30 Fun Facts About .ORG
Mitre Corporation, a research and development center sponsored by the United States federal government, was the first .ORG domain name to be registered in July 1985. (http://www.domainforum.us/t45-facts-about-org)
The term “WorldWideWeb” was coined in 1990 by Tim Berners-Lee and…
Reaching for New Heights and Global Impact
Working internationally not only offers a chance to expand branding efforts, but it’s also an opportunity to learn – about the customs, local businesses, and the people across international borders. Our team is grateful to have this opportunity to travel …
Happening This Week: ResellerClub HostingCon India
We’re excited to be back in India for this year’s ResellerClub event that will be taking place in partnership with HostingCon –- this time in Mumbai!
For those who haven’t had a chance to attend previously, this event focuses primarily …
Continuing to Work in the Public Interest
Written by Don Blumental, Senior Policy Advisor
The new gTLD program is one of the most significant developments in the history of the domain name system and Public Interest Registry is doing its part. We’ve already launched Cyrillic, Hindi and …
Connecting Up, Down Under!
Calling all NGOs and nonprofits! Are you going to ConnectingUp? Our team is heading to Gold Coast, Queensland in Australia next week take part in the conference, and we would love to see you see there!
Learn about the …
Turn Down for What?! SXSW, Here We Come!
Headed to SXSW? We’d love to see you there!
We are Public Interest Registry, the operator of the .org domain, and we will be heading down to Austin for our second appearance at the annual festival. We’ve got some great …
Reflection on UBM’s Business4Better
Last week, UBM held its 4th annual Business4Better event in London. This two-day conference is part of the company’s Community Engagement Series, which was founded in Brazil in 2009 and now also takes place in India and the United …
CEO Brian Cute on Computerwoche: A Facebook for NGOs
Brian Cute, CEO of Public Interest Registry, recently sat down with Simon Hülsbömer of Computerwoche.de in Germany to discuss the 1400+ new generic top level domains (gTLDs) coming to the Internet. Public Interest Registry is the longstanding operator of the …
1,400 New Domain Names Are Coming. What Does It Mean For You?
Original Source: SimplyZesty
Written by Lauren Fisher, 10 Jun 2013
As we prepare for the release of 1,400 new domain extensions such as .book, .music to .sport, the Public Internet Registry (PIR) is also focusing on specific domains for the …
