New TLD, IDN gTLD, .BRAND - ICANN Expert Consulting - Top-Level Domain Name Strategy: ICANN gTLD TAS Account - New TLD Application Services - Writing - Submission - Management ================================================================================ Constantine Roussos on 15/04/2012 21:05:00 MyTLD has added a new product offering to complement its new gTLD Application Services. Prospective applicants that have missed the 29th of March, 2012 deadline to apply for a TAS account that would enable them to submit a gTLD application can now receive the following bundled services and products from MyTLD: (i) gTLD application writing and submission (ii) TAS account for the gTLD application (iii) Newly formed company corresponding to the TAS account Role of influencers and media in ICANN’s TLD global awareness campaign: How ICANN can create a strong value proposition with new Top-Level Domain extensions to benefit the Internet ================================================================================ constantine on 07/09/2011 23:20:00 What is the role of influencers and the media in ICANN’s TLD global awareness campaign? How ICANN can create a strong value proposition with new TLD extensions to benefit Internet users? Value of new Top-Level Domains: How Facebook's .EDU TLD trusted social network strategy dethroned Myspace ================================================================================ constantine on 31/08/2011 02:50:00 What was Facebook’s most disruptive killer strategy to dethrone Myspace and become one of the most dominant players on the Internet? Some credit Facebook’s success on their superior platform, tools, options and apps, while others blame Myspace’s demise on their lack of innovation, corporate culture and focus on serving advertisers rather than their members after their acquisition by Newscorp. However, the most overlooked secret ingredient to Facebook’s success is no other than a top-level domain extension. ICANN, the New gTLD Program, and Our Responsibility for the Internet ================================================================================ Tina Dam on 03/08/2011 06:37:00 Together we have a responsibility to make the introduction of new gTLDs a positive experience for Internet users. We need to avoid letting the first round of new gTLDs, starting early 2012, be filled with lawsuits, auctions, and general bad behavior. This is no way to instill trust and confidence in Internet users today and the next generation to come. What can we do to make this radical and historic change of the Internet go well... Los Angeles Times: Business Front-Page Article on Constantine Roussos, the value of .MUSIC (dotMusic) community TLD and ICANN new gTLD Launch ================================================================================ constantine on 21/07/2011 02:48:00 Constantine Roussos of MyTLD was featured on the front page of the Los Angeles Times business section. He discusses the benefits of .MUSIC and how creating an Industry Standard for official music websites representing verified artists, music companies and industry will increase trust, security and authentic engagement with music consumers leading to legitimate sales. Free IDN TLD Training for ICANN IDN Top-Level Domain Name Applicants ================================================================================ Tina Dam on 24/06/2011 06:56:00 MyTLD announces free IDN training sessions for IDN TLD applicants in need. ICANN Director Tina Dam CNN Video Interview with Richard Quest on the Internationalized Domain Name (IDN ccTLD) Launch ================================================================================ tina on 05/03/2011 03:12:00 Billboard Magazine: How the .MUSIC Domain Extension will save the Music Industry by MyTLD's Constantine Roussos ================================================================================ constantine on 05/03/2011 02:16:00 The Internet has truly democratized the manner that music is delivered and consumed with a click of a button. It has leveled the playing field but at the expense of chaos, decentralization and inconsistency. My core vision behind the .MUSIC (dotMusic) Top-Level Domain (TLD) was to solve the inefficiencies that the Internet has created through innovation. My definition of disruptive innovation is bringing together two seemingly unrelated industries together and connect the dots to create shared value and a difference that matters. Organizing the music industry on the web can only be accomplished by utilizing the root of the Internet Domain Name System (DNS). Not only does a .MUSIC Top-Level Domain bring consistency, organization and centralization, it also assures ownership and control still remains in the hands of the music industry. Washington Post: Front-Page Article on MyTLD's Constantine Roussos, the .MUSIC Domain Extension and New gTLDs ================================================================================ constantine on 05/03/2011 02:31:00 Washington Post front-page article by Ian Shapira: MyTLD's Constantine Roussos envisions .MUSIC as the industry's trusted inventory of Web sites operated by musicians, managers, studios, promoters, composers and so on. For example, only artists with verifiable professional identities could create sites such as queen.music or pink.music. How to Make IDN gTLDs Attractive & Safe in ICANN's New Internationalized Domain Name TLD Program ================================================================================ Tina Dam on 11/03/2011 07:15:00 The primary focus of this article post / blog is to illustrate that the ICANN new gTLD Applicant Guidebook is not supplying sufficient protection