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XYZ to Put Global Block On Domains Banned in China
October 12, 2015 @ 9:04 AMXYZ.com plans to slap a global ban on domain names censored by the Chinese government. Chinese words meaning things such as “human rights” and “democracy” are believed to be on the block list, which an industry source says could contain as many as 40,000 words, names and phrases. (UPDATE: Gavin Brown, CTO of XYZ back-end…
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Stock Firm Trefis Says Verisign "Doesn't Have Much to Worry About"
October 12, 2015 @ 8:01 AMStock investment firm Trefis.com issued a report on Verisign (VRSN) today entitled “The New Domain Name Game” and concluded when it comes to new gTLD’s (new domain name extensions): “It appears that VeriSign doesn’t have much to worry about, at the moment, when it comes to the introduction of new domain name extensions. “Even though…
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New Domain Extension .cloud Announces 1st Three Pioneers: Sets Out Launch Dates
October 12, 2015 @ 4:01 AMThe new domain name extension .cloud, announced today over the coming weeks, more than 30 Pioneers will begin using .cloud domains starting with ScreenCloud, a London-founded SaaS company, which is “creating powerful, easy-to-use products to help businesses and retailers take control of their digital signage. Screen.Cloud has built the new. cloud into its entire company…
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ICANN Win Leaves Door Open for Plural gTLD Rethink
October 12, 2015 @ 3:27 AMICANN has fought off an appeal by .webs gTLD applicant Vistaprint, in a case that considered the coexistence of singular and plural gTLDs. While ICANN definitively won the Independent Review Process case, the IRP panel nevertheless invited its board of directors to consider whether Vistaprint should be given a chance to appeal a decision that…
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Vox Pop Denies Links to Free .sucks Company
October 10, 2015 @ 4:18 AMVox Populi, the .sucks gTLD registry, has told DI that it is not involved with This.sucks, the company offering free .sucks domains, after evidence to the contrary was discovered. Meanwhile, the president of ICANN’s intellectual property constituency says he’s concerned that the registry may be using This.sucks to try to misrepresent its prices. This.sucks, as…
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Now even EUROPE is slapping down ICANN in internet power struggle
October 9, 2015 @ 7:40 PMEuropean governments and internet registries have sent a stinging message to the board of domain name overseer ICANN warning it to stop trying to avoid limits on its absolute authority.
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Amazon Registry Appears to Be Off to a Rough Start
October 9, 2015 @ 10:39 AMWe wrote a couple of weeks ago about Amazon launching Amazonregistry.com as a domain name registrar for at least the new gTLD’s At the time the site resolved but was not taking any registrations. But since at least yesterday the site is returning an error page something you usually don’t see on a website of…
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Hilton Launching "True" or "Tru" Hotel Brand
October 9, 2015 @ 7:25 AMDomain name registrations point to name for new hotel brand. It seems that Hilton’s next hotel brand will be called True or Tru. The company just registered a number of domain names for this new brand yesterday: truebyhilton.com truehotelbyhilton.com truehotelsbyhilton.com truhotelbyhilton.com truhotelsbyhilton.com The hotelier recently launched the Canopy brand aimed at millennials. Hilton has also…
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Dropcatch Adds 300 More Registrars, Now Has 752
October 9, 2015 @ 5:48 AMCompany increases stable of registrars going after dropping domains. The company behind expired domain name catching service DropCatch.com has adding 300 more accredited registrars to its arsenal, and now has a whopping 752 registrars. This is according to ICANN’s public list of accredited registrars. DropCatch.com, which is owned by the same people behind HugeDomains and…
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.gay Fails Community Test, Again
October 9, 2015 @ 5:34 AMQueue the complaints about ICANN again…even though it’s not its fault. dotgay LLC, an applicant for the .Gay top level domain name that was seeking community status, has once again failed (pdf) to convince an independent panel that it qualifies. The company lost its Community Priority Evaluation last year, with the panel ruling in part:…
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