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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'><br><div>INTERNET IN AFRICA<br><div dir="ltr"><br>Internet Corporation President: “Africa will not wait”<br><a href="http://www.itnewsafrica.com/2013/03/internet-corporation-president-africa-will-not-wait/" target="_blank">http://www.itnewsafrica.com/2013/03/internet-corporation-president-africa-will-not-wait/</a><br><br><br><a class="ecxl" href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=icann&source=newssearch&cd=2&cad=rja&ved=0CDAQqQIoADAB&url=http://blogs.ft.com/beyond-brics/2013/03/12/icann-lets-register-africa/&ei=hZdAUfjdMsKR7Abl94CQDw&usg=AFQjCNFs6G-8g59lvcX-al_hdeO28gB9Qg" target="_blank">ICANN : let's register Africa</a><br>http://blogs.ft.com/beyond-brics/2013/03/12/icann-lets-register-africa/<br><br><br>African domain-name registrars have mixed reaction to ICANN push<br><a href="http://www.itworld.com/internet/347952/african-domain-name-registrars-have-mixed-reaction-icann-push" target="_blank">http://www.itworld.com/internet/347952/african-domain-name-registrars-have-mixed-reaction-icann-push</a><br><br><br><a href="http://www.circleid.com/posts/20130311_ibca_called_for_inclusion_of_african_businesses_at_icann/" class="ecxblue" target="_blank">IBCA Called for Inclusion of African Businesses at ICANN Africa Strategy Meeting in Addis Abeba</a><br>http://www.circleid.com/posts/20130311_ibca_called_for_inclusion_of_african_businesses_at_icann/<br><br><br>How To Build A Multi Million Dollar Online Business In Nigeria<br><a href="http://www.ventures-africa.com/2013/03/how-to-build-a-multi-million-dollar-online-business-in-nigeria/" target="_blank">http://www.ventures-africa.com/2013/03/how-to-build-a-multi-million-dollar-online-business-in-nigeria/</a><br><br><br>ITU Put World’s Households Internet Connection To 41% By The End Of 2013<br><a href="http://www.spyghana.com/itu-put-worlds-households-internet-connection-to-41-by-the-end-of-2013/" target="_blank">http://www.spyghana.com/itu-put-worlds-households-internet-connection-to-41-by-the-end-of-2013/</a><br><br><br>Fast reliable internet coming to the Middle East and Africa<br><a href="http://gulfnews.com/business/technology/fast-reliable-internet-coming-to-the-middle-east-and-africa-1.1157394" target="_blank">http://gulfnews.com/business/technology/fast-reliable-internet-coming-to-the-middle-east-and-africa-1.1157394</a><br><br><br>How Africa's new tech cities could change the continent's IT landscape*<br><a href="http://www.zdnet.com/how-africas-new-tech-cities-could-change-the-continents-it-landscape-7000012469/" target="_blank">http://www.zdnet.com/how-africas-new-tech-cities-could-change-the-continents-it-landscape-7000012469/</a><br><br><br>Africa’s capacity for cloud services increasing<br>http://www.itnewsafrica.com/2013/03/africas-capacity-for-cloud-services-increasing/<br><br><br>Africa or bust: tapping into a continent’s tech potential [SXSW]<br><a href="http://memeburn.com/2013/03/africa-or-bust-tapping-into-a-continents-tech-potential-sxsw/" target="_blank">http://memeburn.com/2013/03/africa-or-bust-tapping-into-a-continents-tech-potential-sxsw/</a><br><br><br>Rwanda: More Companies Adopt .rw Domain<br><a href="http://allafrica.com/stories/201303130088.html" target="_blank">http://allafrica.com/stories/201303130088.html</a><br><br><br><a href="http://www.afriquejet.com/201303133584/Senegal-Undersea-cables-drive-broadband-growth-create-opportunities.html" target="_blank">Senegal: Undersea cables drive broadband growth, create opportunities</a><br>http://www.afriquejet.com/201303133584/Senegal-Undersea-cables-drive-broadband-growth-create-opportunities.html<br><br>More news<br>http://allafrica.com/ict/?aa_source=main-nav-t3<br><br><br>DOMAIN NAME<br><br>Here’s the biggest issue facing the domain market in 2013 <br>http://domainnamewire.com/2013/03/13/heres-the-biggest-issue-facing-the-domain-market-in-2013/<br><br><br>ICANN sets guidelines for responsible DNS bug disclosure<br>http://www.zdnet.com/icann-sets-guidelines-for-responsible-dns-bug-disclosure-7000012439/<br><br><br>New internet domain names create web of confusion<br><a href="http://www.ciol.com/ciol/news/185150/new-internet-domain-names-create-web-confusion" target="_blank">http://www.ciol.com/ciol/news/185150/new-internet-domain-names-create-web-confusio</a>n<br><br><br>ICANN's Trademark Clearinghouse will not account for 'typosquatting', says expert<br><a href="http://www.out-law.com/en/articles/2013/march/icanns-trademark-clearinghouse-will-not-account-for-typosquatting-says-expert/" target="_blank">http://www.out-law.com/en/articles/2013/march/icanns-trademark-clearinghouse-will-not-account-for-typosquatting-says-expert/</a><br><br><br>ICANN Denies Financial Assistance For 2 New gTLD’s & Their Applications Fail<br><a href="http://www.thedomains.com/2013/03/13/icann-denies-financial-assistance-for-2-new-gtlds-their-applications-fail/comment-page-1/" target="_blank">http://www.thedomains.com/2013/03/13/icann-denies-financial-assistance-for-2-new-gtlds-their-applications-fail/comment-page-1/</a><br><span><br><br>ICANN Domain Expansion Means More Work to Protect Brands Online</span><br>http://www.ctlawtribune.com/PubArticleCT.jsp?id=1202591707100&ICANN_Domain_Expansion_Means_More_Work_to_Protect_Brands_Online&slreturn=20130213112927<br><br><br><a href="http://www.circleid.com/posts/20130311_icann_new_gtld_program_swot_analysis_opportunities_part_3/" class="ecxblue" target="_blank">ICANN New gTLD Program SWOT Analysis: OPPORTUNITIES (Part 3)</a><br>http://www.circleid.com/posts/20130311_icann_new_gtld_program_swot_analysis_opportunities_part_3/<br><br><br>Should Amazon.com be allowed to control new domain names, like ".book" and ".author?"<br>http://online.wsj.com/community/groups/question-day-229/topics/should-amazoncom-allowed-control-new<br><br><br>Google and Amazon's gTLDs plans meet opposition from book giants<br><a href="http://www.v3.co.uk/v3-uk/news/2253919/google-and-amazons-gtlds-plans-meet-opposition-from-book-giants" target="_blank">http://www.v3.co.uk/v3-uk/news/2253919/google-and-amazons-gtlds-plans-meet-opposition-from-book-giants</a><br><br><br>Amazon’s quest for domain names raises hackles<br><a href="http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/bulletin/amazons-quest-for-domain-names-raises-hackles/14521" target="_blank">http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/bulletin/amazons-quest-for-domain-names-raises-hackles/14521</a><br><br><br>Publishers not happy with Amazon’s efforts to claim .book domain name<br><a href="http://arstechnica.com/business/2013/03/publishers-not-happy-with-amazons-efforts-to-claim-books-domain-name/" target="_blank">http://arstechnica.com/business/2013/03/publishers-not-happy-with-amazons-efforts-to-claim-books-domain-name/</a><br><br><br>P&G found guilty of 'reverse domain name hijacking'<br><a href="http://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/morning_call/2013/03/pg-found-guilty-of-reverse-domain.html" target="_blank">http://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/morning_call/2013/03/pg-found-guilty-of-reverse-domain.html</a><br><br><br>Lawsuit filed to halt UrbanHome.com transfer after UDRP decision <br><a href="http://domainnamewire.com/2013/03/12/lawsuit-filed-to-halt-urbanhome-com-transfer-after-udrp-decision/" target="_blank">http://domainnamewire.com/2013/03/12/lawsuit-filed-to-halt-urbanhome-com-transfer-after-udrp-decision/</a><br><br><br>Orbitz Loses UDRP On Orbbitz.com & The Domain Holder Didn’t Even Respond<br><a href="http://www.thedomains.com/2013/03/12/orbitz-loses-udrp-on-orbbitz-com-the-domain-holder-didnt-even-respond/" target="_blank">http://www.thedomains.com/2013/03/12/orbitz-loses-udrp-on-orbbitz-com-the-domain-holder-didnt-even-respond/</a><br><br><br>So much opposition to a closed .cloud, yet none of these companies bought Cloud.com? <br><a href="http://domainnamewire.com/2013/03/11/so-much-opposition-to-a-closed-cloud-yet-none-of-these-companies-bought-cloud-com/" target="_blank">http://domainnamewire.com/2013/03/11/so-much-opposition-to-a-closed-cloud-yet-none-of-these-companies-bought-cloud-com/</a><br><br><br><br>INTERNET REGULATION<br><br><br>ITU continues push for controversial telecom regulations<br><a href="http://www.commsday.com/latest-news/itu-continues-push-for-controversial-telecom-regulations" target="_blank">http://www.commsday.com/latest-news/itu-continues-push-for-controversial-telecom-regulations</a><br><br><br>France Proposes New Rules for Internet Equal Access<br><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/13/technology/france-proposes-new-rules-for-internet-equal-access.html?pagewanted=all" target="_blank">http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/13/technology/france-proposes-new-rules-for-internet-equal-access.html?pagewanted=all</a><br><br><br>CISPA 2013: U.S. Needs Better Rules to Regulate the Internet
<br>http://www.policymic.com/articles/29288/cispa-2013-u-s-needs-better-rules-to-regulate-the-internet<br><br><br>China's new internet backbone explained: verified sources, IPv6 at the core
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