[AfrICANN-discuss] Web review May 22, 2014

[Mamadou LO]

INTERNET GOVERNANCE

EU urges U.S. to move faster to end Internet monopoly
http://www.courant.com/business/sns-rt-us-eu-internet-20140521,0,2949215.story

ICANN says Verisign should stay in charge of root zone
http://domainincite.com/16698-icann-says-verisign-should-stay-in-charge-of-root-zone

ICANN Releases Roadmap, Timeline for Future Management of Internet
http://pctechmag.com/2014/05/icann-releases-roadmap-timeline-for-future-management-of-internet/

Brazil Should Mediate Assange's Diplomatic Impasse
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/natalia-viana/brazil-julian-assange_b_5368096.html

DOMAIN NAME

Blow for Amazon as ‘.brand’ gTLD application shot down
http://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/daily/Detail.aspx?g=03f8709f-c394-4f8f-a5a5-bfe35b480863

Melbourne beats Sydney in pursuit of new generic top level domains
				
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/technology/melbourne-beats-sydney-in-pursuit-of-new-generic-top-level-domains/story-e6frgakx-1226927345748

.Foundation Gets 1,393 Registrations On Day-1; .Dance 881; .Exposed 746 .Democrat 535 Best-79
http://www.thedomains.com/2014/05/22/foundation-gets-1393-registrations-on-day-1-dance-881-exposed-746-democrat-535-best-79/

Internet Registry Operator, Famous Four Media Signs Its 100th Accredited Registrar
http://www.sys-con.com/node/3091190

INTERNET REGULATION

The Internet’s History Isn’t As “Open” As You Think
http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2014/05/21/net_neutrality_the_internet_s_history_isn_t_as_open_as_you_think.html?wpisrc=burger_bar

Creating a Connected World: ICT must be at the centre of the development agenda
http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_SPEECH-14-401_en.htm

Routing Resilience at LACNIC21
http://www.internetsociety.org/blog/tech-matters/2014/05/routing-resilience-lacnic21

AFRICAN INTERNET NEWS

Report: 300 million Africans live 50km from broadband networks
http://pctechmag.com/2014/05/report-300-million-africans-live-50km-from-broadband-networks/

Nigeria : Johnson  to Lead Talks at Internet Governance Forum
http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/johnson-to-lead-talks-at-internet-governance-forum/179111/

South Sudan: Helen Clark - Keynote Address At the High-Level Event 
of the General Assembly On the "Contributions of North-South, 
South-South, Triangular Co-Operation, and ICT for Development to the 
Implementation of the Post-2015 Agenda"
http://allafrica.com/stories/201405211604.html

African Union-sponsored gTLD suffers major setback
http://news.idg.no/cw/art.cfm?id=13F63948-C72B-FB0B-0A9D096CA46A4502

West Africa: Cyber-Financial Fraud Investigation Nets Numerous Arrests in South Africa, Canada, U.S.
http://allafrica.com/stories/201405211492.html

Women and ICT in Africa: A new digital gap
                
http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2014/05/women-ict-africa-new-digital-ga-201452210244121558.html






 		 	   		  
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