Most people who responded to a recent survey would like this year's Annual General Meeting to be held in person. A majority of the 665 people who responded to a recent survey said they want ICANN to hold this year's Annual General Meeting in person ... Continue Reading3 Comments
Verisign has taken action against COVID-related domains
· Policy & LawDomain name registry has taken action against domain names based on law enforcement requests. Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN), the registry for .com and .net domain names, has taken action against some domain names related to COVID-19. In a blog post ... Continue Reading4 Comments
Tucows: Domain registrations are way up during pandemic
· Domain Registrars"We are seeing years of economic transformation jammed into weeks or months," Tucows CEO Elliot Noss says. Domain name, fiber and mobile company Tucows (NASDAQ: TCX) reported earnings after the bell today. The company pulled in $84.0 million in ... Continue Reading3 Comments
Ben Padnos launches Done.com to document COVID-19 response
· UncategorizedSite will expand to cover other social and environmental responsibility responses. Ben Padnos has launched done.com as a social responsibility platform that will start by covering how key people are responding to the Covid-19 crisis. It will later ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
ICANN policy wonks to meet online rather than Kuala Lumpur
· UncategorizedMalaysia meeting will be moved online due to Covid-19. ICANN has formally canceled its in-person Policy Forum scheduled for Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in June, due to Covid-19. It will hold the event online instead. The non-profit held its meeting ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Godaddy expects $25-$30 million revenue hit in Q2 due to Covid-19
· Domain RegistrarsDomain name aftermarket might be a weak spot during the downturn. GoDaddy held a virtual investor day yesterday and the impact of Covid-19 was obviously a discussion topic. Ray Winborne, CFO of GoDaddy, said the pandemic had a minimal impact on ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Flatten.ca: a great domain and great idea
· UncategorizedCollege students registered Flatten.ca to help flatten the curve in Canada. We've all heard of "flattening the curve" by now. Some Canadian college students have created a website to contribute to the effort, and they chose a great domain for ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Companies help people stop wasting money on COVID-19 domain names
· Domain RegistrarsCompanies are making it harder to register and sell crisis-related domains. You should thank them. Domain name registrar Namecheap has stopped allowing domain names including the words coronavirus, covid, and vaccine from being registered through ... Continue Reading6 Comments
Oracle registers hundreds of COVID-19 domain names
· UncategorizedCompany goes crazy with coronavirus domain names. [Update: Oracle is providing technology for clinical trials of chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine as a treatment for COVID-19]. Why Oracle? I have no idea.] Computer technology company Oracle (NYSE: ... Continue Reading3 Comments
What’s next for .Org in light of COVID-19
· Policy & LawA pandemic throws a new wrinkle in the deal to sell off .org. Public Interest Registry, Ethos Capital and Internet Society have agreed to extend the deadline for ICANN to make a decision on the sale of .org to April 20. They want ICANN to decide by ... Continue Reading6 Comments