Internet News
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Twitter now up-to-date on linkification
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Twitter appears to have dragged itself into the 2020s with the linkification function of its service, after years of complaints. On the web version of its service at least,…
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Moment of truth as .music domains finally go on sale
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After a wait of over 15 years, startup registry DotMusic is bringing .music domains to general availability today. A week-long Early Access Period is due to start this afternoon,…
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Is Dot Com Still King?
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Today: Friendster is back / AIVaccination.com Evaluation / Who holds it? and More… Here are the new discussions that caught my eye in the domain community today: Friendster is back! –…
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LTO sale of Create.xyz completes at Dan.com
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The 36 month lease to own (LTO) sale of the domain Create.xyz has completed via Dan.com. Mere days before the popular domain selling platform is scheduled to be retired,…
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Build.app Sold for $74,238
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Today: Domain Wanted – Budget $7,000 / Appraisal of WhisperScripts.com / Verisign agrees to .com takedown rules and More… Here are the new discussions that…
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Spaceship launches Sedo Fast Transfer
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Domain registrar Spaceship announced the immediate availability of Sedo MLS on its Fast Transfer option. Enabling this option for domains registered at Spaceship allows for fast transfers when they…
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ICANN fixes embarrassing “What is a Domain Name?” mistake
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Good news, everyone! ICANN knows what a domain name is! The Org has quietly corrected a slide deck, designed as a high-level introduction to the new gTLD program’s Next…
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Another ccTLD opens up its second level
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Kuwait has become the latest country to make second-level domain registrations possible directly under its national ccTLD. The registry, government regulator the Communication and Information Technology Regulatory Authority (CITRA),…
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Reporter gains first access to .io island for decades
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A BBC journalist is believed to have become the first reporter to visit Diego Garcia, the main island of the contested British Indian Ocean Territory that owns the .io…
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.io sells $40 million of domains after massive uptick
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.io is now a $40-million-a-year domain, after a few years of impressive growth, judging by the registry’s latest financial reports. UK-based Internet Computer Bureau, a subsidiary of Identity Digital,…