ICANN

Internet To Leave US Control

While it is designed to be independent, avoiding control from any country of government the internet is a little bit…

9 years ago

The Pirate Bay Applies for .PIRATE Domain Name Registry

As a response to the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) and the Record Industry Association of America (RIAA) applying…

10 years ago

Shorter .UK Domain Names To Launch In 2014

It seems that 2014 will be the year of new domain names, with seemingly dozens of new iterations becoming available.…

11 years ago

London To Be Awarded .london Domain Name

Starting in spring new year, businesses, individuals and organisations based in London will be able to apply for the new…

11 years ago

GoDaddy Reveals New Generic Top-Level Domains .MENU, .BUILD and More

ICANN has been going through a lengthy and expensive process of opening up new top level domains (TLDs) for websites…

11 years ago

The US Is Rapidly Losing Control Of The Internet

At a recent summit in Uruguay, all of the major internet organisations made a pledge to free themselves of US…

11 years ago

ICANN Refuses Google Dotless Search Domain

ICANN have decided that Google's request for the dotless top level domain (TLD) "search" has been rejected. In fact their…

11 years ago

Facebook Wins 105 Domains and $2.8 Million Damages From “Typosquatters”

It isn't an uncommon thing for something to fall victim to "typosquatters", you are just going about your daily business,…

12 years ago

Book Publishers Dispute Amazon Owning .book Domains

The consultation process with ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) for the new selection of Top Level Domains…

12 years ago