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 not have ...
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 struggled. That's ...
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 "legacy" ones ...
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 ICANN's new ...
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 US Department ...
Brands, Trademarks, Domains & ICANN
Earlier today I was on a panel at the INTA annual meeting in Orlando, Florida. It's my first time attending ...
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 the special ...
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 and I'll ...
ICANN 55 Next Week In Marrakech
As you may know, ICANN holds three public meetings every year. The most recent one, ICANN 54, was held in ...
Talking Whois, New TLDs & IANA Transition
Last week I had a chat with Andrew Allemann of Domain Name Wire for his podcast. Domain Name Wire is ...
#ICANN54 By The Numbers
ICANN's 54th public meeting officially closed yesterday afternoon, though there are still several meetings being held today and tomorrow.. Several ...
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 we've taken ...
