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  • What is the development impact of .Africa and other changes in the online world?

    Washington DC | By on July 31, 2012 | Comments Off on What is the development impact of .Africa and other changes in the online world?

    Recently, ICANN, the organization that controls the Internet naming system, made it possible for groups to apply for new gTLDs (names to the right of the dot, like .com, .org and .edu). Nearly 2000 applications were submitted, from business ideas (like .shop and .app) to causes (.green) to the only slightly bizarre .sucks. Still, after…