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− | Tech giants [[Google]] and [[Amazon]] applied to serve as registry operator for the .drive domain name space.
| + | # [[Google]] ([[Charleston Road Registry Inc.]]), which applied for a total of 101 new gTLDs. Sarah Falvey, Senior Policy Analyst of Google is the main contact person in the application. <ref>[http://www.prweb.com/releases/2012/6/prweb9603479.htm Online Marketing Firm fishbat Inc., Breaks Down the ICANN gTLD Announcement]</ref> |
| + | # [[Amazon]], which submitted 76 gTLD applications total.<ref>[http://www.thebookseller.com/news/amazon-could-own-book-domains-grabs.html Amazon could own .book as domains up for grabs]</ref> |
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− | Google applied for the string under the company name [[Charleston Road Registry Inc.]], which applied for a total of 101 new gTLDs. Sarah Falvey, Senior Policy Analyst of Google is the main contact person in the application. <ref>[http://www.prweb.com/releases/2012/6/prweb9603479.htm Online Marketing Firm fishbat Inc., Breaks Down the ICANN gTLD Announcement]</ref>
| + | Amazon and Google are competing for a total of 21 domain name strings.<ref>[http://domainnamewire.com/2012/06/13/google-amazon-tld/ Google and Amazon compete on 21 new top level domain applications]</ref> |
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− | On the other hand, Amazon's application for the string was filed by its office in Lixembourg. The company submitted 76 gTLD applications. <ref>[http://www.thebookseller.com/news/amazon-could-own-book-domains-grabs.html Amazon could own .book as domains up for grabs]</ref>
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