Dot Eco Selects Minds + Machines to Provide Registry Services
Posted by David Goldstein , Thursday, 05 March 2009
.ECO, a new top-level domain initiative for people who care about the environment, has selected Minds + Machines as their domain name registry operator. Minds + Machines will help .ECO with the ICANN application process, and handle .ECO’s domain registry services after ICANN approval.
Minds + Machines Signs Exclusive Arrangement with CoCCA
Posted by David Goldstein , Thursday, 05 March 2009
– Most Widely Deployed Open-Source Registry Platform for Country-Code Extensions to Be Adapted to New Top-Level Domains from ICANN –
Minds + Machines has been granted the rights to the CoCCA registry software and the CoCCA brand for generic top-level domains. Minds + Machines will enhance the core code and features for new top-level domains and brand the platform as “Espresso,” which will be available in both hosted and locally-installed versions. CoCCA’s highly-praised work with country-code extensions will continue to be developed and made available to members of CoCCA to manage a ccTLD registry as a royalty-free open-source package.
New Premium Auctions Guidelines for Successful Domain Sales Released
Posted by David Goldstein , Thursday, 05 March 2009
Domain name owners can now submit up to 250 of their very best domains for the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Silicon Valley in April 2009. However no typos, trademarks, hyphenated or crude adult names will be accepted for the TRAFFIC Silicon Valley auction to be held in Santa Clara, California.
DENIC Applies for ccNSO Membership
Posted by David Goldstein , Thursday, 05 March 2009
DENIC announced in an email to members last week that they, along with the ccTLD managers from .it, .be, .si, .lt and .hr, have applied for membership to the ccNSO – the Country Code Names Supporting Organization of ICANN.
35 Of The Most Desirable .ME Domains Go To Auction
Posted by David Goldstein , Thursday, 05 March 2009
Today (March 2), the .ME Registry announced a partnership with Sedo to list 35 of the most desirable .ME domain names at auction. Online bidding for these names begins March 26, 2009 and remains open until April 02, 2009.
dotMobi Allocates First Two-Character Mobile Domain to Fifth Third Bank
Posted by Caycee Boyce , Thursday, 05 March 2009
DUBLIN and WASHINGTON, DC – March 3, 2009 – dotMobi, the company behind .mobi – the only Internet address created specifically for locating content that works on all mobile phones – today announced the allocation of the first two-character mobile Internet domain to Fifth Third Bank: http://53.mobi . ICANN – New gTLDs – Preliminary Reports on Competition and Pricing
Posted by Caycee Boyce , Thursday, 05 March 2009
4 March 2009 – Mexico City, Mexico – An important element of ICANN’s consideration of the introduction of new gTLDs is consumer benefit as well as pricing issues.
ICANN commissioned an independent third-party report and retained Dennis Carlton, who is a Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago and who, from 2006 to 2008, was the highest-ranking economist in the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice. Professor Carlton also is a Senior Managing Director of Compass Lexecon, a prestigious economic consulting firm that specializes in competition matters.
Part 4 Risk – Earnings per Click
Posted by Michael Gilmour , Wednesday, 04 March 2009
ICANN – Board Review: Public Comment Period to the WG Interim Report
Posted by Caycee Boyce , Wednesday, 04 March 2009
ICANN appointed the Boston Consulting Group/Colin Carter & Associates to perform the external review of its Board of Directors.
Following publication of the independent reviewers’ report and of the feedbacks received from the community during a public comment period , the Board review Working Group issued an Interim Report for consultation with the Community, which was presented at the ICANN meeting in Mexico City.
ICANN’s President and CEO Announces Departure
Posted by Caycee Boyce , Wednesday, 04 March 2009
Mexico City, Mexico — 2 March 2009 — Founders and leaders of the Internet today praised the achievements of Dr Paul Twomey, the President and Chief Executive Officer of ICANN, after learning that Twomey had advised ICANN’s Board of Directors that he will not seek renewal of his contract and will move on from ICANN at the end of 2009.
Twomey announced his decision at the opening session of ICANN’s 34th International Public Meeting in Mexico City, which has drawn more than 1,200 attendees from every corner of the globe.
