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May 25, 2020News

Google keeps .meet to itself

Schedule meetings through your own .meet domain name? Bump into the partner of your dreams online through a .meet site? Unfortunately, Google Registry puts a stop to this.

May 18, 2020Extensions in the spotlights

Short and sweet with .link and .click

There are lots of nice extensions you can get started with to ensure your domain name sticks. Have you ever thought of .link and .click? Discover whether these extensions are for you and register them extra cheaply.

May 15, 2020News

SSL certificates soon only valid for 1 year

A while ago, Safari (Apple’s browser) put a bomb under the validity of SSL certificates. From September 1st 2020, Safari will no longer accept SSL certificates with a validity of more than 1 year, issued after September 1st 2020.

May 14, 2020Extensions in the spotlights

Get started with .cyou

The sunrise for the .cyou extension will start on May 14, 2020. Do you want to position yourself as an innovative brand or creative thinker? Do you want to reach younger audiences in an original way? Then a domain name registration under .cyou is a step in the right direction.

April 28, 2020About us

Meet the bNamed team

The bNamed team, who are they? What do they do?

April 17, 2020Tips & Tricks

Avoid unpleasant surprises with the AdultBlock and AdultBlock+

Minds & Machines, the registry for amongst others .xxx, .adult, … introduces 2 new services, namely the AdultBlock and the AdultBlock+. These services offer owners of a registered trademark and a sunriseB .xxx name the opportunity to protect their name (and possible variations on this name) under .xxx, .porn, .sex and .adult.

February 28, 2020News

Coronavirus throws a spanner in the works

Because of Covid-19, better known as the Corona virus, ICANN (the umbrella organization for managing all gTLDs) decided to cancel its ICANN 67 meeting. This would normally have taken place from 7 to 12 March in Cancun. ICANN gave the following statement: “Each ICANN Public Meeting attracts thousands of attendees from more than 150 countries. […]

February 27, 2020News

General availability .ar postponed

Normally, the general availability for the .ar extension would have started. This means that as of today, anyone who wanted to register a domain name directly under .ar, would be able to do so. This general availability has now been postponed indefinitely. The reason for the delay is the payment problems that NIC.AR is currently […]

February 18, 2020News

.cy registrations are possible now

The Cypriot registry (nic.cy) has released the .cy extension. Registrations under .com.cy were already possible. And from now on it’s also possible to register domain names directly under .cy. Moreover, you no longer have to have a local address to be able to register a Cypriot domain name.

February 10, 2020News

.gay release starts this afternoon

It took a while but the release of .gay will officially start this afternoon. The .gay extension has everything to make it: short, powerful, clear and if you register a .gay name, you also do charity at the same time.