Chehade.Company : Fadi Chehadé about to launch web site on new gTLD
Fadi Chehadé, outgoing ICANN president and CEO, gave a joyful welcome – and a teary farewell – to the attendants of ICANN55 in Marrakesh, Morocco. The Lebanese technocrat assisted with the expansion of the Internet namespace, as more than a thousand new gTLDs were approved during his tenure. As he’s moving on to “greener pastures,” […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Fadi Chehadé : Farewell video by the ICANN president
Fadi Chehadé is ending his tenure as ICANN president and CEO, with a welcome message to the participants of ICANN55 in Marrakesh, Morocco. Chehadé’s message also serves as a farewell note, although the spirit of the multi-stakeholder model will live on. As part of his message, Mr. Chehadé acknowledged that when it comes to food, […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Cab, Uber or camel? Don’t get stiffed during ICANN 55 in Marrakesh !
ICANN 55 takes place in Marrakesh, Morocco. The event was postponed during the Ebola virus crisis of 2014. Since then, other issues have arisen in the African region, including terrorist activities by ISIS, but ICANN appears determined to follow through with the event. There is, however, some concern about getting safely from the airport to […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Göran Marby : New ICANN CEO’s name .com registered today
A few days after canceling its Panama meeting, ICANN announced a new CEO: Göran Marby. The Swedish technocrat has an impressive professional career, that includes working for the Swedish Post and Telecom Agency. He’s also serving on the Swedish E-identification Board. Despite heading a body that formulates regulations related to the Internet name space, Mr. […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Zika virus warning forces cancellation of ICANN meeting in Panama
The Zika virus has already taken its toll among the domain community. This year’s “B Meeting” by ICANN, scheduled in Panama, has been canceled, due to the Zika virus outbreak in the area. Other potential venues are being explored, but none has yet been selected. According to the same sources, the ICANN “C Meeting” scheduled […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Dot .Bawston : gTLD application denied by ICANN
The registration of the dot .Bawston gTLD was refused by ICANN, after several months of lobbying among Internet technocrats led to no compromise. Aimed at the booming online businesses of Boston, Massachusetts, dot .Bawston came two points short of the fourteen it needed to be approved. “It is unfortunate that dot .Bawston, a premium gTLD, […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Questions and Answers : Frank Schilling, CEO of Uniregistry
In the summer, Frank Schilling, who was voted the “Most Influential Person in the Domain Name Industry,” gave an interview to the Internet of Names; a publication of dot .Asia for ICANN. Despite its Spartan length, the interview provides some great inside about Frank Schilling’s modus operandi in the domain industry, and business in general. […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Pro-cannabis senior citizens after iCANN name
Sue Taylor is an African-American, 69 year old California minister, bidding on the license to operate the fourth legal medical-marijuana dispensary and the first in the country catering specifically to senior citizens. The acceptance of medical marijuana has changed the overall attitude of several US states towards legalization of the federally controlled substance. Domain investors […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Blacknight CEO takes plane around Europe to ICANN54 destination
Michele Neylon, CEO of the Irish Internet services provider, Blacknight, is heading to ICANN54 in Dublin. The ever-busy entrepreneur and gastronomer has raked millions of airmiles, during more than a decade of trips to ICANN conferences worldwide. Not to be out-done this time, Michele decided to fly around Europe, in order to reach Dublin. “So […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.GOP : ICANN violating the US Constitution
Republican lawmakers are asserting that the Obama administration’s plan to give up control of key Internet protocols, is a US Constitution violation. According to a letter sent to the US Accountability Office and signed by Republican politicians, because the US created and developed key elements of the Internet infrastructure, those are US property. Senators Chuck […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.ICANN validation : Scammer impersonates ICANN in email
What appears to be an email from the Internet’s governing body, ICANN, is a scamming attempt at “pinging” millions of email addresses. The email originates from icannvalidation@icannvalidation.org and is titled “Test.” The body of the message contains the following: Please do not respond to this email. This email is part of a survey by the […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Dot .GDN about to launch with fear-mongering email campaign
Some new gTLD operators have no clue – or the social skills – otherwise there is no explanation about this fear-mongering email from the dot .GDN registry. Instead of talking about positive things and opportunities, the email talks about trademark infringements, trademarks, counterfeiting and cybersquatting. Not only their email qualified as spam and ended up […]
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