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Afilias Chairman Jonathan Robinson Wins ICANN’s 2016 Leadership Award at ICANN 57
Nov 07, 2016

Robinson’s contribution recognized a second time!

Hyderabad, Telangana, India – November 05, 2016 – Afilias, a leading domain registry operator, congratulates Jonathan Robinson, Executive Chairman of Afilias’ Board of Directors, on receiving the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) 2016 Leadership Award for his contributions to the ICANN and broader internet community.

Airpush Chooses DeviceAtlas to Provide Device Awareness to Mobile Ad Network
Aug 15, 2016

Partnership enables device targeting in line with RTB standard

Afilias Acquires Premium TLDs .ARCHI, .BIO and .SKI
Aug 08, 2016

DUBLIN – August 08, 2016 - Afilias, a leading domain registry operator, is pleased toannounce the acquisition of StartingDot, the Registry Operator for 3 new TLDs: .ARCHI, .BIO and .SKI.  The acquisition agreement is part of Afilias’ ongoing program of acquiring new TLDs to add to its portfolio. StartingDot’s TLDs are a good fit with other Afilias TLD’s such as .ORGANIC, .GREEN, .BLUE, and .PRO.

StartingDot brands being acquired by...

Bots and Crawlers May Represent up to 50% of Web Traffic
May 12, 2016

DeviceAtlas Releases Q1 Mobile Web Intelligence Report

Dublin – May 12, 2016 – DeviceAtlas, a leading supplier of intelligence on mobile devices, today released its quarterly Mobile Web Intelligence Report for Q1 2016, which analyzes mobile device traffic to hundreds of thousands of websites around the world.  

This quarter’s report focuses on the level of non-human generated traffic,...

Afilias Relaunches .GREEN Domain
Apr 22, 2016

Dedicated to Green Initiatives, Products, and Services

New .PROMO Domain Sunrise Period Begins Today
Apr 14, 2016

Public Landrush Period Opens May 17

DUBLIN – April 14, 2016 - Afilias, a leading domain registry operatorannounces that the Sunrise Period for the new “dot PROMO” or .PROMO top level domain is now open for eligible trademark holders only.
.PROMO is the best Internet address for websites that feature special promotions providing value or incentives to deal conscious shoppers.

Sales of New .PET Domain in Top 10% of New TLDs!
Mar 02, 2016

Pet Enthusiasts Adopting .PET Domain

Pet Lovers Unite - New .PET Domain Available to the Public
Feb 23, 2016

.PET Public General Availability: February 23, 2016

DUBLIN, IRELAND – February 23, 2016 – Afilias, a leading domain registry operator,today announced public availability for the new “dot PET” or .PET top level domain; .PET is now open for everyone! If you are a pet lover, rescuer, or business that offers services or products for pets, then.PET is the best Internet address for you.

The .PET...

DeviceAtlas Brings Device Awareness To HAProxy
Feb 01, 2016

Leading Video Ad Network DynAdmic first to launch with the service

DUBLIN, February 01, 2016 – DeviceAtlas®, the market leader for device detection software, today announced the immediate availability of its device detection capabilities within HAProxy, the world’s most widely used load balancing and proxying solution.

New .BET Domain Sunrise Period Begins Today
Jan 05, 2016
Public Landrush Period Opens February 8