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The independent review of the ICM Registry bid for .xxx was held towards the end of September in Washington and the documents from this are now available online
I'd love to summarise them, but there is a very large volume of information (hundreds of pages)
If you have the time to read over them all they include witness statements from Vint Cerf, Milton Mueller, Paul Twomey and several others.
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I'd love to summarise them, but there is a very large volume of information (hundreds of pages)
If you have the time to read over them all they include witness statements from Vint Cerf, Milton Mueller, Paul Twomey and several others.
GTLD Revolution, which is a new company founded by Dean Shannon (Deep Blue Sea / Fabulous), has today announced their plans to launch 3 new TLDs.
The new venture, which has chosen AusRegistry as their backend provider, is planning on applying for at least three new TLDs when the application process opens up early next year.
The new TLDs they've announced so far are:
(full release here)
The new venture, which has chosen AusRegistry as their backend provider, is planning on applying for at least three new TLDs when the application process opens up early next year.
The new TLDs they've announced so far are:
- .web
- .money
- .phone
(full release here)
Image by Scottish Government via Flickr
Davie Hutchinson, one of the main movers in the .scot movement explained the change:
We're going for dotSCOT after a research survey was conduct by the Scottish Government which showed that was the string with, by far, the strongest backing.
In some respects this may help with some of the possible trademark issues that could have arisen, so it's probably a good move.
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I've written about .mobi quite a bit over the last few months.
There are a few reasons for this:
There are a few reasons for this:
- I've met most of the team and thought they were cool people
- They're actually based in Ireland and employ Irish people (yes that is a bit of national pride you're seeing!)
- They seem to have a vision and a mission
- They're trying (and succeeding) to make the mobile web a reality
- They've been following up on their promises
- They dont' seem to have as many issues with cybersquatters etc.,
- They seem to be much more engaged with end users via their blogs and other channels
In fact, dotMobi has a standing offer. If you ever buy a dotMobi name and have a problem building conent, contact us. We will either help you directly, provide you with a tool or connect you with firm who can help you.Now that is cool!
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