Donuts Inc today announced it has re-acquired the .fan new gTLD, making it the 241st TLD in Donuts’ portfolio, with general availability expected in mid-September.
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Sports betting with a bit of blockchain thrown in were the top trending keywords in Verisign’s list of top trending English keywords for .com and .net in May. The rise…
Three in 5 .men domain names are classified as “bad” according to the latest Spamhaus analysis of the world’s most abused TLDs, but only slightly worse than .loan, who have…
In a bid to “to protect the data collected in WHOIS”, ICANN last week sought a court ruling in a German court to “ensure the continued collection of all WHOIS…
Chinese domain registrants are big investors in the domain name market, particularly in the 5 number (N) market, according to the latest Liquid Domains Market Overview from GGRG Brokerage Consulting…
The National Association of Realtors® will be launching a new top level domain, .realestate, later this year. The new domain extension is scheduled to be available in September for members…
It was adopted on 14 April 2016 and after a 2-year transition period it becomes enforceable on 25 May 2018. Yet despite this timeframe, ICANN only approved a Temporary Specification…
ICANN invites the community to participate in a webinar on the proposed Temporary Specification for gTLD Registration Data, to be held from 09:15-10:30 Pacific Daylight Time (16:15-17:30 UTC) on 15…
Public Interest Registry has joined the Internet Watch Foundation as a Member, in a move which reinforces its commitment to protecting billions of internet users and the child victims of…
Four years ago on 7 May 2014 the .club gTLD launched its general availability. The launch happened with much fanfare, including a big party in New York City featuring international…
Globally ccTLDs make up 44% of all domain names under management, a figure that has changed little in recent years, but within Europe the figure is 59% according to the…
Brian Cute, CEO and President of the Public Interest Registry, has resigned after 7 years at the helm, the registry best known for .org has announced. While there is nothing…
[update: .app registrations have surged past 168,000 according to the latest nTLDstats figures] Google’s .app has caught the imagination of registrants with close to 125,000 registrations after 2 days of…
Another month of Verisign’s top trending keywords reflected by domain name registrations in the .com and .net top level domains (TLDs). I’m not sure what this month’s shows. But check…
Minds + Machines Group (MMX), registry for 27 new gTLDs with around 1.4 million registrations, has announced it is acquiring ICM Registry, the registry for gTLDs such as .xxx and…