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Taylor Swift buys Taylorswift.adult and Taylorswift.porn

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June 1st onwards, you can buy internet domain names such as .porn, .sucks, .adult, etc. ICANN, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers brought about an increase in the number of...

Google Paid $25 Million for New Top-Level Domain

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Google holds a number of world records: the company is the largest Internet advertiser, the largest Internet search engine, the company with the largest online interactive map, and more. But Google...

Judge siding with ICANN says plaintiffs can’t take all of Iran’s domain names

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In a ruling from a Washington, DC, federal judge, it was seen that all of the country code Top-Level Domains could not possibly be transferred to collect Iranian state assets considering the new...

Seven Things To Think About Before You Register That New Domain

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We’ve all grown comfortable with existing Internet domains — which have suffixes like .com, .net, and .edu — to the point where they seemed fixed in the universe like the North Star.  But this...

London becomes the latest city to get its own top-level domain

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Not to be outdone by New York City, London is set to follow its transatlantic cousin in getting its very own domain name. ICANN, regulator of all things domain related, today gave the British capital the go-ahead to offer .london addresses to "businesses, organisations and individuals". While it gives Londoners the chance to show a bit of hometown love, the domain has already attracted the attention of "tens of thousands of businesses," which will each do their bit to help to boost London's online identity. Like the city's house prices, expect to pay a little extra to secure your own little piece of .london when registration opens in Spring 2014.

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Via: GigaOm

Source: London and Partners, MyDotLondon

Introducing .nyc: New York City to get its own top-level domain

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New Yorkers are notoriously proud of their city, and what better way to show hometown love than with a .nyc address? According to Mayor Bloomberg's official Twitter account, that will soon be possible for Big Apple residents. The just-launched website for the "ultimate New York City address" (har, har) says the top-level domain will help local businesses' visibility in search results, in addition to eliminating all doubt as to where you reside. "Businesses, organizations and residents" will be eligible for the TLD, with registration beginning in late 2013. When it launches, .nyc will be the first city in the United States to receive a geography-based domain. Did you think New York would settle for anything less?

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Source: .NYC, @MikeBloomberg

Pirate Bay sails to the Caribbean

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According to TorrentFreak, Swedish authorities have filed the motion at the Disctrict Court of Stockholm in behalf of the entertainment industry. The motion demands the seizure of the The Pirate Bay...
    


ICANN shows the full generic TLD application list, Google’s bidding splurge

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ICANN told us that June 13th was the golden day that we'd get to see all of the initial applications for generic top-level domains (gTLDs), and the full list has surfaced on cue. The early roster shows a lot of competition for certain domains -- we're seeing a baker's dozen in companies trying for .app alone. Amazon, Apple, Microsoft and other companies are understandably trying to protect their brand names, but we're just now seeing the full extent of Google's gTLD madness: we're counting 101 instances in which the search firm has tentatively pulled the $185,000 trigger. ICANN still has to settle on which bidders get the domains they want, though, and there's no certainty that Google will fulfill its dreams. When even the cherished .lol domain has a challenger, you know the competition is getting fierce.

ICANN shows the full generic TLD application list, Google's bidding splurge originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 13 Jun 2012 14:41:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Google springs for .lol, .youtube domains, we wonder if it’s going TLD .crazy

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Google just can't wait until ICANN reveals custom domain name bids in mid-June to say what it's trying to buy -- and it's clear that Mountain View went on a shopping spree. Some of the top-level domains in the land grab are ones you'd expect safeguarding Google's prized possessions, such as .google, .youtube and .docs. Others make us fear for the future of Internet memes. Google claims that it's bidding for TLDs such as .lol to explore their "interesting and creative potential,' but we have a hunch it's just taking the addition of LOL to the dictionary a little too seriously. The company does assuage our fears with a promise to prevent TLD abuse. If we ever see omgwtf.lol become a reality, though, we'll know Google has gone off the .deepend.

Google springs for .lol, .youtube domains, we wonder if it's going TLD .crazy originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 31 May 2012 21:37:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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