Countdown To IANA Transition Is Not The Countdown To Doomsday
I've mentioned the IANA transition here several times over the last year or so. Personally I'd love to [...]
Visualising The Top 250 New Domain Extensions As The London Tube
There are now over 1000 new top level domain names "out there". Some have proven popular. Others have [...]
How Aware Are People Of New Domain Extensions?
Earlier this year ICANN commissioned a study to see how aware consumers are of domain name extensions, both [...]
ICANN Helsinki: Quick Post-mortem and Some Numbers
Last week I was in Helsinki for the ICANN meeting. ICANN 56 was the first meeting organised using [...]
The IANA Transition Cannot Be Held Hostage
Back in March 2014 the US government, via the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, which is part of the [...]
Brands, Trademarks, Domains & ICANN
Earlier today I was on a panel at the INTA annual meeting in Orlando, Florida. It's my first [...]
ICANN Submits IANA Transitions Plans To US Government
For the past two years ICANN and the broader internet community have been working towards one goal: removing [...]
Heading to Austin for #SXSW
Like last year I'll be in heading to Austin again for SXSW. This year I'm an official speaker [...]
ICANN 55 Next Week In Marrakech
As you may know, ICANN holds three public meetings every year. The most recent one, ICANN 54, was [...]
Talking Whois, New TLDs & IANA Transition
Last week I had a chat with Andrew Allemann of Domain Name Wire for his podcast. Domain Name [...]
#ICANN54 By The Numbers
ICANN's 54th public meeting officially closed yesterday afternoon, though there are still several meetings being held today and [...]
On Being a Small Business, With a Voice on Internet Policy
ICANN 54 officially draws to a close today in Dublin. It's been a busy week for us in Blacknight, as [...]