Archive for January 2007
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Did the iPhone kill .mobi?
This morning, Steve Jobs, the CEO of Apple Inc., introduced the iPhone, which is scheduled to launch in June 2007. The iPhone combines an iPod and highly advanced smartphone into one device and runs on OSX, which ensures compatibility with Safari, Apple's full-featured web browser. The iPhone displays websites as they were meant to be, [...]
Number of .vn domains reaches 34,000
Dot VN, Inc., the exclusive registrar and marketer for Vietnam's domain extension .vn, announced that the total number of registered .vn domains increased from 22,629 domains in 2005 to over 34,000 domains in 2006 (an increase of more than 50%). This is a respectable number considering the pricey domain registration fee of $70 to $200 [...]
UK domain registry considers changing dispute rules
Nominet, the .uk domain name registry, is considering several changes to the current rules governing its Dispute Resolution Service (DRS), which is similar to ICANN's Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy, or UDRP.
dotMobi (.mobi) Showcase Launched
Just three months after the launch of the .mobi extension, more than 330,000 .mobi domains have been registered (mostly by domainers), and increasing numbers of these domains now feature live websites. The dotMobi (.mobi) showcase at http://showcase.mtld.mobi/ displays an impressive sampling of .mobi sites in various categories. The showcase uses a "mobile emulator" to display [...]
VN.com sells for $100,000 on Sedo
The domain VN.com was just sold for $100,000 on Sedo.com.
The Chinese didn't lose 10,000 domains after all
According to the Chinese news agency Xinhua, the China Internet Network Information Center (CINNC) had said that Chinese domain owners lost about 10,000 .com domains due to disruption caused to domain name servers by the recent Taiwan earthquake.
.xxx domain extension back in the news
ICANN revived a proposal they had earlier rejected to introduce a .xxx domain extension for adult sites. The use of the extension would be non-obligatory, and adult sites using a .xxx domain would voluntarily subject themselves to rules such as using clear content labeling, not posting any child pornography, not committing consumer fraud or engaging [...]