20 Years of BlackBerry
It was Waterloo’s claim to fame in the digital world. In January of 1999, the company known formerly as Research In Motion (RIM) introduced the…
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Global Survey results reveal growing distrust in internet media
The Canadian Press reports that a recent global survey has revealed that 90% of respondents have reported being fooled by a false news report at…
What was the first .ca domain?
We all take the .ca domain for granted now to represent Canadian content on the internet, but what was the very first one? How did…
Digital Literacy In The 21st Century Internet
For more than a decade, CIRA has partnered with MediaSmarts, Canada’s center for digital media literacy, to ensure Canadians remain informed consumers of the internet.…
TBR List Fun!
The TBR list is a list of domains that are released on a weekly basis as part of a special session following the end of…
Beware similar domains when booking travel online
A survey by McAfee indicated that 18% of respondents had been scammed or nearly scammed when booking a vacation online. An integral part of these…
Beware malicious emails impersonating ICANN
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has issued an alert that they are receiving notifications of phishing scam emails from “sales@icann.org.” This…
Be aware of phishing attacks close to big shopping days
Amazon’s Prime Day sales have recently concluded, and represented a particularly one of the biggest shopping days of the year. However, both it and other…
Ongoing discussions of ICANN’s Multistakeholder Model
ICANN obtained critical feedback from a pair of recent webinars, offering critical contributions to the status of the ICANN Multistakeholder Model. An upcoming webinar will…
Interim Registration Data Policy for gTLDs
ICANN has recently released a new Consensus Policy for gTLD registries and Registrars. A summary of the policy is available on their website.