DomainIncite: Almost 10 years have passed since ICANN delegated its first 2012-round new gTLDs and the Org has started to auto-renew their contracts. As far as I can tell, the first delegated gTLD, شبكة. (Arabic “.webR…
DomainIncite: Is time up for Freenom? After being sued by Facebook and losing its contracts to operate ccTLDs for at least two countries, now it also has ICANN Compliance to deal with. Its registrar arm, Netherlands-based OpenTLD, has been hit with a …
DomainIncite: .au domains failed to resolve for many internet users for almost an hour on Monday, after the registry operator messed up a DNSSEC update. ccTLD overseer auDA said the issue was caused by a “key re-signing process that generated an…
DomainIncite: Nominet wants to add a new clause to its foundational Articles of Association that would prevent it adventuring into non-domain businesses without telling its members. The proposal follows the scandal surrounding its CyGlass security bus…
DomainIncite: A company backed by some familiar industry names has raised $5 million in seed funding to apply to ICANN for new gTLDs and, it says, bridge the gap between the traditional DNS and blockchain alternate roots. Las Vegas-based D3 Global is …
DomainIncite: Chris Buckridge will replace Matthew Shears on ICANN’s board of directors next month. The Non-Contracted Parties House of ICANN, their arses burned by an August 18 finger-wagging from ICANN chair Tripti Sinha, somehow managed to na…
DomainIncite: Another well-known domain industry firm has rebranded itself around a forgettable, search-resistant company name. CentralNic is now Team Internet, though it will continue to use “CentralNic” in its domains business. The compa…
DomainIncite: The registry managing the .ai ccTLD grew its business by over 100,000 domains in the last 12 months, according to its web site. The company that manages the domain for the Government of Anguilla, DataHaven.net, typically does not disclos…
DomainIncite: Google Registry is continuing its piecemeal rollout of new gTLDs with the launch of .ing and .meme this September. Both TLDs will go to sunrise for a month from September 20, with general availability from December 5. While both will hav…
DomainIncite: The long-awaited .music gTLD finally has a set of launch dates, but it looks like actually registering and keeping hold of a name is going to be painful, especially for domain investors. DotMusic has filed its registry launch plans with …
