Domain Name News – March 20, 2011

ICANN Approves .XXX Domain – Meeting in San Francisco on March 18, the ICANN Board of Directors formally approved ICM Registry’s application for the .xxx top-level domain, authorizing ICANN staff to execute the proposed registry agreement. The current application was submitted in 2004. It was turned down by the ICANN Board in 2007, and subsequently…

BCIC-New Ventures Competition 2011: Now Open to Applications Until April 18, 2011

Webnames.ca is once again proud to sponsor the annual BCIC-New Ventures Competition. Now in its 11th year, the BCIC-New Ventures Competition is one of North America’s largest technology business idea competitions. The Competition attracts applicants from a wide range of industries including cleantech, digital media, Internet, information technology and life sciences. Entrepreneurs learn how to…

Domain Name News – March 6, 2011

New gTLD Differences Summarized – The ICANN Board Chairman has sent an email summarizing the Board’s response to the Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC) scorecard of issues concerning the new gTLD program. Each item is noted with one of these designations: 1A – Board position and GAC advice are consistent, 1B – positions are consistent in…

BCIC-New Ventures Regional Competition: And the Winners Are…

As sponsor of the BCIC-New Ventures Regional Competition, everyone at Webnames.ca would like to congratulate the winners of the 2010 competition. Winners are selected by the competition’s expert panel of judges, who base their decision on which company has the most potential for success. $30,000 BCIC First prize: Reef Safe Fish (Victoria, BC)Recent university graduates…

Domain Name News – February 27, 2011

ICANN Board and Governmental Advisory Committee To Meet Over gTLD Differences – ICANN’s Board of Directors and its Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC) meet in Brussels Monday and Tuesday in an attempt to resolve remaining issues with the new gTLD process as identified by the GAC. Topics include: objection procedures, root zone scaling, market and economic…

New Webnames.ca Shopping Cart for 2011

We are excited to announce that  Webnames.ca has launched a new and improved Shopping Cart! Our streamlined new cart will make shopping faster and simpler. Some of its benefits include: Simplified domain registration and shopping (we’ve reduced the number of steps by half!) Ability to change terms, quantities and set auto-renewal options for both domains…