From October 12 to 16, 2014 the ICANN community held its quarterly meeting in the organisation’s hometown of Los Angeles. Luc, our legal eagle, swooped in to join the 2300+ participants who attended. On his return, he summarised what went on in two blog posts. Written in his usual inimitable style...

A couple of weeks back, ICANN kicked off discussions concerning a second round of new domain extensions. You can download the Draft Work Plan if you’d like to see the details but basically ICANN intend opening the second application period in 2018 (deadlines in the previous launch were a wee bit fluffy, so large pinch of salt is essential).

To celebrate the launch of our German website, we’ve lined up executives from the two main players in the German domain industry for an exclusive interview. Introducing Carsten Schiefner from DENIC, the registry behind .DE, the ccTLD for Germany. With over 15 million registrations it's the most popular ccTLD. And we have Dirk Krischenowski from dotBERLIN, the registry behind .BERLIN, the feisty challenger and second most registered new domain extension.

In March 2015, the .CH registry in Switzerland (SWITCH) will end its role as registrar and give its full attention to the operation of the registry. Customers owning .CH domain names will need to find a new registrar. Trying to find a new registrar can be a daunting prospect and we'd strongly recommend beginning the process now to avoid the possible chaos of this mass migration. EuroDNS is here to help by offering our advice and services.

We’re really excited about our new domain privacy feature, a cloaking device that hides your personal details online. When you register a domain name you’re asked to provide accurate contact details. Failing to do so or providing false information is deemed non-compliant, and could lead to the deletion of your domain name.

Registering a .LONDON domain name is a shout-out that London is your stomping ground and that you’re a part of this thriving metropolis. The Internet is overcrowded and it’s taking longer for users to find what they want. Searches for local businesses are frustrating and global searches are seemingly endless. This new extension waves a big red flag to the world saying, “Looking for me? Look no further, I’m in London.”