“New” TLDs 10 years later — a retrospective
It has been ten years since the first of the custom TLDs began their sunrise on the road to general availability. Since then, hundreds of…
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New internet regulations alarm watchdogs
Bill C-11, currently being debated before parliament, seeks to update streaming and content regulations of the Broadcasting Act, regulations previously modified by Bill C-10. However,…
Cloudflare opens first Canadian office
Internet security and performance provider has opened its first Canadian office as reported by IT World Canada, the latest addition to the company’s Canadian presence,…
.CA Hits Milestone with 3 Millionth Domain
Canadians have registered their 3 millionth .CA domain, CIRA announced in a December 1st press release. The milestone was celebrated by CIRA’s CEO Byron Holland…
A trip down memory lane: the first domains registered
Jeffrey Gabriel takes a walk through the early history of the internet as he recounts not only his first domain names, but also the very…
Election Trends in domains as November nears
WhoisID reports on several trends in domain name registration as the November 3rd US election date nears. Some of the trends include: Increase in domain…
Private equity firm acquires .org registry
A press release from the Public Interest Registry (PIR), the organization that currently maintains the .org domain, has announced that it has been acquired by…
Former Motherisk website now links to cannabis blog
The domain name once associated with the controversial Motherisk program at the Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) has been obtained by a third party operator…
Federal Election 2019 and domains
As we get closer to Canadian federal election date on Oct 21, 2019, we took a quick look at some of the ways the newly…
Price Cap Removals Shake Up The Internet
A recent article on Mashable reviews the early history of ICANN (the Internet Corporation of Assigned Names and Numbers) in light of a recent decision…