Newfold settles Meta cybersquatting lawsuit83 Newfold Digital says it has settled a cybersquatting lawsuit with Facebook owner Meta, and will make an undisclosed payment to Meta as ...
DropCatch acquires 300 more registrars91 Almost half of all ICANN-accredited registrars are now under the control of a single business, after DropCatch.com owner TurnCommerce b...
Helsinki throws in the towel on city gTLD93 Helsinki has become the third of the world’s capital cities to decide that it doesn’t want to run its city gTLD after all. ...
.net prices going up141 Verisign is exercising its option to raise the price of a .net domain, capped by contract with ICANN by 10%, starting about six months ...
Robles to join ICANN board112 ICANN’s Address Supporting Organization has selected Oscar Robles to serve an abridged term on ICANN’s board of directors. ...
Fifty-six orgs get 85% off their gTLD fees122 ICANN has revealed the final statistics for its Applicant Support Program, the deal that sees non-profits and others get up to 85% off ...
Texas will object to .texas gTLD112 The US State of Texas has become the first government to publicly object to any gTLD applications matching its name. Anthony Sauerhoff,...
WordPress hints it applied for more new gTLDs113 WordPress.com owner Automattic has dropped some pretty major hints that it applied for a modest portfolio of new gTLDs in ICANN’s...
Could you type a .chrysanthemun domain name?120 Does .chrysanthemam portend the end of type-in domain names, or is it just an incredibly dumb gTLD idea? Chinese portfolio applicant Jo...
Harper replaces Deutsch on ICANN board88 ICANN’s Nominating Committee has revealed its picks for ICANN’s board of directors and it looks like they will be considera...