Francesco Cetraro is our guest on today’s podcast. He’s Head of Registry Operations for the new .CLOUD Top Level Domain. Click on the player above to listen to the show, or download it here: 15:50; 9MB; MP3. ‘Cloud’ is a buzz-word of our time – and with good reason. The Network is the Computer has long been […]
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Nominations Open for .EU Web Awards [Audio]
Leonora Staines from EURid, the .EU domain registry is our guest on today’s podcast. Nominations have opened for the second annual .EU Web Awards. Click on the player above to listen to the show, or download it here: 7:42; 4MB; MP3. Nominations are open until September 1, and it’s free to enter. There are five categories: The […]
Irish Ambassador Addresses ICANN in Argentina, as Dublin prepares for ICANN 54
ICANN 53 is drawing to a close in Buenos Aires, and delegates are looking ahead to ICANN 54, which will be held in Ireland for the first time, hosted in Dublin by peering exchange INEX. INEX CEO Barry Rhodes will address the public forum at 2pm local time, and he’ll be joined on stage by the Irish ambassador […]
Last chance to Stake Your Claim as Dot-Irish Landrush Concludes!
The Land Rush Phase of the new Dot-Irish domain Extension will draw to a close tomorrow, Saturday 20 June at 5pm Irish time. Until then, if you’ve got your eye on a prime domain name, you’re still in with a chance of getting it if you get your application in. Land Rush applications are being taken over at Blacknight.irish, […]
Expanded Domain Space is “The New Normal” – Jothan Frakes of DomainFest [Audio]
Technology.ie has got twenty tickets to give away to DomainFest Bulgaria next week. It’s just one of the events which form part of Bulgarian Internet Week, in a country which ranks second in the world for Internet use (average: 16 hours per person per week). DomainFest Bulgaria is brought to you by the people behind NamesCon– the […]
What if Man of Steel Was in Colour? [Video]
The success of dark-themed and dark-toned Batman films had an influence on the last Superman movie, it appears. Just how much of an influence becomes obvious when you see Man of Steel corrected to give it a brighter look. It would appear that the darker look was a decision taken in post-production, as the brightened images seem to correspond […]
Dot-Irish Land Rush Begins
The launch of the new .IRISH top-level domain enters its Land Rush phase today. If you’ve got an idea which needs that special .IRISH domain name, now’s your chance to get it before someone else does. Landrush is open now to register domain names for €99.95. The price goes down to €34.95 when General Availability launches on June […]
Podcast: Kevin Kopas of Radix Registry on Marketing New gTLDs [Audio]
The arrival of new generic Top Level Domains (gTLDs)is transforming the domains industry, and helping to build a new online world. But with 1200 new domain registries launching over a couple of years, how do you convince users to choose yours? As the choice explodes, how do you go about marketing your gTLD, and how will it all shake out in […]
Blacknight SME Awards: One Man and His Van [Video]
Fintan and Wendy Conlan love running their family business, ‘One Man and his Van‘. Sure, it’s hard work and stressful but “ultimately worth it”. “I would do nothing else but run my own business, because the rewards far outweigh the headaches.” ‘One Man and his Van’ won the Family Business category at the Blacknight SME […]
Didga the Skateboarding Cat GoPro Video
The sign on the wall here in Technology.ie office says ‘More Cat Videos‘. It’s a simple philosophy, but we’re simple people, and we need reminding on a daily basis. This one’s from GoPro, and features Didga, the skateboarding cat from Australia. Go on! One more cat video couldn’t hurt, could it? Did I mention skateboarding? And […]