domain names - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Thu, 28 Jun 2012 00:05:40 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg domain names - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Religious groups vie for Internet domain names https://cathnews.co.nz/2012/06/29/religious-groups-vie-internet-domain-names/ Thu, 28 Jun 2012 19:30:48 +0000 http://cathnews.co.nz/?p=28513 Religious groups have long vied for prime parcels of land, planting churches on town squares and monasteries amid remote mountains. But now they're targeting real estate in a less tangible sphere: cyberspace. For the first time in its history, the international nonprofit that doles out generic Internet domain names such as ".com" and ".edu" will Read more

Religious groups vie for Internet domain names... Read more]]> Religious groups have long vied for prime parcels of land, planting churches on town squares and monasteries amid remote mountains. But now they're targeting real estate in a less tangible sphere: cyberspace.

For the first time in its history, the international nonprofit that doles out generic Internet domain names such as ".com" and ".edu" will allow more specific web address extensions like ".church".

Hundreds of companies, Internet entrepreneurs and cities submitted nearly 2,000 applications, seeking the right to own everything from .app to .zulu, the Britain-based International Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers announced.

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