Public Interest Registry has joined the Internet Watch Foundation as a Member, in a move which reinforces its commitment to protecting billions of internet users and the child victims of disturbing sexual abuse images and videos. As the operator of .org, .ngo and .ong domain names, Public Interest Registry has over 10 million domains under…
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Within Europe, ccTLDs Make Up 3 in 5 Domain Names Registered: CENTR
Globally ccTLDs make up 44% of all domain names under management, a figure that has changed little in recent years, but within Europe the figure is 59% according to the CENTRstats Global TLD Report Q1/2018 published Friday. The difference would largely be explained by .com’s dominance in the United States. Globally, registrations grew by 1.4%…
Kaboom! .APP Surges Past 100,000 Within 2 Days of GA
Google’s .app has caught the imagination of registrants with close to 125,000 registrations after 2 days of general availability. It is likely it already had the largest number of registrations prior to GA, around 17,000, and it’s initial GA launch is likely the largest of any of the new gTLDs. The .app new generic top…
CIRA partners with Akamai to enhance cybersecurity solutions for Canadians
Today, the Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) announced it has signed an agreement with Akamai Technologies to license Akamai’s DNS security-enabling solutions to power D-Zone DNS Firewall. This partnership, which builds upon the previous agreement between CIRA and Nominum (acquired by Akamai in 2017), will allow CIRA to continue to expand its leadership position in…
.APP Readies for General Availability With Biggest Sunrise
Google’s .app new gTLD is readying itself for General Availability next week as it goes through an Early Access Program that started Monday. The .app TLD has been specifically for apps and app developers, with added security to help showcase apps to the world – it’s the first TLD to have enforced HTTPS. The Early…