New .london domains touted tomorrow amid usual tech hypegasm - Security intelligence for a faster world Do you have any idea what "wind and kite" means? No? Well, it's Cockney rhyming for “website.” But from tomorrow, rather than lobbing geezer slang around, you'll have a much easier time making sure the world knows your business is from London.Tuesday marks the launch of the .london, and addresses using the new generic top-level domain (gTLD) will go on sale for the first time. More ... read more ...

Desi Networks, LLC Announces Agreement with Trademark Protection Expert IP … – Virtual - The world's first domain focused on a community of more than 1.5 billion desis globally. Washington, DC (PRWEB) April 26, 2014 Desi Networks, LLC, the company behind the .desi generic top-level domain (gTLD), has announced that it has just entered into a formal registrar agreement with online brand protection expert IP Mirror. Through this relationship Desi Networks looks to grow its footprint in the region and ensure trademark protection and data security for its registrants. “IP Mirror ... read more ...

Reserve Dot London Web Address With Easyspace - GLASGOW, Scotland--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Easyspace, one of the UK’s leading domain name registrar and web hosting companies and part of cloud company iomart, has opened reservations for the prestigious .London generic Top-Level Domain name (gTLD). “It’s a must for businesses and organisations of all sizes in the Capital to link themselves to one of the greatest cities in the world. Berlin has already been one of the most successful domain names ever launched and .London promises to be even bigger.” ... read more ...

Reserve .London web address with Easyspace - Reserve .London web address with Easyspace PRWEB.COM Newswire Glasgow, United Kingdom (PRWEB UK) 25 April 2014 Easyspace, one of the UK's leading domain name registrar and web hosting companies, has opened reservations for the prestigious .London generic Top-Level Domain name (gTLD). Anyone pre-registering the .London address with the ICANN accredited UK domain name provider will be given a professional email package free for a year as part of their domain name package if ... read more ...

.GOP To Launch On July 7th - The new gTLD .GOP will go live for registrations on July 7th 2014 according to a email we received from the registry The .GOP new gTLD was applied for by The Republican State Leadership Committee, (RSLC)  a group that seeks to elect Republicans to state-level offices not the National Party. According to the email; “.GOP will be major factor in the future of Republican efforts to organize, fund raise and connect voters online. ” “Soon elected officials, candidates, grassroots activists and ... read more ...

New York City government to launch .nyc gTLD next month - 23 April 2014   |   Alli Pyrah, New York New York will launch its own .nyc gTLD next month for businesses and individuals who want to identify themselves as having a physical location in the city ... read more ...

New gTLD .WANG Launched – Here Is Why "Wang" Is Both "King" and "Net" to … - Zodiac is pleased to announce the launch of .wang. As a pinyin (the official phonetic system for transcribing Chinese characters into Latin alphabet), "wang" is the Mandarin pronunciation of a number of Chinese characters, including 王 and 网. "王" is the surname of more than 100 million Chinese around the world but it also means "king" or "best of its kind". "网" means "web" or "net". For example, one of the largest Chinese online retail platforms, "taobao.com" is known as 淘宝网 ... read more ...

Meet The 1st New gTLD Serial Cybersquatter, As Farris Nawas of Austin Loses … - The National Arbitration  Forum has suspended the domain name registration for SPANX.clothing after an examiner in a Uniform Rapid Suspension proceeding  (URS) found the registrant,  Farris Nawas of Austin Texas infringed on the trademark of Spandex. Since the only business line Spandex is involved in is clothing, it is the no-brainer type of registration that the URS was designed for. This marks the 3rd time that Farris Nawas has lost a URS on a new gTLD domain name in just 5 weeks. Mr. Nawas ... read more ...

How Many Letters On To The Right of the Dot is Too Many To Be A Hack? - A domain name hack has traditionally used ccTLD’s to form words and made it a brandable domain. Some of the more famous hacks are bit.ly, and del.icio.us instagram.com started out as instagr.am But now with the new gTLD’s people are using them to form words with longer extensions to the right of the dot. So .Land with 4 characters to the right of the dot, has become a popular hack in terms of registrations with domains like statenis.land, virginis.land, fireis.land as well as lake.land just tot ... read more ...

General Availability Period for New .RED Top-Level Domain Opens - Global registry services provider Afilias turns up the heat! Afilias today announced April 17, 2014, as the general availability launch date of the .RED generic top-level domain (gTLD). As an unrestricted domain, .RED names are available to be registered by anyone, anywhere in the world. The .RED domain brings the heat to everything you're passionate about! Like red lipstick or a little red sports car, the color red brings intensity to whatever it touches. As British psychologist Nicholas ... read more ...

General Availability Period for New .BLUE Top-Level Domain Opens - Global registry services provider Afilias today announced April 17, 2014, as the general availability launch date of the .BLUE generic top-level domain (gTLD). As an unrestricted domain, .BLUE addresses can be registered by anyone, anywhere in the world. Blue is the world's most popular color and a .BLUE domain lets you show that you're true .BLUE. From the calm of the ocean to the top of the sky, blue is an attention grabber that elicits positive, peaceful emotions such as harmony, strength ... read more ...

New .KIM Domain Goes Live - The .KIM general availability period opens at 16:00:00 UTC on April 17, 2014. Learn more and find a registrar for your .KIM domain at http://kim.afilias.info.Global registry services provider Afilias today announced April 17, 2014, as the general availability launch date of the .KIM generic top-level domain (gTLD). While Internet addresses have previously marked you as commercial or informational, you've never been able to say, "We're all part of the same family." That's why .KIM is unique. ... read more ...

General Availability Period for New .PINK Top-Level Domain Opens - Global registry services provider Afilias wants you to think .PINK. Afilias today announced April 17, 2014, as the general availability launch date of the new .PINK generic top-level domain (gTLD). The .PINK domain is unrestricted, meaning anyone, anywhere can register a .PINK domain name. Like the color pink, the .PINK domain has a big personality! Impressive and expressive, a .PINK address is a celebration of all the things you or your business are passionate about. Use .PINK for a ... read more ...

Welcome .SHIKSHA! The new Internet domain for Indian education is now … - DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Global registry services provider Afilias today announced April 17, 2014, as the general availability launch date of the top-level domain designed specifically for education in India: .SHIKSHA. Indians worldwide are familiar with the Sanskrit-derived word “shiksha,” which stands for education, exchange of knowledge, teaching, learning and the path to self-improvement. Shiksha is a heritage and part of every ... read more ...

New Chinese “mobile” top-level domain now available to all website owners and … - DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Global registry services provider and dotMobi registry operator Afilias today announced the general availability of its first Internationalized Domain Name (IDN) at the top level: .移动 (.MOBILE in Chinese). Transliterated as “Yí Dòng,” .移动 is a domain name just like .MOBI, which also indicates a website works on a mobile device. But the .移动 domain is part of a new generation of top-level domains (TLDs) that ... read more ...

New .KIM domain goes live, celebrating the first family of the Internet - DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Global registry services provider Afilias today announced April 17, 2014, as the general availability launch date of the .KIM generic top-level domain (gTLD). While Internet addresses have previously marked you as commercial or informational, you’ve never been able to say, “We’re all part of the same family.” That’s why .KIM is unique. A .KIM domain lets you proclaim your membership in the first family of ... read more ...

Some First Impressions as Six More New gTLDs Entered General Availability … - Flowers aren't the only things blossoming this spring. New gTLDs continue to sprout in numbers that are threatening to put the daisy population to shame. Six more entered general availability today, with five of those coming from Frank ... read more ...

Get ready to make it .RED hot! – SYS - <![CDATA[ ]]> Global registry services provider Afilias turns up the heat! Afilias today announced April 17, 2014, as the general availability launch date of the .RED generic top-level domain (gTLD). As an unrestricted domain, .RED names are available to be registered by anyone, anywhere in the world. The .RED domain brings the heat to everything you’re passionate about! Like red lipstick or a little red ... read more ...

.Buzz May Have The Strangest List Of 100 Reserved Domains Of All New gTLD’s - .Buzz goes live today and like all new gTLD registries they are entitled to keep 100 domains for their own use for marketing and other purposes, but going through the list of .Buzz reserved domains it maybe the strangest list of 100 (actually 85 by my count) that I have seen for any registry. Bill Doshier who owns the DotStrategy the company which applied to operate the .Buzz registry is one of the nicest guys you will ever meet, but having reviewed a bunch of these 100 domain registry reserved lists, ... read more ...