Internet governance

Number Resource Society Expands Internet Training Sessions to 25 African Countries

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Friday, November 11, 2022
United Internet, Internet governance, Society, Mali, Internet, Congo, Republic, Religion, IP, NRS, Hunting, Gum arabic, Tutoring

Meeting pan-African demand for global best practice in internet integrity and stability

Key Points: 
  • The "Better Internet" training programme provides members of Number Resource Society with innovative global best practice training to meet the growing demand for world-class training across Africa.
  • The day long training programmes focuses on educating Number Resource Society members about the fundamentals of Internet Governance, the industry structure and policy-making procedures.
  • Erick Renson of Number Resource Society said: " Number Resource Society training has already provided tremendous value for our members, and we're excited to continue improving the experience for our members and resource members alike with new training sessions across Africa.
  • The Number Resource Society training is designed to fill a gap left by failures in in pan-African internet governance.

UN privacy rapporteur to join Australian Privacy Awareness Week 2016

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Monday, October 31, 2022
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= UN privacy rapporteur to join Australian Privacy Awareness Week 2016 =

Key Points: 
  • = UN privacy rapporteur to join Australian Privacy Awareness Week 2016 =
    Acting Australian Information Commissioner, Timothy Pilgrim, announced today that this years Privacy Awareness Week will take on an international perspective, with the first visit to Australia by the United Nations Special Rapporteur for Privacy, Professor Joseph (Joe) Cannataci.
  • Privacy Awareness Week will be held from Sunday 15 to Saturday 21 May this year.
  • The week promotes awareness and discussion with business, government agencies and the broader community on how to protect and respect the privacy rights of Australian citizens.
  • Mr Pilgrim described the UN Rapporteurs involvement this year as being important for furthering privacy awareness and debate on a range of domestic and international privacy issues in Australia.
  • His work has already increased attention and debate on privacy rights, particularly in a digital context, and I know his involvement will elevate this years Privacy Awareness Week events and discussions.
  • Professor Cannataci confirmed he would be the key speaker at the OAICs annual Privacy Awareness Business Breakfast, to be held on May 16 in Sydney, and that other Privacy Awareness Week engagements were being developed in conjunction with his office.
  • I am delighted to accept the kind invitation of Commissioner Pilgrim to visit Australia, especially during Privacy Awareness Week.
  • *Media contact: *Alison Wares 0407 663 968 [email protected] Privacy Awareness Week is an annual initiative of the Asia Pacific Privacy Authorities (APPA) forum.

CORRECTION FROM SOURCE: Edgemont Increases Non-Brokered Private Placement to $703,500

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Monday, June 21, 2021
E-G8 Forum, Group of Eight, Internet governance, Edgemont, New York, Private placement

This news release corrects the issuance price for the units (of the news release disseminated on June 21st, 2021).

Key Points: 
  • This news release corrects the issuance price for the units (of the news release disseminated on June 21st, 2021).
  • It should have been $0.335 not $0.0335
    Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - June 21, 2021) - Edgemont Gold Corp. (CSE: EDGM) (FSE: EG8) has increased the non-brokered private placement of 2,000,000 flow through units announced on June 3, 2021 to 2,100,000 flow through units at $0.335 per unit for gross proceeds of $703,500.
  • The proceeds of this private placement will be used to extend the drill program scheduled this summer at Edgemont's Dungate copper/gold porphyry project near Houston.
  • Common shares comprising part of the Units issued under this private placement will qualify as flow through shares under the Income Tax Act (Canada).

Edgemont Increases Non-Brokered Private Placement to $703,500

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Monday, June 21, 2021
E-G8 Forum, Group of Eight, Internet governance, Dungate, Edgemont, New York

Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - June 21, 2021) - Edgemont Gold Corp. (CSE: EDGM) (FSE: EG8) has increased the non-brokered private placement of 2,000,000 flow through units announced on June 3, 2021 to 2,100,000 flow through units at $0.0335 per unit for gross proceeds of $703,500.

Key Points: 
  • Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - June 21, 2021) - Edgemont Gold Corp. (CSE: EDGM) (FSE: EG8) has increased the non-brokered private placement of 2,000,000 flow through units announced on June 3, 2021 to 2,100,000 flow through units at $0.0335 per unit for gross proceeds of $703,500.
  • The proceeds of this private placement will be used to extend the drill program scheduled this summer at Edgemont's Dungate copper/gold porphyry project near Houston, B.C.
  • Common shares comprising part of the Units issued under this private placement will qualify as flow through shares under the Income Tax Act (Canada).
  • Having acquired an interest in its initial claims at Dungate in 2018, the Company now holds five mineral tenures covering 1,582.2 hectares that can be explored year-round by all-season roads.

Unstoppable Domains Announces $100 Million+ Airdrop and 8 New Top-level Domain Names

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Tuesday, June 15, 2021
Articles, Cryptocurrencies, Technology, Computing, Internet governance, Domain Name System, Blockchain, Domain name, Airdrop

SAN FRANCISCO, June 15, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --Blockchain domain name provider Unstoppable Domains , the leading blockchain domain registry, today announced a $100M+ airdrop and the upcoming launch of 8 new top-level domain names.

Key Points: 
  • SAN FRANCISCO, June 15, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --Blockchain domain name provider Unstoppable Domains , the leading blockchain domain registry, today announced a $100M+ airdrop and the upcoming launch of 8 new top-level domain names.
  • In addition to the original .crypto and .zil, Unstoppable Domains now offers a total of 10 blockchain-based domain names that represent different communities and interests on the decentralized web or Web3.
  • Based on user feedback and community input over the past few years, Unstoppable Domains added these new domain names that offer more user choice:
    The eight new domains include:
    .blockchain for blockchain evangelists.
  • Each of these domain names comes with the Unstoppable Domains promise -- users who buy them will own them forever with no renewal fees.

Premium Domain Name Asset "Meme.com" Sold for $1.25 Million

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Tuesday, June 15, 2021
Domain name, Identifiers, Domain Name System, Internet governance, Online advertising

ATLANTA, June 15, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --The domain name "Meme.com" has been sold in a private, confidential transaction for US $1,250,000.

Key Points: 
  • ATLANTA, June 15, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --The domain name "Meme.com" has been sold in a private, confidential transaction for US $1,250,000.
  • Domain Names are the most valuable business assets of the digital age serving as both virtual real estate and corporate brand.
  • The Meme.com domain has been registered and in use by the original registrant since 1996.
  • "The seller had the foresight to maintain the domain asset and trusted the process allowing us time to find the right buyer at the right time.

XYZ releases new .Homes, .Autos, .Motorcycles, .Boats, and .Yachts domains

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Monday, June 14, 2021
Identifiers, Domain Name System, Internet governance, Written communication, .xyz, XYZ, Top-level domain, Maria Bartiromo, Domain name, Television

The premium and standard domain names release kicks off the registry's rebranding and 60-80% price decrease of the TLDs, acquired by XYZ earlier this year.

Key Points: 
  • The premium and standard domain names release kicks off the registry's rebranding and 60-80% price decrease of the TLDs, acquired by XYZ earlier this year.
  • The release is jam-packed with highly brandable and keyword-rich domain names perfect for any business or individual to build their online presence.
  • Businesses and professionals that serve the hot housing market can now use domains like ForSale.Homes, Alex.Homes, and TuscanyDecor.Homes.
  • Learn more about XYZ on Fox Business News with Maria Bartiromo and Wired , or at www.gen.xyz .

Internet Has 363.5 Million Domain Name Registrations at the End of the First Quarter of 2021

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Thursday, June 3, 2021
Software, Technology, Internet, Security, Domain Name System, Internet, Generic top-level domains, Information technology, Internet governance, .net, Public records, Domain name, .com, Verisign, Domain name speculation, Domain tasting

The .com and .net TLDs had a combined increase of 7.3 million domain name registrations, or 4.6%, year over year.

Key Points: 
  • The .com and .net TLDs had a combined increase of 7.3 million domain name registrations, or 4.6%, year over year.
  • As of March 31, 2021, the .com domain name base totaled 154.6 million domain name registrations, and the .net domain name base totaled 13.4 million domain name registrations.
  • New .com and .net domain name registrations totaled 11.6 million at the end of the first quarter of 2021, compared to 10.0 million domain name registrations at the end of the first quarter of 2020.
  • Verisign, a global provider of domain name registry services and internet infrastructure, enables internet navigation for many of the worlds most recognized domain names.

Improve Email Deliverability and Secure Business Reputation with Essential Tools

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Wednesday, May 12, 2021
Spam filtering, Email authentication, Computer networking, Computing, Internet, Internet architecture, Internet governance, Sender Policy Framework, DMARC, eMail, Cold email

b'HOBOKEN, N.J., May 12, 2021 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ --A NYC area email deliverability expert discusses email deliverability tools in a new article on the eMazzanti Technologies website.

Key Points: 
  • b'HOBOKEN, N.J., May 12, 2021 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ --A NYC area email deliverability expert discusses email deliverability tools in a new article on the eMazzanti Technologies website.
  • "\nBelow are a few excerpts from the article, " Improve Email Deliverability and Secure Business Reputation with Essential Tools .
  • "\n"SPF (Sender Policy Framework) Your email administrator creates an SPF record specifying the IP addresses authorized to send email from your domain.
  • "\n"Combining DMARC compliance with monitoring helps to preserve your company reputation while improving email deliverability.

UNR Sells 20+ Top Level Domains for More than $40 Million

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Wednesday, May 5, 2021
Domain Name System, Top-level domains, Internet, Identifiers, Internet governance, Web hosting, Generic top-level domain, GoDaddy, Country code top-level domain, Domain name

Following its April 28-30 auction event, the company has announced gross receipts of more than $40 million USD for its 20+ TLDs.\nTop Level Domains are owned by the largest companies in the world, including Google, Amazon, GoDaddy, and Microsoft.

Key Points: 
  • Following its April 28-30 auction event, the company has announced gross receipts of more than $40 million USD for its 20+ TLDs.\nTop Level Domains are owned by the largest companies in the world, including Google, Amazon, GoDaddy, and Microsoft.
  • Now they are owned by people and companies like you.
  • UNR is especially proud to have been bold enough to help make this type of event a possibility for the entrepreneurs and dreamers of tomorrow.
  • "\nThe move to sell its Top Level Domain portfolio allows UNR to focus on its growing registry services division and IP rights protection technology, which already supports numerous third-party gTLDs and ccTLDs.