ICANN will hold its 63rd Public Meeting (ICANN63) in the Barcelona International Convention Centre from 20 to 25 October. ICANN63 is hosted by the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Business, through the Secretary of State for Digital Advancement, and Red.es, a public corporate entity responsible for managing the Internet Domain Name Registry for the country…
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BrettKavanaugh.com Website Established for Sexual Assault Survivors
Brett Kavanaugh, recently mired in several allegations of sexual assault from his younger self-confessed beer-drinking days, has found a website using his name set up as a resource for sexual assault survivors. The website uses the domain name BrettKavanaugh.com. It’s a little embarrassing for the newest member of the US Supreme Court, missing out on…
Nominet Donating Minimum of £200k To BBC’s Children in Need
Nominet, best known for managing .uk, is donating £1 for every new .uk domain name registered to BBC Children in Need until Monday 19th November. With a minimum commitment of £200k from new domain registrations, funds raised will go towards projects that use digital or new technology to support disadvantaged children and young people across…
CIRA Explains Why Registering ccTLD Domains Benefits the Local Internet Community
Registering domain names in a country code top level domain often has benefits to that country’s local internet community. In the case of Canada’s ccTLD, Byron Holland, President and CEO of CIRA who manages .ca, recently explained how in a post on the company blog. In his post, Holland explains how “CIRA invests its resources…
GoDaddy Founder Bob Parsons Resigns From Board of Directors to Focus on YAM Worldwide
GoDaddy’s founder Bob Parsons has announced he will resign from the company’s board of directors on Friday 5 October to devote his full-time efforts to the array of businesses he created under the Yam WorldWide Umbrella, 7 years after he sold the company and ceased being the company CEO. A serial entrepreneur, Parsons founded GoDaddy…