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BCIC – New Ventures Seminar Series for Entrepreneurs – Attend for Free!

Posted on April 21, 2011October 14, 2015 by

The BCIC-New Ventures Competition is one of North America’s largest technology business-idea competitions. Set up to give early-stage B.C. innovators and entrepreneurs access to technology leaders, business education and the annual $365,000 funding competition. The registration for this year is now closed; however BCIC has a wonderful New Ventures Seminar Series taking place from April…

.CA To Be Released Domain Picks for April 27th, 2011

Posted on April 20, 2011October 14, 2015 by

Webnames.ca Staff

Below are our “top picks” from this week’s CIRA TBR (to-be-released) domains list. The TBR for April 27th, 2011 has lots of great names, so pre-book your favourite .CA domains early. We publish a “top picks” list each week after CIRA publishes its latest batch of expiring dot-CA domains. CIRA adds more domains to the…

Top Domain Sales of 2011 So Far

Posted on April 19, 2011December 30, 2015 by

Webnames.ca Staff

There have been some large Domain Sales published on the YTD Sales Chart which you can view here, and it’s only April. We wanted to share some of the year’s biggest sales so far for 2011. The sales data presented here comes from DN Journal (an extremely useful, albeit ugly website, for keeping tabs on…

Domain Name News – April 17, 2011

Posted on April 17, 2011May 12, 2016 by

John Demco

ICANN Releases Revised Guidebook, Aims for June Approval of New gTLD Program – ICANN has published a Discussion Draft of the New gTLD Applicant Guidebook. Two notable changes from the previous draft are: an Early Warning Notice to an applicant from the Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC) to flag an application which would be “considered controversial…

.CA To Be Released Domain Picks for April 20th, 2011

Posted on April 13, 2011October 14, 2015 by

Webnames.ca Staff

Below are our “top picks” from this week’s CIRA TBR (to-be-released) domains list. The TBR for April 20th, 2011 has lots of great names, so pre-book your favourite .CA domains early. We publish a “top picks” list each week after CIRA publishes its latest batch of expiring dot-CA domains. CIRA adds more domains to the…

How to Prepare for a Website Re-build or Re-Design

Posted on April 11, 2011May 12, 2016 by

Webnames.ca Staff

You’ve built your website, it’s been working well for a while, but it’s time for an update. Keeping your website the same for too long is like not updating the paint on your home. Eventually it starts to look outdated. Looking at your website as something that needs to be refreshed and updated is the…

The Technology Impact Awards – Tickets on Sale Now

Posted on April 6, 2011October 9, 2015 by

Webnames.ca Staff

From Most Promising Start-up to Company of the Year, BC’s technology industry continues to put their mark on the world! Come celebrate the success of our industry at the 2011 Technology Impact Awards, June 9th, at the Vancouver Convention Centre. About the AwardsFounded in 1994 by the BCTIA the Technology Impact Awards celebrate the successes…

.CA To Be Released Domain Picks for April 13th, 2011

Posted on April 5, 2011October 14, 2015 by

Webnames.ca Staff

Below are our “top picks” from this week’s CIRA TBR (to-be-released) domains list. The TBR for April 13th, 2011 has lots of great names, so pre-book your favourite .CA domains early. We publish a “top picks” list each week after CIRA publishes its latest batch of expiring dot-CA domains. CIRA adds more domains to the…

BCNET Conference 2011

Posted on April 4, 2011January 22, 2016 by

Webnames.ca Staff

May 3rd and 4th, Western Canada’s largest tech conference for higher education is coming to Vancouver’s SFU Harbour Centre. This year, over 400 faculty, IT staff and students will converge to discuss innovative and smart ways to use information technology to accelerate teaching, learning and research. The BCNET Conference 2011 is held over two days,…

Domain Name News – April 3, 2011

Posted on April 3, 2011May 12, 2016 by

John Demco

DNSSEC Deployed In .COM Domain – VeriSign has announced that as of March 31 the .com domain supports DNS Security Extensions (DNSSEC). In 2010, VeriSign had rolled out DNSSEC in .net, .edu, and, in collaboration with ICANN and the U.S. Department of Commerce, the root zone. .XXX Contract Signed – ICANN and ICM signed the…

Be Aware – Aggressive Marketing by “Domain Registry of Canada”

Posted on April 1, 2011October 14, 2015 by

Webnames.ca Staff

If you’ve recently received an official looking letter from the ‘Domain Registry of Canada’, we urge you to proceed with caution. The “Domain Registry of Canada” is a company who has been in operation since 2001. The “Domain Registry of Canada” has no association with CIRA, or any government organization. They are also not related…

Webnames.ca Stands Proudly Behind Our Core Values

Posted on March 31, 2011August 25, 2014 by

Cybele Negris1 Comment

If you haven’t already heard or seen the video, GoDaddy is getting a lot of bad press right now because their CEO Bob Parsons shot an elephant and put the video up on the internet (warning: graphic if you haven’t seen it). This is interesting timing because yesterday during a management meeting we were talking…

.CA To Be Released Domain Picks for April 6th, 2011

Posted on March 30, 2011October 14, 2015 by

Webnames.ca Staff

Below are our “top picks” from this week’s CIRA TBR (to-be-released) domains list. The TBR for April 6th, 2011 has lots of great names, so pre-book your favourite .CA domains early. We publish a “top picks” list each week after CIRA publishes its latest batch of expiring dot-CA domains. CIRA adds more domains to the…

Webnames.ca was a proud sponsor at YVR Twestival 2011

Posted on March 29, 2011October 20, 2016 by

Webnames.ca Staff

March 24th, 2011 marked the 4th year for YVR Twestival, where Webnames.ca was a proud sponsor. What is Twestival? Here is a brief history from the Twestival official website: Twestival® (or Twitter Festival) uses social media for social good by connecting communities offline on a single day to highlight a great cause and have a…