Future of .io domains uncertain as UK hands over Chagos islands
The future of the .io ccTLD is up in the air today with the announcement that the UK is to hand over the British Indian Ocean Territory, also known as the Chagos Archipelago, to Mauritius. The two...
View ArticleFive times ICANN deleted a ccTLD, and what it means for .io
With the future of .io coming into question this week, with the news that the UK will return sovereignty of the British Indian Ocean Territory to Mauritius, I thought it would be a good time to see how...
View ArticleAmazon readying fashion and book gTLDs
Amazon appears to be dusting off two of its long-dormant gTLDs, targeting the books and fashion industries ahead of launch next year. But it’s probably not worth getting too excited about if you only...
View ArticleUnstoppable tops four million names
Unstoppable Domains says it has now registered over four million names on its collection of blockchain-based alternative naming systems. The volume appears to spread across multiple extensions....
View ArticleIdentity Digital to take over .ai
Identity Digital is to take over the running of .ai, following a deal with the Government of Anguilla announced today. The two parties said they “plan to build a world-class registry management program...
View ArticleNominet names directors after tight election
Ashley La Bolle and Rex Wickham have been named Nominet non-executive directors after an election that saw the top three candidates finish with very close numbers. Nominet said La Bolle, who works for...
View ArticleNamecheap scores win in .org price-cap lawsuit
Namecheap’s lawsuit over ICANN’s decision to lift price caps in .org and .info will be allowed to proceed, a California judge has ruled. The Superior Court in Los Angeles recently threw out ICANN’s...
View Articlebit.ليبيا? Libya to get its Arabic ccTLD
Libyan ccTLD .ly is to get an Arabic version, ICANN has said. The TLD is ليبيا. (Arabic reads left to right, so the dot goes at the end), means “Libya”, and the ASCII Punycode that will actually show...
View ArticleWeak Q3 for the domain universe, Verisign reports
The number of domain names registered worldwide decreased slightly in the third quarter, according to Verisign’s latest Domain Name Industry Brief. The total of 362.3 million domains was down 0.1...
View ArticleAmericans are deserting .com
Forget China, Verisign is now seeing most of its domain sales weakness coming from the US. The company revealed in its quarterly earnings call last week that .com and .net were down by a combined 1.1...
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