The naming convention for websites is about to change, with a thousand new first level domains enabling brands to replace .com with their own name.
It’s not just brand names, there will be an opportunity to register for new generic names too — like .music, or .law.
After many years preparation, the change was ratified late last month by ICANN, the international body that looks after how domain names are organised. Chris Disspain, an ICANN board member, as well CEO of the .au domain administrator, talks about the changes in this episode of BTalk.
Who can apply for one of these new top level domains? What sort of restrictions apply? Chris explains the whole process, which could see these new first level domains operational in a little over a year’s time.
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There’s life in the old copper yet
Copper is showing itself to be more resilient than many would have you believe. So can it be ignored in plans for the NBN?
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US GDP was better than it looks
Friday 30th July 2021
Markets have had a chance to absorb the dovish sentiment from the Fed yesterday and take stock of mixed data overnight. On the surface US GDP numbers looked weaker than anticipated, but a chunk of that was influenced by lower inventory and trade numbers. NAB’s Gavin Friend explains how consumption and investment was actually much higher than anticipated. He says we can expect a strong GDP read for the Euro are later today, where vaccine levels are picking up. Markets have also been soothed from conciliatory messages from China regarding overseas investors. The Aussie dollar showed slower growth on the back of a weaker US dollar, as the question remains, how long will the Sydney lockdown really last?
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We’ve got it all wrong on the role of tax
Why tax levels should be more to do with the government controlling the level of inflation in the economy and less to do with raising revenue to pay for their own expenses.
