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Webnames.ca StaffThe .TEL address book with hustle Webnames.ca has launched the alpha version of “Hornet”, the .TEL address book application for Blackberry® Smartphones. Hornet is designed to easily manage and use .TEL names. When a .TEL name is entered into Hornet, all of the contact details are instantly downloaded. When your friends update or add new contact…
John DemcoThe meetings of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) are taking place this week, June 21 – 26, 2009, in Sydney, Australia. As usual, there is a very diverse collection of participants and topics. Of particular interest is the prospect of the creation of a large number of new generic top-level domains…
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Last night, our business development manager, Robbie Dakin, attended a very inspiring event: the FWE e-series 2009 Graduation. He had the chance to network with these incredibly hardworking women and discover the unique products that they have created and brought to market. The Forum of Women Entrepreneur’s e-series is a six-month training program for…
Cybele NegrisAs sponsor of the 2009 New Ventures BC Competition, Webnames.ca would like to congratulate all the companies short-listed to Round 3. The 30 companies were whittled down from 172 after judges reviewed a five-page submission from each company. Round 3 companies will receive team mentors, specialized workshops and 2 chances to present to a panel…
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Facebook Inc. has announced that beginning at 12:01 am EDT on June 13, 2009, Facebook users will be allowed to create personalized usernames for their Facebook pages, in the form “facebook.com/yourname”. This new system could allow users to create usernames that include trademarks and brands for their personal profiles. The cut off date for applying to…
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John DemcoCIRA To Conduct WHOIS Consultation – CIRA will conduct a public consultation on its WHOIS disclosure policy, launched last year. The policy restricts personal information about individual .ca domain registrants, and was designed “to achieve balance between protecting the privacy of individual Registrants and providing timely mechanisms for legitimate information requests”. Worldwide Domain Name Count…
Webnames.ca StaffThe survey is over and the results are in! From the stats it appears that most of you choose us for our reputation. The comments paint an even clearer picture that you also like us because we are Canadian. We are already pretty popular with our neighbours to the south and our kindred Commonwealth countries…
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John DemcoICANN Board Approves Changes To Registrar Contract – The ICANN Board has approved a set of 17 amendments to the Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA), the contract ICANN has with each accredited Registrar. According to ICANN: “The changes update the RAA, which was last amended in 2001, to adapt to the modern domain name market. The…
