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  • Weekly Reader, April 13, 2012 United Domains' Blog (Friday, 13 April) - Domain Name Wire: ICANN is extending its new gTLD application deadline until April 20 due to “technical issues” with software. As a result, they have taken the TLD Application System (TAS) system offline until Tuesday. This might mean that Reveal … Continue reading →...
  • New gTLD News: The City of New York Declares Digital Presence United Domains' Blog (Thursday, 5 April) - Last year, United Domains reported that there were four groups vying for the official endorsement from New York City government to apply for the new gTLD .NYC. Thomas Lowenhaupt’s group ConnectingNYC has been working on a grassroots effort for over … Continue reading →...
  • Sedari Thought Piece “Feared by the Bad, loved by the Good: Robin Hood” Elliots Blog (Thursday, 5 April) - The following is a “a sketch-style article on the allocation method recently announced by ICANN for allocating the processing order of applications for new domain names” written and distributed by Sedari, a gTLD consulting firm. The eccentricities of California-based ICANN, the allocator of domain names, know few bounds. Based on...
  • U.S. Gov’t and Congress Call for Halt on New gTLD’s Name talent (Sunday, 1 April) - After months of intense international scrutiny over ICANN’s rollout of the New gTLD program and just days after the first round of new TLD applications closed, it’s been revealed the U.S. Congress formed a committee whose function is to stop New gTLD’s. With corporate support from Verizon, Proctor & Gamble,...
  • Weekly Reader, March 30, 2012 United Domains' Blog (Friday, 30 March) - With ICANN’s new gTLD Reveal Day quickly approaching on May 1, the Internet is abuzz with news on the new gTLD program. From .NYC to .SCOT, we have the latest updates in this Weekly Reader. GNC: This week we learned … Continue reading →...
  • Weekly Reader, March 23, 2012 United Domains' Blog (Friday, 23 March) - BetaBeat: .NYC, the new gTLD for New York City, is one step closer to becoming realized. The City of New York is reportedly in talks with a Virginia-based company in regards to registry services for the new gTLD. .NYC is … Continue reading →...
  • TLDH News on .Miami and .Music Elliots Blog (Friday, 23 March) - I received some news from publicly traded Top Level Domain Holdings (TLDH) about two gTLD registries the company is interested in operating. First, the city Commissioners in Miami, Florida voted unanimously to award the contract to apply for the .Miami gTLD to Minds & Machines (subsidiary of TLDH). The second piece...
  • InformationWeek: NYC Selects Neustar to Run .NYC Registry Elliots Blog (Thursday, 22 March) - According to an article on InformationWeek, the city of New York has selected Virginia-based Neustar to apply for and manage the .NYC gTLD. InformationWeek’s source is Nicholas Sbordone, a spokesperson for the city’s Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications. According to its website, Neustar currently provides registry services for .biz,...
  • New gTLD News: .HOTEL Will Build Consumer Travel Confidence United Domains' Blog (Wednesday, 21 March) - With more and more more information available on the Web, it should come as no surprise that more than 90 million Americans use the Internet to plan upcoming trips, according to the U.S. Travel Association. As the tourism industry continues … Continue reading →...
  • Will gTLDs Change the Domain Industry? Elliots Blog (Tuesday, 20 March) - Will gTLDs Change the Domain Industry? I don’t want to weigh in here to possibly influence the vote tally, but I am curious whether you think the new gTLDs are going to change the domain industry. I am not asking about specific changes to any particular TLDs, but I am...