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Google Launches New .dev TLD (betanews.com)

Posted by msmash on from the for-what-it-is-worth dept.

Google Registry today announced .dev, a brand new top-level domain (TLD) that's dedicated to developers and technology. From a report: The new .dev TLD comes after the company launched .app and .page, all are protected by HTTPS. Google has already used the TLD for a few of its own projects, such as web.dev and opensource.dev, but now it is being opened up to a wider audience. If you are interested in securing yourself a .dev domain, you can register through the Early Access Program.

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  1. Staged Rollout by mprindle · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Looks like a staged roll-out with the highest prices for day 1 and decreasing from there. I'm guessing it's letting the ones with deep pockets pickup their preferred domain name while paying a large premium to do so. Godaddy has a pretty good layout of the pricing for each day till it reaching the standard of $14ish for the public.

    https://www.godaddy.com/tlds/d...

  2. Re:How can a company control a TLD? by Aqualung812 · · Score: 3, Interesting

    ICANN sold out in 2011. There are plenty of corporate owned TLDs now, and it sucks. Where have you been for the past 8 years?
    https://www.voanews.com/a/new-...

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