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About Michele Neylon

Known for his outspoken opinions on technology and the Internet, Michele Neylon is the award winning author of several blogs and co-host of the Technology.ie podcast. A thought leader in the Internet community, Neylon is active within ICANN and an expert on policy, security, domains, ICANN, Nominet and Internet Governance. You can stalk him on various social media networks including Twitter and Instagram

European Hosting Giant Launches Huge Sale on .mobi and .im Domain Names

By Michele Neylon|2009-09-23T02:23:43+01:00September 23rd, 2009|Categories: Press Releases|Tags: blacknight, Domain name, Domain name registrar, dotmobi, google, icann, iPhone, ireland, Michele Neylon, mobi, Mobile Web|

Image via CrunchBaseJoin the mobile revolution by acquiring a .mobi domain name or centralize your social media activities with a ...

An Overview of IE Domain Registration

By Michele Neylon|2009-09-21T14:30:58+01:00September 21st, 2009|Categories: ccTLDs, Domains, IEDR|Tags: domains, howto, ie, ie cctld, ireland, irish, register domains|

Since we get asked about this so much I thought it would be worth our while doing a short overviewSo ...

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A Busy Few Weeks

By Michele Neylon|2018-07-13T09:18:51+01:00September 19th, 2009|Categories: Afilias, ccTLDs, Domains, dotInfo, dotMe, dotMobi, dotOrg, dotTel, EURid, ICANN, IEDR, Nominet, Verisign|Tags: Belgium, Cameroon, Domain name, Guernsey, Isle of Man, Jersey, Montenegro, netherlands|

Over the last few weeks we've been working hard on launching a bunch of domain extensions on our own accreditation. ...

DotCM Now Live

By Michele Neylon|2009-09-18T12:46:40+01:00September 18th, 2009|Categories: Blacknight, ccTLDs, Domains|Tags: Cameroon, cm, domains, dotcm|

As the only Irish company accredited for .cm (Cameroon) I'm delighted to announce that we are now offering .cm registrations.If ...

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Dotmobi Price Slash

By Michele Neylon|2009-09-15T14:14:56+01:00September 15th, 2009|Categories: Blacknight, Domains, dotMobi, News, Promotions|Tags: domains, dotmobi, icann, mobi, mobile, Mobile Web, registrar, special offer|

I could wax lyrically about how .mobi was a really cool concept. I could talk to you about their fantastic ...

DotOrg Now Live

By Michele Neylon|2009-09-15T10:18:05+01:00September 15th, 2009|Categories: Blacknight, Domains, dotOrg, ICANN|Tags: Advocacy, Apache Foundation, dotorg, open source, Public Interest Registry|

Late yesterday afternoon we "put live" our .org accreditation.DotOrg, which is run by Public Interest Registry, is quite a different ...

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Minor Opening Hours Change

By Michele Neylon|2009-09-14T12:57:48+01:00September 14th, 2009|Categories: Blacknight|Tags: billing, opening hours|

Due to staff holidays our accounts (billing) team will not be available between 1pm and 2pm for the next two ...

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Putting The Accent Back Into Domains – IDNs In EU

By Michele Neylon|2014-02-26T15:38:57+00:00September 11th, 2009|Categories: Domains, EURid, IDN, News|Tags: Cyrillic alphabet, Domain name, domains, doteu, eurid, Internationalized domain name, Latin alphabet|

I've mentioned IDNs (Internationalised Domain Names) a few times in the past and they were one of the topics on ...

Blacknight Now Largest Hosting Provider In Ireland

By Michele Neylon|2009-09-10T14:29:58+01:00September 10th, 2009|Categories: Blacknight, Hosting, News, Press Releases|Tags: blacknight, Computers and Internet, domains, hosting, icann, ireland|

According to recently released figures from HosterStats.com, Blacknight is now Ireland's largest registrar and hosting provider.The report which tracks nameserver ...