by George Minardos | Mar 30, 2017 | gTLD, News
.Africa Update March 30th, 2017 The battle over the .Africa top level domain has been settled in California Superior court. The new operator with be ZA Central Registry. The Launch Schedule is as follows: The Sunrise Period for .Africa will begin April 4th, 2017...
by George Minardos | Mar 7, 2017 | gTLD, News
Here are some updates on gTLD auction prices from February’s Auction Results: Two of the largest auction platforms Snapnames and Sedo have been showing some promising results for the new gTLD’s. Here are some of the top domains recently sold at auction, a...
by George Minardos | Jan 24, 2017 | News, Registrars
The leading domain conference is happening today and tomorrow in Las Vegas 1/23/2017-1/24/2017 Day 1 Monday’s keynote speaker is Frank Schilling. He discussed the growth of his Uniregistry platform which has had a growth rate since the launch of the new...
by George Minardos | Jan 21, 2017 | DNS, News
Government websites just took a serious step toward robust security. Today, the Federal Chief Information Officers (CIO) Council announced that all new.. Source: All new executive branch .gov domains will ditch HTTP, enforce HTTPS | TechCrunch Facebook Twitter Google+...
by George Minardos | Dec 10, 2016 | News
Trade and Immigration is not the real perpetrator of Globalization. We need 21st century tools for 21st century problems. Globalization and disruption is only going to get bigger and faster. It’s going to make a lot of displaced people even angier than they may...
by George Minardos | Dec 9, 2016 | News
Bridge to Staten Island in the works for thirteen years at a cost of 1.5 Billion Dollars. A behind-the-scenes look at the Goethals Bridge Replacement Project. Source: Exclusive: Inside the construction of new Goethals Bridge | SILive.com
by George Minardos | Sep 4, 2016 | ICANN, News
IANA Transition of the Domain Name System (DNS): an 18 year journey toward privatization Updated 9/29/16-It’s hard to write something clear and easy to understand on the subject of the IANA Transition. The IANA function is like air, you don’t think...
by George Minardos | May 9, 2016 | DNS, ICANN, News, Updates
It was pretty big news in the domain world when Google paid 25 Million dollars for dotapp in an ICANN auction last February against 12 other bidders including Amazon. Since then there hasn’t been much news or information on what Google is planning to do...