.Si, IONOS layoffs, and a GoDaddy takeover?: Top five news stories
Take a look at the top stories on Reglike last month.
A potential GoDaddy takeover, layoffs, and a .com pricing lawsuit made headlines last month.
1. Norton antivirus software maker in talks to acquire GoDaddy – The Financial Times wrote regarding early-stage talks. At least one analyst thinks it’s unlikely to happen. Perhaps the story was leaked to attract other suitors for GoDaddy.
2. IONOS discloses layoffs – The German domain and hosting firm plans to trim 10% of its workforce.
3. Slovenia’s .si domain grows more than 15% in wake of Trump’s UN speech – And it grew even more following his executive order. Some domain investors were way ahead of the super intelligence trend. Will end users follow?
4. Antitrust lawsuit filed against Verisign and ICANN over .com pricing – Lawsuit seeks class action status to represent .com registrants.
5. auDA decision could impact millions of .com.au domain registrations – For more on this issue, listen to this podcast with someone who was on the panel that made the decision.
Podcasts
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Web3 and fresh top level domains – Don Ruiz of Orange Domains, who was part of a technical study group, explains what it means for integrating TLDs with blockchain.
It’s a long story: from .web to .epic – Chris Ambler isn’t bitter regarding .web. OK, maybe still a little bit. But he still gets to launch fresh top level domains.
Australian domain alert – Erhan Karabardak was on the panel that decided to make the change, but voted against it. Learn what it’s all regarding.
