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Mon 20th July 2015
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Silicon Valley’s Naming Problem and How to Fight it - The global startup scene is more turbulent than ever and this makes it quite hard for new companies to build their reputation both online and offline. The former, of course, seems to be a tad more important given the potential of web marketing and online service delivery models most startups now experiment with. In fact, for most modern startups, the web presence is everything. With minimum investment, they can reach worldwide consumers and build a global name. Provided that they choose a good ... read more ...
 
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"A fragmentação da Internet só vai servir para reverter as vantagens económicas e a dinâmica da inovação" – SAPO Tek - O tema da governação da Internet tem dividido posições pelo mundo fora quando se fala no futuro da grande rede, e a transição da IANA está agora nas prioridades do debate, até porque existia uma data definida para  processo, que deveria estar concluído a 30 de setembro.A propósito do tema, o TeK falou com Andrea Beccalli, Stakeholder Engagement Team do ICANN, que se tem deslocado por várias vezes a Portugal em conferências e que explicou o ponto de situação do processo e as opções ... read more ...
 
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"A fragmentação da Internet só vai servir para reverter as vantagens económicas e a dinâmica da inovação" - O tema da governação da Internet tem dividido posições pelo mundo fora quando se fala no futuro da grande rede, e a transição da IANA está agora nas prioridades do debate, até porque existia uma data definida para  processo, que deveria estar concluído a 30 de setembro.A propósito do tema, o TeK falou com Andrea Beccalli, Stakeholder Engagement Team do ICANN, que se tem deslocado por várias vezes a Portugal em conferências e que explicou o ponto de situação do processo e as opções ... read more ...
 
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ICANN Accountability Deficits Revealed in Panel Ruling on .AFRICA – CircleID - "Fortress ICANN" No Longer Able to Shield Itself from Accountability In an important test of ICANN's primary accountability mechanism, its Independent Review Process (IRP), the organization has been handed a stinging blow over its mishandling of the bid for the new generic Top-Level Domain (gTLD) .AFRICA. At the crux of the issue are two competing applications for the .AFRICA new gTLD and the decision by ICANN's Board to abdicate its responsibility to ensure that ICANN's evaluation and subsequent ... read more ...
 
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ICANN Accountability Deficits Revealed in Panel Ruling on .AFRICA - "Fortress ICANN" No Longer Able to Shield Itself from Accountability In an important test of ICANN's primary accountability mechanism, its Independent Review Process (IRP), the organization has been handed a stinging blow over its mishandling of the bid for the new generic Top-Level Domain (gTLD) .AFRICA. At the crux of the issue are two competing applications for the .AFRICA new gTLD and the decision by ICANN's Board to abdicate its responsibility to ensure that ICANN's evaluation and subsequent ... read more ...
 
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ICANN to resume evaluation of DotConnectAfrica Trust application for .AFRICA - INTERNET | July 20, 2015, 12:38 p.m.The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has announced it will resume evaluation of DotConnectAfrica Trust's (DCA's) application for the .AFRICA new generic top-level domain.ICANN's Board of Directors convened a special meeting last week to quickly address an independent review panel's declaration that held in favor of DotConnectAfrica Trust regarding certain claims about its .AFRICA top-level domain application. During the meeting, the ... read more ...
 
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.CO Turns Five: With 1.8M Domains: 120 .CO Startups Raised $460M In Funding … - Neustar, Inc. (NYSE: NSR), sent out a press release today in celebration of the fifth birthday of the .CO web extension and there are released some pretty interesting stats: • Over 1.8 Million .CO domains under currently under management • 120 companies using the .Co domain name extension raised $460 million in funding in 2015 (1st half of year) • Over 55% of .CO registrants are from the United States • New York City is the top U.S. city with the most .CO domains registered • Twitter® ... read more ...
 
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.CO Turns Five: With 1.8M Domains: 120 .CO Startups Raised $460M In Funding in … - Neustar, Inc. (NYSE: NSR), sent out a press release today in celebration of the fifth birthday of the .CO web extension and there are released some pretty interesting stats: • Over 1.8 Million .CO domains under currently under management • 120 companies using the .Co domain name extension raised $460 million in funding in 2015 (1st half of year) • Over 55% of .CO registrants are from the United States • New York City is the top U.S. city with the most .CO domains registered • Twitter® ... read more ...
Sun 19th July 2015
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ICANN 53: Accountability, Brand Policy & New Round of New gTLDs - In June, MarkMonitor joined our colleagues once again at the Internet Corporation of Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) 53rd public meeting in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Several high-profile and contentious issues were on the agenda, many of which have significant impact on the interests of intellectual property and brand owners. Among these are the ongoing ICANN Accountability issues and the impending departure of ICANN CEO Fadi Chehadé; registrant information (Whois) transparency, accuracy ... read more ...
 
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Ontspanning en gezelligheid op de DHPA Techday - De Fokker Terminal in Den Haag stond op 21 mei geheel in het teken van ICT en techniek. Ruim 400 professionals uit de ICT-sector bezochten de DHPA Techday, de dag voor én door technici, georganiseerd door de Stichting Dutch Hosting Provider Association (DHPA). Ontspanning en gezelligheid stond op deze dag centraal.  De goed bezochte dag werd afgetrapt door Michiel Steltman, directeur van Stichting DHPA, en Roelof Meijer, directeur van SIDN. Hierna was ... read more ...
 
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ICANN to Resume Evaluation of DotConnectAfrica Trust Application for .AFRICA – ag-IP - Home / ICANN to Resume Evaluation of DotConnectAfrica Trust Application for ... / LOS ANGELES - The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) announced in a press release that it will resume evaluation of DotConnectAfrica Trust's (DCA's) application for the .AFRICA new generic top-level domain.  ICANN's Board of Directors convened a special meeting on 16 July 2015 to quickly address an independent review panel's ... read more ...
Sat 18th July 2015
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.Love Winds Up Its 1st Day With 2,956 Domain Registrations – TheDomains.com -     The new gTLD .Love launched into general availability (GA) yesterday, where is could be registered on a first come, first served basis and wound up with a whole lot of .Love ending the day with 2,956 registrations. .Love only had 182 domain names after the Sunrise period, which was opened only to trademark holders and the landrush period where people paid an extra fee to registered a domain name early ahead of GA. Over 51% of all registrations were made through the China based registrar, West263.com ... read more ...
 
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.Love Winds Up Its 1st Day With 2956 Domain Registrations -     The new gTLD .Love launched into general availability (GA) yesterday, where is could be registered on a first come, first served basis and wound up with a whole lot of .Love ending the day with 2,956 registrations. .Love only had 182 domain names after the Sunrise period, which was opened only to trademark holders and the landrush period where people paid an extra fee to registered a domain name early ahead of GA. Over 51% of all registrations were made through the China based registrar, West263.com ... read more ...
Fri 17th July 2015
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Tuesday, Wednesday break my heart. Thursday doesn’t even start. Friday I’m in … - Today, Friday, sees the launch of one of the more interesting new internet top-level domains that has been approved by ICANN: .love. The TLD has passed from "sunrise" – during which trademark holders get first dibs on their names for a premium – to "general availability." Which means that you can now buy a domain ending in .love right now. Plus you can actually buy Friday, I'm In .Love (you know, ... read more ...
 
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New .LOVE Domain Names Launch Today on the Internet with Giveaway For … - London, UK (PRWEB UK) 17 July 2015 A well-known lawyer is promoting the launch of the new Top Level Domain (TLD) .LOVE today onto the World Wide Web. “As part of today’s launch of .LOVE, we are giving away over two thousand free domains to couples who want to create their own website. So we hope to help newly ... read more ...
 
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Calendrier des gTLDs – Semaine du 20 au 26 juillet 2015 -   Partager cet article :Les extensions ne prennent pas de vacances et continuent d’affluer. Pour une vision plus lointaine, SafeBrands vous invite à consulter le calendrier des nouvelles extensions.A vos plannings !Ouverture période Sunrise :20/07 -.miamiFermeture période Sunrise :20/07 – .taipei24/07 – .techOuverture période Landrush :23/07 – .taipeiOuverture période EAP :22/07 – .team22/07 – .show22/07 – .jewelrySi vous êtes intéressé, SafeBrands est registrar accrédité ... read more ...
 
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Tony Merchant to Become Wizard of .LOVE – satprnews.com - TORONTO, July 17, 2015 /PRNewswire/ – A well-known Canadian lawyer is promoting the launch of the new TLD [Top Level Domain] .LOVE today onto the World Wide Web. Top Level Domains (TLDs) is the term for Internet suffixes such as .com, .net and .info — and now .club, .wiki (as well as other new TLDs), and .LOVE which begins worldwide public availability as of today. “As part of today’s launch of .LOVE, we are giving away over two thousand free .LOVE domains to couples who want to ... read more ...
 
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Tony Merchant to Become Wizard of .LOVE | news.sys-con.com – SYS - <![CDATA[ ]]>New .LOVE Domain Names Launch on the Internet with Free Giveaway to CouplesTORONTO, July 17, 2015 /PRNewswire/ - A well-known Canadian lawyer is promoting the launch of the new TLD [Top Level Domain] .LOVE today onto the World Wide Web.Top Level Domains (TLDs) is the term for internet suffixes such as .com, .net and .info -- and now .club, .wiki (as well as other new TLDs), and .LOVE which begins worldwide public ... read more ...
 
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Last Day To Enter – Chance to Win a Free Apple Watch Courtesy of Radix - Today is the last day to enter to win an Apple Watch Tell us which .site domain you are watching out for and would love to buy, and get a chance to win an Apple Watch! Featured in the top three “most valued TLDs” by SEDO, .site is one of the most awaited new gTLDs. Having received 100,000+ expressions of interest already, it’s poised to become the next big TLD and definitely one of the best namespaces to invest in. If you could have any .site domain, which one would it be? Share it with us ... read more ...
Thu 16th July 2015
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Minds + Machines and ALM Media Announce Strategic Partnership on .law - Exclusive .law domains available Fall 2015Click to Learn MoreMinds + Machines (LSE:MMX), a leading owner and operator of gTLDs, announces a strategic partnership with ALM Media, LLC, one of the world's largest legal media companies, to collaborate on advertising and marketing content for the new top-level domain ".law" across ALM's legal media publications, conferences and digital platforms. In addition, ALM will adopt over 100 .law URL's for its existing legal properties and new product ... read more ...
 
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Dot London Releases Great Video With Real Life Success Stories Using a … - A great video has been posted by the the Dot London registry that features interviews with real registrants of .London domain names talking about why they generally traded in their .com or .co.uk domain name for a .London domain and how its helped their businesses. Many of the people interviewed chat about how a .London address helped their business get a higher ranking on Google. The Video is entitled Your City.  Your Domain. It’s a video that any Geographic new gTLD registry could use to show ... read more ...
 
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Where Has the Domain Name Growth Gone? - It is pretty common knowledge now that domain name growth started to drop around two years ago and is falling still. At this rate there is every chance that TLDs that have only ever seen growth will start to see a decline sometime in the next few years. What follows is a theory on where that growth has gone. It is widely stated that the greater choice provided by hundreds of new gTLDs means that demand is dissipating across them and that's where the growth has gone. But the 6.5+ million registrations ... read more ...
 
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Bill Hartzer Releases “Top 20 Best New gTLDs Based on Quality” - Bill Hartzer who frequently write on domain names and SEO issues has published a list of the Top 20 Best New gTLDs Based on Quality. “As a part of Globe Runner’s New gTLD SEO Power Rankings Index, we gathered data from over 20,000 websites that have been actually built–or developed, on New gTLD domain names. From that list of over 20,000 websites, we have studied these websites’ qualities, and pulled a lot of other interested data. We were able to find the best New gTLDs based on quality. Globe ... read more ...
 
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1st Day New gTLD Totals: .Site 9788; .News 9122; .Cafe 1727; .Express 916 - Four new gTLD’s had their first day of general availability (GA) yesterday, where domain names could be registered on a first come, first served basis, and as expected both .Site and .News had big days. Including the domain name registered in the Sunrise period by trademark holders, those that paid additional fees to register domain names ahead of GA in the Early Access Period, here are the total number of domain names registered after day 1 of GA: .Site 9,788 .News 9,122 .Cafe 1,727 .Express 916 In ... read more ...
 
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Corporations tackle cybersquatters who overstay their welcome | World Finance - Pop sensation Taylor Swift made headlines earlier this year when she was labelled – we can only assume for the first time – a squatter, as the latest in a long line of trademark disputes took hold. Arguably the best-known example of cybersquatting to date, the case was important insofar as it shed a light on what measures affected parties could take to tackle this new and growing phenomenon. The incident was first thrust ... read more ...