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Priorities?

Josh Bourne ⬥ 24 June I just finished a conversation with a contact who is still at the ICANN meeting in Brussels.  He attended the ICANN Public Forum and let me know that in his opinion it looks like the .XXX gTLD, an extension dedicated to hosting adult content, should be approved soon.  Overall, he […]

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DAGger?

Josh Bourne ⬥ 22 June While in Brussels, I had the chance to participate first-hand in one of ICANN’s international meetings. One of the sessions I attended yesterday was the “New gTLD Program Update.” George Kirikos, who many in the ICANN community know and appreciate for his knowledge and commitment to improving ICANN, submitted a

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Spelling Test

Josh Bourne ⬥ 30 March UPDATE: Yahoo! had filed a lawsuit over the domain name, and in early June, the dispute was settled and flicker.com was transferred to Yahoo!.  Flicker.com now points to the Flickr homepage. Most people are familiar with Flickr, the photo sharing Web site owned by Yahoo!  But given its pronunciation, I

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‘Net Worth

Josh Bourne ⬥ 25 March Last week marked the 25th anniversary of the registration of the first .COM domain name. Since then, approximately 80 million .COM domains have been registered according to a report by the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF). Despite an increase in the number of gTLDs available, .COM has dominated and

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