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“Serious concern” over new ICANN policy group proposals
Brand owners drafting a response to the recommended “mandatory” adoption of trademark protection proposals for the new generic top level domains (gTLDs) have broadly welcomed the latest development but “serious concerns” remain.
The report of the Special Trademarks Issues (STI) team, a working group created by ICANN’s Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO), details the consensus reached [...]
China gives first response to Google threat
Google’s China staff fear they may lose their jobs
China has said that foreign internet firms are welcome to do business there “according to the law”.
The statement, from Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu, is Beijing’s first response to Google’s threat to stop filtering content in China.
Google said cyber-attacks originating in China aimed at rights [...]
Security experts say Google cyber-attack was routine
Google has about 700 staff in its China offices
The cyber-attack that made Google consider pulling out of China was run of the mill, say security experts.
Google revealed its move following attempts to hack Gmail accounts of human rights activists.
The search giant said analysis showed that the series of attacks originated from inside China.
“This [...]
Improve Your Website with Google’s Webmaster Central Tools
As a website owner, one of your top priorities is going to be getting your site indexed and ranked by Google. People perform over 235 million searches a day with Google, so the potential to receive significant traffic from this search engine should be enough for you to invest the time to make sure it’s [...]
German Justice Minister Likens Google To “Giant Monopoly”
Germany’s justice minister is less than happy about the direction Google’s headed. Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger thinks the search giant may become a monopoly, and she’s not of a mind to sit by while that happens behind closed doors.
Germany has often posed something of a problem for Google. It never won the right to the name “Gmail” [...]
Five Social Media Predictions for 2010
Do you think the evolution of social media defies prediction? The truth is, social media’s explosion in 2009 shares common traits with general business trends and the growth of the Internet itself.
For entrepreneurs, global brand teams, and key players in mission-driven organizations, heeding the signs of what’s ahead becomes the difference between survival and extinction. [...]
Adobe Positioned in Visionaries Quadrant for Mobile Consumer Application Platforms
Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced it has been placed in the Visionaries Quadrant in Gartner, Inc’s Mobile Consumer Application Platform Magic Quadrant report published Dec. 3, 2009.
“We believe our position in the Visionaries quadrant is a result of our work and commitment to seamlessly deliver expressive Web applications, content and video across multiple mobile [...]
How Not to Develop Public Policy
Some of ICANN’s current proceedings on the introduction of new generic top level domains (gTLDs) provide a case study on how not to develop public policy. In particular, the Rights Protection Mechanism proceedings, with serious implications for trademark owners, have followed a course that does not correspond to the ideal of ICANN’s bottom-up, consensus-based processes [...]