Tech press misses Google/Amazon name grab
The whole thing just stinks.<p>Look at the full list here: <a href="http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/program-status/application-results/strings-1200utc-13jun12-en?tag=mncol;txt" rel="nofollow">http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/program-status/application-resu...</a>.<p>Notice how 70 were applied for by "Top Level Domain Holdings Limited". Go to their website, and click management. <a href="http://www.tldh.org/management/" rel="nofollow">http://www.tldh.org/management/</a><p>The exe's bio says, "Prior to joining TLDH, Peter Dengate Thrush was Chairman of the Board of Directors of ICANN, and in that role led the process that resulted in the historic decision to launch the new gTLD program in June 2011."<p>1) Get on ICANN board of directors<p>2) Convince ICANN to create gTLDs<p>3) Quit ICANN and create a company to squat and resell gTLDs<p>4) Profit!