May 2014・Industry Insight
New gTLDs – The way forward
Tucows President and CEO Elliot Noss talks to Antony Van Couvering about new gTLDs, trends, speculation, brand protection and internet governance. View Video Here
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Heartbleed and SSL certificates
We have spoken to our technical support teams from all of our SSL vendors in regards to this issue and if your server runs the version of OpenSSL that is being affected by this bug (OpenSSL 1.0.1 through 1.0.1f), there are potential vulnerabilities. The first step is to have your servers patched with the new […]
February 2014・Industry Insight
Mass surveillance – The Day We Fight Back
Being able to conduct our private online affairs privately is important. If you don’t need any further convincing, jump down to find out why online privacy matters to us, what we’re doing to help protect it and how you can help. Perhaps our opening statement seems weird and anachronistic, seeing as we live in a […]
February 2014・Better your business, Industry Insight
CIRA’s community investment program
The Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) has recently launched a new Community Investment Program designed to provide funding to community groups, not-for-profits, and academic institutions for projects that enhance the internet for the benefit of all Canadians. If you are pursuing an interesting initiative that requires funding you can apply to have your initiative considered. When […]
November 2013・Industry Insight
New ICANN working group could have big impact on WHOIS privacy services
As we have detailed in previous posts, the 2013 Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA), which is the formal contract between ICANN and registrars, contains a number of new provisions around selling and managing domain names. One important component which has not garnered much attention thus far, however, has to do with WHOIS privacy and proxy services. […]
October 2013・Industry Insight
Recommendations for securing names in new gTLDs
Last week’s post regarding pre-registration resonated with a lot of readers, and it also sparked a conversation internally about where pre-registration fits in the bigger picture. We ultimately boiled it down to the needs and intentions of registrants, and some recommendations on what you can do as a reseller. What pre-registrations really are What is […]
September 2013・Industry Insight
The hype of preregistration – don’t be fooled
The upcoming launch of new gTLDs has lots of people excited, but there is also a lot of confusion and misperceptions going around. Pre-registration in particular is causing a lot of headaches as it introduces an unofficial step in the process; in reality its just a marketing ploy. The Trademark Clearinghouse is the one and […]
September 2013・Industry Insight
Getting ready for new TLDs and new rules
If you buy or sell domain names, you’ve probably heard about the upcoming launch of new TLDs. By the middle of next year, we will likely be awash in new extensions ranging from .abudhabi to .webcam. It will be the biggest, most exciting change to the Internet in over a decade. At Tucows HQ, we […]
August 2013・Domain Names, Industry Insight
Verisign celebrates 15 million .net registrations
Congratulations are in order as Verisign announced .net has surpassed 15 million registrations, putting it in fourth place behind .com. With more than 110 million .com domains registered, .net is proving itself to be a great alternative that works on a global scale. 15 Facts about .net:
June 2013・Industry Insight
Why your clients need to know about the Trademark Clearinghouse
You’ve heard us talk about new TLDs quite a bit in the recent past, and we promise that there’s even more to come. While the launch of the first new extension is probably still a few months away, there is one thing you should start talking about to your customers now – the Trademark Clearinghouse […]
