's happening – the biggest change to the Internet ... read more ...
 
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Internet non parla solo inglese - Roma - Arabo, russo, cinese: da oggi il Web è scritto anche in questi tre alfabeti. ICANN, Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers ovvero l'ente che sovrintende le questioni onomastiche su Internet, ha dato il via al nuovo corso dei gTLD: i generic top level domain serviranno a scavalcare l'attuale limitata scelta di desinenze tra com, org, edu e i domini nazionali, e il primo passo per mostrare la nuova apertura è volto a comprendere anche nuove lingue e alfabeti nel novero delle possibilità ... read more ...
 
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1and1.com New gTLD’s Pre-Reservations Pass 3.5 Million & Top 30 New gTLD … - @Berkens, Top 30 ‘in alphabetical order? That makes no sense. By placing them in alphabetical order, you have vitiated the efficacy of the purported revelation. FYI, alphabetical order is one metric, and number of registrations is another. In the latter, .shop, or .home could come ahead of .art, for instance, and that’s a pertinent information. At best, it is lazy to do it alphabetically. Top 30 list should be in order of number of preregistrations. ... read more ...
 
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ICANN Delegates First New gTLDs - ICANN, the organization responsible for top-level domain names, has delegated the first new generic Top-Level Domains (gTLDs) to their approved domain registries ICANN, the organization responsible for top-level domain names, has delegated the first new generic Top-Level Domains (gTLDs) to their approved domain registries, who are now in a position to execute the final processes required to make their domain names available. This is as part of ICANN’s planned expansion of the Domain Name ... read more ...
 
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ICANN Announces New gTLDs as Brands Battle for Naming Rights - ICANN has announced four new gTLDs (generic top-level domains) designed to help organize the expansive internet. The four new non-Latin strings—in Arabic, Chinese and Cyrillic—signify ICANN's move towards globalizing the web. The new URL suffixes: Arabic for "web/network"; Cyrillic for "online"; Cyrillic for "site"; and Chinese for "game(s)" are just some of the estimated 1,400 new gTLDs that the organization plans to add to some of the Web's most common suffixes, including .com, .org and ... read more ...