Read The Entire Publication @ Observer - Trouble is afoot in the land of Internet domains. Specifically, in the land of “generic top-level-domains”—or as they are known by non-geeks, the letters that come after the dot. Retail giant Amazon has launched a bid to buy 76 new domains, including “.like” “.shop” “.author.” and the particularly contentious, “.pin.” These domains will not be made available to the wider public but will be specifically tied to Amazon, whose … [Read more...]

UProxx - The humble pin has been with us for at least four thousand years: The concept dates back to Sumerian times. The word itself has been in the English language for centuries. And now Pinterest apparently thinks it owns it. The dustup is happening because Amazon wants to buy the generic top-level domain (gTLD) “.pin”. Pinterest, however, happens to not approve: Among the reasons for Pinterest’s objections: Domain names on .pin would cause confusion and violate the trademarks that … [Read more...]