Kevin Murphy

United Kingdom

Editor at Domain Incite

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Zoom says GoDaddy took it down for hours

1 week ago | domainincite.com | Kevin Murphy

Zoom says GoDaddy took it down for hours A screwup by MarkMonitor and GoDaddy was responsible for a two-hour outage affecting Zoom’s videoconferencing services yesterday, according to the company. The widely used services were offline between 1825 and 2012 UTC yesterday because GoDaddy Registry, apparently acting under MarkMonitor’s instructions, shutting down the zoom.us domain.
The Soviet Union might be safe after all

1 week ago | domainincite.com | Kevin Murphy

The Soviet Union might be safe after all The ccTLD from the defunct Soviet Union may be safe from deletion, judging by the ccNSO’s latest pronouncement on the issue. It seems like, following a bit of a kerfuffle at ICANN 82 in Seattle last month, IANA has been sniffing around behind the scenes trying to figure out whether its own policy on ccTLD retirements applies to .su.
Google says its ccTLDs “are no longer necessary”

1 week ago | domainincite.com | Kevin Murphy

Google says its ccTLDs “are no longer necessary” Google is going to stop using country-code TLDs for its web sites around the world. The company said today that “country-level domains are no longer necessary” because it’s become so good at localization that it doesn’t need to have search users visit their local ccTLD domain to figure out where they are.
Facebook thinks ICANN is a bit rubbish

1 week ago | domainincite.com | Kevin Murphy

Facebook thinks ICANN is a bit rubbish Facebook owner Meta came away from the recent ICANN 82 public meeting unimpressed and wondering why the community doesn’t actually seem to be doing much, according to the company’s representative.
ICANN spending $365,000 a year on coffee and booze

2 weeks ago | domainincite.com | Kevin Murphy

ICANN spending $365,000 a year on coffee and booze Scrapping coffee breaks and cocktail receptions is among a raft of proposals ICANN has floated in an effort to cut the cost of its public meetings and get its budget under control. The Org is also thinking about making some meetings shorter or going online-only in order to cut costs, which were estimated to come in at around $14 million in ICANN’s current fiscal year.
Regulator going after suicide site that even Epik banned

2 weeks ago | domainincite.com | Kevin Murphy

Regulator going after suicide site that even Epik banned UK communications regulator Ofcom has opened its first public investigation under the new Online Safety Act, targeting a notorious forum that has been linked to dozens of suicides globally. The probe demands that the site in question provide evidence that it protects its UK users from illegal or harmful content — in this case “encouraging or assisting suicide”.
.ai sees $600,000 auction sales in a month

3 weeks ago | domainincite.com | Kevin Murphy

.ai sees $600,000 auction sales in a month .ai saw over $600,000 in expired domain auction sales last month, according to new registry operator Identity Digital. The company took over management of Anguilla’s ccTLD February 25 and it announced the auctions revenue number in a March 27 blog post. The previous registry held monthly auctions using Dynadot, but Identity Digital switched to Namecheap and went daily.
Pru trims its dot-brand portfolio

3 weeks ago | domainincite.com | Kevin Murphy

Pru trims its dot-brand portfolio Financial services company Prudential Financial has dumped one of its three dot-brand gTLDs, which it was not using. The company has asked ICANN to terminate its contract to run .pramerica, which, despite the name, provides investment services to the Indian market. The subsidiary uses a .in domain for its web site.
UK’s Nigel Hickson has died

3 weeks ago | openlegalblogarchive.org | Kevin Murphy

Long-serving ICANN community member and UK government representative Nigel Hickson has died, according to friends and colleagues. He’s said to have died at the weekend following a battle with cancer. While the loss will be felt most keenly by his family, Hickson’s absence will also be felt by the ICANN community and wider domain name […] The post UK’s Nigel Hickson has died first appeared on Domain Incite.
UK’s Nigel Hickson has died

3 weeks ago | domainincite.com | Kevin Murphy

UK’s Nigel Hickson has died Long-serving ICANN community member and UK government representative Nigel Hickson has died, according to friends and colleagues. He’s said to have died at the weekend following a battle with cancer. While the loss will be felt most keenly by his family, Hickson’s absence will also be felt by the ICANN community and wider domain name industry.