Many in the West are still dumbfounded that QR codes are a thing. Well, heads-up, the humble QR code as you know it is being disrupted. At least that’s according to Visualead, an Israel-based startup ...

You may be familiar with some of the shortest internet domains used by major companies, such as m.me and fb.me from Facebook (Meta) and Twitter's t.co URL shortener. But, it's possible for live domain ...

Likewise, if Google had gotten its way, http://blog would direct web surfers to a user-specified blogging platform, while http://cloud would have done the same for ...

Google's request for dotless top-level Internet domains have received a resounding 'no' from the Internet Architecture Board (IAB), and now ICANN has also rejected the tech giant's desires. The ...

A bid to save you even more time when you're trying to hit up your favorite sites on the Web has officially been quashed by the Internet overlords. We're speaking, of course, about the recent decision ...

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has decided to ban the use of dotless domain names. In a resolution issued earlier this week, the non-profit organization defined ...

It’s well known that Google’s competitors aren’t keen on it getting hold of the .search top-level domain. But the company has outlined a new plan which would make use of the string as a dotless domain ...

The organization in charge of a major overhaul of Internet addresses passes a resolution prohibiting so-called dotless domain names. Desiree DeNunzio is the gift guide editor for CNET's Commerce team.

Google’s chances of obtaining the “http://search” domain name are shrinking after several committees affiliated with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names ...