Cybele NegrisAs the province’s largest and most prestigious awards night, the Technology Impact Awards Dinner celebrates the achievements of BC’s most innovative and dynamic technology companies. Over 700 senior representatives of the technology and business community will attend this impressive night of awards and recognition. Plan to join in the celebration! This event will be a great networking…
Cybele NegrisAs a sponsor of the New Ventures BC 2010 Competition, Webnames.ca can refer up to 5 technology companies to attend the seminar series for free (does not include entry fee for NVBC Competition). And we want to refer you! [Learn more about the competetion] Simply Tweet this post on Twitter or email…
Cybele NegrisWebnames.ca wants you to know about an incredible opportunity that we are proud to sponsor: The New Ventures BC Competition. New Ventures BC is one of North America’s largest technology business-idea competitions. The five-month, four-round competition includes a unique mix of business education, networking and mentoring. It’s like a boot camp for business start-ups. Participants will: Learn from…
JuliannaThe BBC recently posted an article about the first .COM registration way back in 1985. To put this in perspective, 1985 was the same year ‘Back to the Future’ was released. The first .COM domains registered were: 1. 15-March-1985 SYMBOLICS.COM (Their Wikipedia page is a great snapshot of the era.) 2. 24-April-1985 BBN.COM 3. 24-May-1985…
Webnames.ca StaffOn March 5th, Cybele published her secrets to high page rank for her dot tel. Given the incredible rank she achieved with Cybele.tel, I asked her to wave her magic wand at Webnames.tel as it was sow’s ear rather than a silk purse. On March 11th, she updated the information and enhanced the listings. Twenty…
John DemcoICANN Seeks Comments on .XXX Process Options – ICANN has posted for public comment a report and flowcharts of possible process options concerning the .xxx TLD application by ICM Registry. Also, ICM has written another letter to ICANN indicating that “the Board should vote to execute the registry agreement … without further delay.” However, while…
JuliannaBelow are my “top picks” from this week’s CIRA’s to-be-released domains list. The list for March 31 is a big one – 2500+ domains and still growing. We publish our “top picks” list each week after CIRA publishes its latest batch of expiring dot-CA domains (aka to-be-released or TBR ). More domains are added to…
Cybele NegrisHappy 1st birthday .TEL! It has been quite a year. One year ago today (March 24, 2009) .TEL general registration launched to the world and today there are about 275,000 .TEL names registered globally. Webnames.ca has experienced quite a ride over the last year. Beyond just selling .TEL, “the digital business card that never goes…
Garrett SaundryOn behalf of the staff at Webnames.ca, we would like to congratulate Cybele Negris on receiving Business in Vancouver’s 11th Annual Influential Women in Business Award. We would also like to extend our congratulations to the other honourees: • Janet Austin, CEO, YWCA Vancouver• Ida Goodreau, Corporate Director and former CEO of LifeLabs and Vancouver Coastal Health• Sarah Morgan-Silvester,…
John DemcoVeriSign Celebrates 25 Years of .COM – VeriSign has marked the 25th anniversary of the .com domain. On March 15, 1985, symbolics.com was the first .com domain name to be registered. Showusyour.ca Voting Under Way – Voting is under way until Friday, March 26 on video entries to CIRA’s showusyour.ca contest. Canon To Apply For…
Cybele NegrisTyposquatting is the practice of intentionally registering domain names that are misspellings of website addresses and profiting from it by trying to sell the name, or capitalizing on its traffic through Google ads and/or selling products/services not related to the original brand. Many large businesses protect their brands by registering possible misspellings of their trademarks…
JuliannaBelow are my “top picks” from this week’s CIRA’s to-be-released domains list. The “top picks” list is published each week after CIRA releases its list of expiring dot-CA domains (aka to-be-released or TBR ). More domains are added to the TBR each day until the date of release. Remember to keep checking the CIRA TBR list for new selections. My…
John DemcoICANN Meetings In Nairobi Conclude – Among the many announcements and resolutions during the ICANN meetings in Nairobi on March 8-12 were the following: The ICANN Board decided to withdraw a proposal for formal Expressions Of Interest (EOI) which would have been carried out in advance of the new gTLD application process. The Board resolved…
Cybele NegrisI’ve been a judge of the Small Business BC Business Plan Contest for a number of years and the 2010 Awards are now bigger and better. Entrepreneurs are still encouraged to submit a business plan in either the Business Concept Category or the Business Growth Category; however the 7th annual Successful You – Small Business…
JuliannaBelow are my “top picks” from this week’s CIRA’s to-be-released domains list. A small list so far this week, but sure to grow before next Wednesday’s drop. The “top picks” list is published within days of when CIRA releases its list of to-be-released domains. More domains are added to the TBR each day until the…
