London will shortly be one of Europe’s first cities to get its own top level domain after .london was approved by the Internet’s naming body.

Dot London & Partners, a government-funded promotional group that will operate the .london domain name, said on Friday that the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, (ICANN), had given .london the go-ahead. London-based businesses can apply for addresses ending in .london from spring 2014 and the addresses will go live in summer, it said… (Wall Street Journal)