Sedo, who accounts for more domain name sales than any other marketplace, has announced their top sales for 2014. Leading the list is mm.com, sold for $1.2 million, easily eclipsing…
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Monthly Archives: December 2014
For the fourth time in five weeks, a seven figure sale has topped the Domain Name Journal list of top reported sales for the week ending 7 December. This time…
ICANN is seeking one or more providers to conduct an assessment of website accessibility including ICANN.org and possibly the related subsidiary websites. The selected provider(s) will provide an initial assessment…
Purpose (Brief): The WHOIS Pilot Accuracy Study Report highlights the design, methodology and findings of a pilot study commissioned by ICANN to inform the design of its WHOIS Accuracy Reporting…
The Austrian registry nic.at conducted an awareness campaign appealing to the country’s sense of patriotism, and saw the ccTLD’s brand awareness rise among registrants.
The total number of .eu registrations grew by 4.7 percent in the third quarter of 2014 compared with the same quarter last year, according to the progress report released last…
Norid has found its registrars and registrants are more satisfied with its services offered than in the previous one in 2011.
[news release] ICANN announced today (18/12) that it has donated USD$50,000 to the Internet Governance Forum Support Association (IGFSA).
Are football.vlaanderen and shopping.brussels still available? Starting today, everyone has the opportunity to grab their favourite .vlaanderen or .brussels domain name. And if there is more than one applicant for…
As ICANN reported on 16 December 2014, it was recently the target of a so-called “spear phishing” attack. During this attack the email credentials of some ICANN staff were compromised.
Auctions are the mechanism of last resort to resolve string contention within the New gTLD Program. ICANN expects that most string contention will be resolved through other means before reaching…
[news release] Architelos, Inc., the premier provider of automated domain name abuse detection and mitigation services, has added Famous Four Media to its expanding roster of NameSentry clients.
It’s last orders this week for businesses operating in Wales to make their priority applications for the new .cymru and .wales domain names, applications close at midday on 24 December…
On 17 December 2014, Power Auctions LLC, ICANN‘s authorized auction service provider, conducted a New gTLD Program Auction to resolve string contention for two new gTLD strings: .BABY and .MLS.
The Accountability & Governance Public Experts Group (PEG) announces the selection of Advisors to the Cross Community Working Group on Enhancing ICANN Accountability (CCWG).