You are all already familiar with the concept of a top-level domain, or TLD. It’s the extension at the end of a web address, such as .com, .net, .org or .biz, to name a few. Now, ICANN, the organization that oversees these domains and allows or disallows new ones, has for the first time approved and will roll out TLDs in other languages. I can’t write them out since they are in languages such as Arabic, Russian, and Chinese, so I will instead point you to this article at the BBC which does a very good job of explaining it.

Other large companies also applied for new TLDs, both Amazon and Google want .music of course, but Google also applied for the mysterious and enigmatic .boo. I’m intrigued…

Now, you may wonder why ICANN has the authority to do this, who made them boss? That’s a valid question, and I will fill you in when we talk about in class!