JuliannaReporter Gillian Shaw of the Vancouver Sun interviewed Webnames.ca Director John Demco as a source for her recent .TEL article. Read an except below, then click the link for the complete article. ‘Dot-tel’ names emerge as catch-all ID for Web contactTuesday, October 21, 2008 Asking a prospective date for a phone number is so last century. Starting…
JuliannaPress Release — VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire – Oct. 20, 2008) Imagine how simple life would be if every individual and company had only one point of contact, for life? Imagine never changing your business card, sending a mass e-mail notification about an address change, or having to update your contact list, ever again.…
JuliannaThat’s my favorite part about the new .TEL that’s coming, if everyone I know first goes to Andre.tel, then I can let them know what’s going on in my life. In the text field where they suggest you can put your address, you can put anything you like, so you can let people know if…
JuliannaYou are invited to attend CIRA’s Annual General Meeting to be held on Wednesday, September 10, 2008 at the Pan Pacific Hotelin Vancouver, BC. CIRA invites attendees to share ideas, network with colleagues, provide feedback and help shape the future of the Internet in Canada! This year’s keynote speaker is Amber MacArthur, host of “Webnation” on CityNews…
JuliannaWe wrote the following article for Yoyomama, a free weekday email newsletter and website for Vancouver mothers. Yoyomama is the brainchild of of mother-of-two, author and web strategist, Annemarie Tempelman-Kluit and provides helpful, hip info, tips and guides to local events. She asked us to speak to trend of parents registering their children’s name…
I didn’t know Dave Waston died. I found out he was sick several months ago. I thought about how I should email him several times. I never did. It’s not that I felt particularly weird about doing so, but I just never did it. He had colon cancer and was only 45 years old. …
JuliannaAngelina Jolie and Brad Pitt – or perhaps more accurately, their legal team – are some domain smart celebs. The couple, who welcomed healthy twins on Saturday night at Fondation Lenval hospital in Nice, registered more than 50 variations of their children’s names – a boy named Knox Leon and a girl named Vivienne Marcheline…
JuliannaWe’re celebrating summer with 50% OFF all new domain name registrations! There is no better time than the present to: Protect your business name, trademarks and products in extensions you don’t own Secure new business ideas as domain names before someone else does! Register your family or child’s name Maximize your savings and SEO by…
JuliannaWebnames.ca apologizes to customers who experienced a loss of service on Monday, July 14 2008 between 10:45am and 5:00pm PST. We acknowledge that your inability to reach us by phone or email during this time may have been distressing, and are taking every measure to resolve outstanding issues as quickly as possible. Customers affected by…
JuliannaBig news out of the ICANN meetings taking place today in Paris, France. ICANN has unanimously approved the introduction of new generic Top-Level Domains (gTLD’s) – and the decision is expected significantly impact the Internet as we know it. Soon any public or private organization from anywhere in the world will be able to register…
JuliannaAn Internet milestone for Canada is fast approaching. Sometime this April, we’re expected to reach one million .CA domain registrations. To mark the occasion, the Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) asked Canadians to share stories about how they are using .CA domain names to connect and communicate online. The best entries have been profiled at…
JuliannaWebnames.ca Inc. is pleased to announce it is an accredited registrar for .Asia, the new TLD dedicated to the Asia-Pacific region which spans from Turkey to Japan. Landrush for .Asia begins today, Wednesday February 20 and runs until March 12, 2008. During the Landrush registration phase the general public can…
JuliannaJust a reminder that you have until February 8, 2008 to submit your .CA story to the Canadian Internet Registration Authority for a chance to win one of five shiny-happy Apple MacBooks. All you need to do is tell CIRA how you are using your .CA domain and maybe why you chose a .CA name…
JuliannaThe Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) named its new President and Chief Operation Officer on Monday. The choice of Byron G. Holland marked the culmination of an extensive nation-wide search. Holland succeeds CIRA’s interim CEO Ron Harbottle who is retiring after eight years of service. Holland’s experience is expansive – 17 years working in technology,…
JuliannaMy colleague Lindsay has referenced Tara Hunt’s great blog HorsePigCow on Webnames Blog before. We like the way she thinks about things like customers, marketing and the Web. Tara specializes in ‘community marketing’ which she describes as not “community building, but rather, delighting and enchanting those people already part of your community – through product,…
