Tag Archives: ICANN

ICANN Update and “Monkey Business”

Posted on April 28, 2012 by Joe Alagna

Update 2012-04-30: The CEO of ICANN, Rod Beckstrom stated in an interview today that ICANN “will not publish information about who could see what”. ICANN posted an update today but it wasn’t about when TAS would reopen. Here it is… … Continue reading →

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A New, More Customer-Friendly Type Of Web Address Is Coming

Posted on April 22, 2012 by Joe Alagna

It was nice to run across an article today about new Top Level Domains that described them as “Customer-Friendly”.  We need more positive press about new TLDs.  There are plenty enough painting them in a negative way. The truth is … Continue reading →

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JAS Global Advisors To Be One Of Three Independent Evaluators

Posted on March 24, 2012 by Joe Alagna

A Chicago company, JAS Global Advisors, is playing a key behind-the-scenes role in an unprecedented expansion of Internet domain names – the web’s equivalent of real-estate addresses dominated by .com, .gov, .org and .edu. The expansion will open the way … Continue reading →

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FTC Chairman Weighs in on New TLDs

Posted on December 17, 2011 by Joe Alagna

Chairman Jon Leibowitz wrote a letter to ICANN yesterday asking them to: “(1) implement the new gTLD program as a pilot program and substantially reduce the number of gTLDs that are introduced in the first application round, (2) strengthen ICANN’s … Continue reading →

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