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GigaOM editors, GigaOM Pro analysts and top-notch industry speakers will lead a discussion on the next 12-18 months of mobile computing. We’ll debate the opportunities and challenges created by the mainstream cultural adoption of all-things-mobile.

Topics include:

The rise (and potential fall) of the app economy. Mobile apps are everywhere now, and people are even basing mobile device decisions on which platforms support particular apps, but will the app store survive as a business model?The tablet and other smart personal devices in the workplace. As lines between work life and personal life blur, enterprises may have to adjust their device and app support to keep employees happy.Location-based advertising. Location is considered the Holy Grail of advertising, but there are lots of hurdles to overcome when it comes to privacy, technology and business models/partnerships.Hardware beyond phones. Tablets are here, but what machine-to-machine (M2M) devices will we see powering vertical industries and creating opportunities for developers?

See the full speaker list here.

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Register Your .Brand Top Level Domain for $185,000

Ads by Google | Posted on 21/06/2011

ICANN has announced that now brands can register their own .brand generic top-level domains (gTLDs) for $185,000 and the process will start soon. This is the biggest change in the domain name system till now and will change the way we view domains and brands.

The current popular generic top level domains are limited like .com, .net, .org and many more. Applicants for their own .brand domains will need to pay $185,000 to process their application and if all goes as expected after a few long months of review, we might see many new gTLDs. Its expensive but its for a purpose so that only big brands will be able to afford it and protect their trademarks, while creating a unique web identity. You can read all the details in the gTLD Applicant Guidebook (.pdf)

Applications for new gTLDs will be accepted by ICANN from 12 January 2012 to 12 April 2012. I guess all brands will again be lining up to register their own trademarks and protect it from cybersquatters.

So the new domains might look like in this in near future …

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