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==Applicants==

==Applicants==

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>

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>

 

 

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>

==References==

==References==

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