Rightside Hackathon to Create Tools to Promote New TLDs - Rightside manages 33 (and is in the running to manage several additional) new gTLD extensions, and the company operates popular domain registrars, Enom and Name.com. Clearly, it is in the company’s best (financial) interest to sell domain names in the new extensions, particularly the extensions the company manages and will manage. On October 2nd and 3rd, Rightside will be holding an internal hackathon to come up with ideas that will help the company promote the new gTLDs and encourage usage ... read more ...

Chinese Community Steps Forward for Chinese TLDs – ag-IP - Home / Chinese Community Steps Forward for Chinese TLDs / LOS ANGELES - ICANN announced in a press release that the Generation Panel for the Chinese Script Root Zone Label Generation Rules (LGR) has been seated. Following the Call for Generation Panels to Develop Root Zone Label Generation Rules published on 11 July 2013, the Chinese script community has developed and submitted to ICANN, on 27 August 2014, the Proposal for the Generation Panel ... read more ...

UPDATE – Minds+Machines shares up as auctions results beat expectations - ---ADDS BROKER COMMENT AND UPDATES SHARE PRICE--- Internet domain specialist Minds + Machines (LON:MMX) surged in early deals as it revealed it had won the auctions for .law and for .vip, surpassing its expectations. After deducting the amount it paid in the winning bids for .law and .vip, the firm netted a total of US$6.2mln (£3.8mln) from withdrawing its applications to the domains .design, .flowers, .group, .realestate and .video in private auctions. Separately, the firm posted its latest half ... read more ...

Why the dot-vegas launch is a ridiculous racket - Now that the inane hype and local media boosterism for the new “dot-vegas” top level domain name is beginning to subside, maybe someone with some sense will listen to the truth: It’s a racket, a waste of money and a doomed concept that someday will make a mockery out of all those civic leaders posing around that goofy .VEGAS sign. Seriously. It’s going to make the Las Vegas Monorail seem like a good idea. For the uninitiated, all Internet addresses have what are called “top level domains,” ... read more ...

Minds+Machines shares up as auctions results beat expectations - Internet domain specialist Minds + Machines (LON:MMX) added nearly 10% in early deals as it revealed it had won the auctions for .law and for .vip, surpassing its expectations. The firm also earned a total of US$6.2 million (£3.8 million) from withdrawing its applications to .design, .flowers, .group, .realestate and .video in private auctions. Separately, the firm posted its latest half year results, which showed a considerable increase in revenues. It purchased .vip for around US$3.1 million, ... read more ...

CentralNic poised to take advantage of changes in the online world - ---ADDS MANAGEMENT AND BROKER COMMENTS--- Internet domain name services provider CentralNic (LON:CNIC) achieved record billings and profits in the first half of 2014 in its registry business. The performance was achieved against a background of delays in the launch of top level domains (TLDs) – the bit of an Internet address that comes after the final dot. In its first full set of interim results as a publicly listed company, the company said its traditional domain name wholesaling, or registry, ... read more ...

Recently introduced TLDs create new opportunities for criminals - Earlier this year, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) released over 300 top-level domains (TLDs), and more are coming.The TLDs are supposed to be a way to focus the Internet. In reality, they've become a boon for registrars who use them as an up sell when someone purchases a domain. Moreover, they've become a goldmine for criminals, who can often bypass network defenses guarding against phishing and CC communications by using a domain that's outside of the norm.According ... read more ...

Amazon buy .buy domain for $4.6m - It’s a situation redolent of the earliest days of the web when supposedly sought after .com prefixes swede snapped up by millions. Now that a whole host of top level domains (TLDs) are newly available, we’re seeing some of them going for silly money. Amazon saw off other buyers, including Google, in the auction held by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann). The $4.6m saw off the competition. I suppose in the grander scheme of things such a sum is pocket change ... read more ...

ICANN’s Fresh Top Level Domains: a Gift to Phishers - Though they may be freshly initiated internet addresses, malicious activity is already being seen coming from many of the new top-level domains released this year by Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). It’s a worrying trend that shows fresh addressing to be a boon for phishers and spammers—at least at first. While the term “top-level domain” (TLD) may not be familiar to the average web surfer, it is a core part of the domain name system (DNS) that the internet ... read more ...

General Availability Kicks Off for .Website, .Press and .Host - General availability launched today for three anticipated top-level domains: .WEBSITE, .PRESS and .HOST. These TLDs entered General Availability with 80+ registrars onboard, including industry leaders like GoDaddy, eNom, OpenSRS, 1Api, 11, DomainMonster and Name.com. .WEBSITE, the first truly generic nTLD to launch, surpassed 6500 domains in the first 4 hours. "We have been confident about .website right from the start and these numbers just reinforce the potential the TLD holds." said ... read more ...

.LONDON Heat Map Shows Most Tech-Savvy Boroughs - (Click to Enlarge) (Ping! Zine Web Tech Magazine) – The introduction of the new top-level domains (TLDs) has clearly already made an impact to businesses, consumers, and the IT industry as a whole. Last week marked the newest geographically-specific TLD that was introduced, .LONDON. 11 Internet and Fasthosts, two Web hosting providers that offer these new TLDs, recently released a heat map to identify which boroughs have registered the most number of these new domain names. So ... read more ...

CentralNic Group Launches New Domain Names - LONDON (Alliance News) - CentralNic Group PLC has Wednesday launched the new Top-Level Domains .website, .press and .host, via domain retailers worldwide.The internet platform business said the new domain names are from Radix Registry FZC, one of the leading applicants for new TLDs, which uses the CentralNic platform under an exclusive agreement.The domain names have been launched following a research process and each target a specific consumer group, said CentralNic..website has been launched as ... read more ...

CentralNic announces launch of new top-level domains - StockMarketWire.com - CentralNic Group - the internet platform business which earns revenues from the worldwide sales of domain names - has announced the general availability launch today of the new top-level domains .website, .press and .host, via domain retailers worldwide. These TLDs from Radix Registry FZC, one of the leading applicants for new Top-Level Domains, use the CentralNic platform under an exclusive agreement, with CentralNic. Each of the TLDs was selected by Radix in a rigorous ... read more ...

September 11: updated status of sunrise periods and trademark claims … - As we previously reported to you (click here to view April 29, 2013 TLD article), the internet is expanding to include hundreds of new top-level-domains (TLDs) (examples of TLDs as we know them today include .com, .net. and .org – i.e., the term that is to the right of the "dot"). While the only certainty at that time was that the launch was inevitable, like it or not, it's finally here (click here to view January 9, 2014 Sunrise article). Frost Brown Todd will be sending out ... read more ...

.London domain names go up for grabs in the city - We have updated our privacy policy. In the latest update it explains what cookies are and how we use them on our site. To learn more about cookies and their benefits, please view our privacy policy. Please be aware that parts of this site will not function correctly if you disable cookies. By continuing to use this site, you consent to our use of cookies in accordance with our privacy policy unless you have disabled them. ... read more ...

Embracing a new domain - I remember sitting at the very event in 2011 where hands were raised in the air to approve a major change in the history of the Internet: the introduction of the new gTLD programme, something numerous parties had lobbied for throughout the late noughties. While it's been a little while to get everything off the ground, it's great to see the programme now finally coming to fruition this year and to witness the media hype surrounding it. For those of ... read more ...

India a priority for GoDaddy - GoDaddy, a US-based domain names registrar and web hosting services provider that entered India in mid 2012, is increasing its efforts to bring more small and medium businesses (SMBs) online in the country, according to India vice-president and managing director Rajiv Sodhi. “India, which is on the cusp of Internet growth, though only 10-12 per cent penetrated, is a priority market for us. There is a huge potential in the country to come online,” he told Business Standard ... read more ...

India is a priority market for us: GoDaddy - GoDaddy, an US-based domain name registrar and web hosting services provider, which entered India in mid-2012, is increasing its efforts to bring more small and medium businesses (SMBs) online in the country, according to India vice-president and managing director Rajiv Sodhi. "India, which is on the cusp of Internet growth, though only 10-12% penetrated, is a priority market for us. There is a huge potential in the country to come online," he told Business Standard on ... read more ...

Lack of awareness hits domain name industry - Domain name industry is taking off in the country but low level of awareness on the opportunities available is hampering the pace of growth.About 500 delegates, who are owners of domain names, investors, legal experts and other stakeholders, had gathered here to discuss challenges that have dogged the domain industry.The DomainX conference was organised by the Domain Name Owners’ Association of India (DNOAi).“The country is witnessing emergence of local TLDs (top-level domains). This will ... read more ...

GITAM Univ Inks MoU with BARC for Research on Gamma Radiation - VISAKHAPATNAM: GITAM University has entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) to monitor gamma radiation in the states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana as part of the Nationwide Environmental Gamma Radiation Monitoring Project. University registrar M Potharaju signed the MoU with BARC Health Safety and Environment (HSE) group director DN Sharma in the presence of vice-chancellor G Subrahmanyam.As per the MoU, BARC would cooperate with GITAM University’s ... read more ...

GITAM inks Memorandum of Understanding with BARC - Visakhapatnam: GITAM University entered into an MoU with the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) to monitor Gamma Radiation in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana states under the nationwide Environmental Gamma Radiation Monitoring Project.Varsity Registrar Prof. M. Potharaju, Health Safety Environment Group (HSE) director of BARC Dr D.N. Sharma signed the MoU. According to the MoU, BARC would cooperate with the university’s project team to develop in-house capability for measurement of Thermo ... read more ...