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1st Day New gTLD Totals: .tech 4,715; .win 401; .download 397; .accountant 316; .racing 263; .loan 242
August 7, 2015 @ 4:58 AM6 New gTLD’s went into General Availability where they could be registered on a first come, first served basis. 5 of the new extension are owned and operated by Famous Four Media wile the 6th .Tech is owned and operated by Radix. Here are the number of domain name registrations including those registered in Sunrise…
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Tucows Reports Continuing Strong Financial Results for the Second Quarter of 2015
August 6, 2015 @ 10:12 PMTucows Inc. (NASDAQ:TCX) (TSX:TC), a provider of network access, domain names and other Internet services, today reported its financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2015.
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GoDaddy Reports 16.5% YOY Revenue Growth
August 5, 2015 @ 2:18 PMGoDaddy’s topline growth continues. GoDaddy reported earnings after the bell today. The company posted 16.5% earnings growth in Q2 2015 compared to the same quarter a year ago. That’s a slight decline from the 17.5% year over year number it turned in last quarter. Revenue was up 5% in Q2 2015 compared to Q1. GoDaddy…
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ICANN Gets Hacked, Again
August 5, 2015 @ 1:05 PMICANN has been hacked again and your user names and passwords may have been compromised. The organization said tonight that it thinks “usernames/email addresses and encrypted passwords for profile accounts created on the ICANN.org public website were obtained by an unauthorized person.” The stolen information includes “user preferences for the website, public bios, interests, newsletter…
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Dozens of Dot-brands Finally Sign ICANN Contracts
August 5, 2015 @ 11:23 AMDot-brand gTLD applicants that were playing wait-and-see with ICANN’s contracting process signed Registry Agreements in droves last week. At least 67 new RAs were signed in the last three days of July, on or around the ICANN’s July 29 deadline, ICANN’s web site shows. This means that there are still about 50 applicants that have…
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Strickling: "Let Your Voice Be Heard": ICANN Opens Up Comment Period for Transition From US Control
August 5, 2015 @ 8:26 AMLawrence Strickling the Assistant Secretary for Communications and Information and NTIA Administrator in a blog post yesterday asked everyone to weight in on the ICANN transition away from the United States Supervisory Roll. “I urge all parties with an interest in the IANA transition to review these proposals and provide feedback to the working groups…
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Rightside: 2 $100k .video Sales, $1m From .news and New TLD Renewal Rates
August 5, 2015 @ 8:08 AMRightside reveals three interesting numbers about its new top level domain names. Rightside held its quarterly analyst call yesterday after releasing second quarter results. Here are three interesting notes about new top level domain names that Rightside mentioned on the call: 1. The company has sold two more domains for at least $100,000. The names…
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African Union Slams "Dysfunctional" Irp As ICANN Tries to Fend Off Cover-up Claims
August 5, 2015 @ 4:46 AMThe African Union Commission has criticized ICANN’s “dysfunctional accountability process” that has kept the proposed .africa gTLD in limbo for the last few years. In a communique yesterday (pdf), the AUC also reiterated that .africa applicant ZA Central Registry has the support of both the AUC and its member states, and that governments used almost…
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New gTLDs Not an Illegal Conspiracy, Court Rules
August 5, 2015 @ 3:25 AMICANN has beaten off a lawsuit from alternate root provider name.space for a second time, with a US appeals court ruling that the new gTLD program was not an illegal conspiracy. name.space sued ICANN in 2012, claiming that the program broke competition laws and that “conflicted” ICANN directors conspired with the industry in an “attack”…
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Analysis: ICANN Taking Over the Internet
August 4, 2015 @ 11:34 PMIf you read anything today about ICANN taking over the internet, make sure it’s this. It’s a hodgepodge of flawed ideas and bad processes.
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