276 Million Domains and Counting - On a year-over-year basis, total global TLD registrations grew by 7.5 percent or 19.3 million new domain name registrations. While overall growth is high, the .com and .net TLDs only grew by 4 percent year-over year. VeriSign manages both the .com and .net registries under contract with ICANN and the U.S Department of Commerce. The .net registry contract was renewed in 2011 and gives VeriSign control until 2017. The .com TLD contract was last renewed by VeriSign in 2012. At the end of the first ... read more ...

Last Lap of .WEBSITE, .PRESS and .HOST Sunrise - The Sunrise of Radix's first three TLDs .website, .press and .host is receiving great acceptance. Brands registered with the TMCH have the last 10 days left to take advantage of this Sunrise opportunity. Only 10 days are left before Radix's first three TLDs, .website, .host and .press exit Sunrise on 22nd August '14. The three extensions were launched on 26th June '14 with more than 75 Accredited Registrars on board including Sunrise focused Registrars like MarkMonitor, 101Domain, Com ... read more ...

For The 1st Time, There Are More Than 114 Million .Com Domain Names … - According to Verisign, (VRSN) which operates the .Com and .Net registry,  the number of .Com domain names passed the 114 Million mark for the first time in history today. The number of .Com domain names according to the Verisign Daily Zone Count is 114,017,341. Just a few days ago Verisign published the Domain Industry Brief for the 1st Quarter of 2014. According to the report, as of March 31, Verisign reported there were 113.2 Million registered .Com domain names. So the number of registered .Com ... read more ...

Hey Philly — Or Rather, .philly — Get Ready For Top Level Do-Mania! - Whenevr ICANN schedules next window for TLD applications (possibly not for 2-3 yrs),Philadelphia must b ready 2 submit a .philly application — Campaign for .philly (@phillyTLD) August 9, 2014 Starting this summer, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) may distribute upwards of 1,000 new top level domains to regions, cities, companies, and even nouns like “book” (.book), for which Amazon is competing with eight other companies. So, obviously, who better to jump on ... read more ...

VeriSign: There Are 276 Million Domain Names On The Internet -

Via: businessinsider.in

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New .ORGANIC Domain Sunrise Begins, Creating Verified Space for Organic … - Global registry services provider Afilias today announced that the one-month sunrise period is now open for its socially responsible top-level domain (TLD): .ORGANIC. The sunrise period allows qualified trademark holders to register names immediately; other members of the organic community can register names beginning September 15. Interest in organic products is growing rapidly worldwide; however, terms like "natural" and "healthy" are often used interchangeably with "organic" on the ... read more ...

Ground broken on Wade Park - Wednesday morning, ground was broken to mark the beginning of Wade Park, a major mixed-use destination center in Frisco. Mayor Maher Maso, President of the Frisco Chamber of Commerce Tony Felker, and other community leaders joined developer Thomas Land Development (TLD) for the event. The newly expanded 175-acre project is located along the Dallas North Tollway ... read more ...

Fake iPhone 6 With 26 Cores And 8 Day Battery Fools Passer-bys (video) - Jonathan Morrison from TLD pranked passer-bys on the street with a fake iPhone 6 which he explained is 300 percent lighter, contains 26 processor cores and is equipped with a eight day battery. With his fake iPhone 6 device Jonathan also explains to passers-by that Apple didn’t like Siri so they removed it and replaced it with Google’s voice activated personal assistant. Check out the footage in the video after the jump for a few laughs at just how gullible people can be if put on the spot. Apple ... read more ...

Hold NHPC; target of Rs 25: Emkay - Emkay Global Financial Services research report on NHPC APAT of Rs7.5bn vs our estimate of Rs8.3bn due to lower than expected other income (Rs1.6bn vs Rs2.5bn YoY and Rs2.6bn QoQ). Due to non billing of secondary energy thetotal incentives were lower at Rs1.26bn vs Rs1.8bn YoY As in Q4FY14, during the quarter also the company provided for borrowing and admin exp of Rs1.75bn in the reported PAT of Rs6.2bn for Subansiri and TLD-IV projects. Core RoE for the quarter was at 6.3% (6.2% ... read more ...

WADE PARK GROUNDBREAKING MARKS START OF MAJOR FRISCO MIXED … - ~ Newly Acquired Land Expands Development Plans to 175 Acres ~Upcoming Fall Event to Give Community a First Taste of What’s to Come FRISCO, Texas – August 7, 2014 – (RealEstateRama) — Today marks the beginning of Wade Park, a major mixed-use destination center in Frisco. Community leaders and partners joined developer Thomas Land Development (TLD) in breaking ground on the newly expanded 175-acre project, conveniently located along the Dallas North Tollway. Plans for Wade Park feature ... read more ...

Big Pharma Given Control Of New .pharmacy Domain; Only Available To … - Just over a year ago, Techdirt reported on big pharma's application to run a new .pharmacy domain, and later on an attempt by Canadian pharmacies to prevent that happening. They failed, apparently (found via Intellectual Property Watch): As the registry operator of the new .pharmacy domain, the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy (NABP), under a contract with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), will soon provide a means for identifying safe online pharmacies ... read more ...