.TIROL Top-Level Domain

According to this press release, there is an applicant for .TIROL domain names. Back-end registry provider is the Austrian Registry for .AT country code Top-Level Domain.

.STOCKHOLM Top-Level Domain

According to this article after, the city of Stockholm is applying for its domain name extension.

Read the article here (in Swedish).

.YELLOW Top-Level Domain

DotYellow PTY LTD Australia plans to apply for the .YELLOW Top-Level Domain.

"The concept of a yellow listings book is commonly associated in both English-speaking and non-English speaking countries to indicate a Business Directory."

More here.

.INC .CORP and .LLC Top-Level Domains coming

According to a post from DomainIncite, a company named Dot Registry LLC would apply for 3 trings:

1. .INC
2. .CORP
3. .LLC

Read post here.

.ONLINE new gTLD project(s)

A ".online REGISTRY" Community Trademark, a web site promoting .online domain names. These are signs there may be more than one potential applicant.

Also: http://www.dot-online.info/

.DIFFICULT new gTLD (IDN)

Yes...according to this web site, there seem to be an applicant a project for an IDN for a .DIFFICULT generic Top-Level Domain as an IDN.

Can we expect a www.icann.困难 coming ?

Source: http://internetregistry.info

Nb: I am not quite sure about what the other IDN mean, it could be "hello" or "help". Maybe this is another Easter egg.

First batch for applications in competition

ICANN is pretty clear regarding string contention: " In the event that more than one organization applies for the same or similar top-level domain, all applications for those contending strings will be placed into the earliest batch designated".

Many strings listed on the famous and up-to-date Registries.tel new gTLD alphabetical directory (:-) can now be sure they will be selected in the first batch. Some more have been added below in the list according to rumors. These applications may take up to 20 months to be validated by ICANN. Some of these strings could be:

• .AFRICA;
• .BAYERN;
• .BERLIN;
• .FILM;
• .FREE;
• .GAME;
• .HEALTH;
• .HOTEL;
• .MED;
• .MUSIC;
• .NYC;
• .PARIS;
• .RADIO;
• .RESTAURANT;
• .SCOT;
• .SHOP,
• .SKI;
• .SPORT;
• .SURF;
• .TOKYO;
• .VEGAS;
• .WEB;
• .WINE.

Source: ICANN (read down the page).

New gTLDs reveal day set to April 30th

List of official new gTLD projects will be announced on April the 30 according to recent ICANN announcement.

Read the announcement here.