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G.me Domain Name Purchased By Google?

(May 19, 2012)

The single letter domain name G.me was reserved by the .me registry for several years but a recent change in whois has me thinking that a new owner is in the works! G.me moved from the .me registry to a generic whois contact information for brand protection company MarkMonitor. Google Inc. just so happens to [...]

Google Wins GooglePlay.com Domain Name

(May 18, 2012)

Back in March of this year, Google changed some things up and changed names of it "marketplace" for apps, games and music from Android Market to Google Play. One thing missing with the name change was the matching domain name GooglePlay.com as it was owned by somebody else already. Google filed a compliant with the [...]

MLB Acquires Athletics.com Domain Name

(May 17, 2012)

Major League Baseball has acquired the generic domain name Athletics.com according to whois records for an undisclosed sum. The "official site" of the Oakland Athletics resides at http://oakland.athletics.mlb.com/index.jsp?c_id=oak&sv=1 but it will be easier to visit the site directly, as MLB almost always does a redirect of the baseball teams matching name to its "official page" [...]

Apple Grabs iPhone5.com Domain Name

(May 15, 2012)

Apple Inc. has successfully obtained the iPhone5.com domain name through a WIPO claim they recently filed. The domain name is now registered under the brand protection company Corporation Service Company, which is a domain name registrar Apple has been using lately. I would expect the whois data to update to Apple Inc. shortly. It is [...]

Ford Goes Further With $10K Domain Purchase GoFurther.com

(May 7, 2012)

I have been taking a break lately and I’m still not sure if I will continue writing as much as I did but I will see. Anyway, Andrew over at DNW.com reported on May 2, 2012 that the domain name GoFurther.com had sold for $10,000 at Sedo to a Mark Monitor client…. well, that client [...]

Farmville 2 Coming Soon By Zynga? Domain Hints At It

(April 16, 2012)

Farmville lovers may get a old, new game to play pretty soon! Farmville 2 According to some recent changes with the domain name Farmville2.com, it would appear that Zynga is getting its ducks in a row to launch a second series of its super popular game Farmville. Farmville2.com was not owned by Zynga and was [...]

Vitt.com Expired Domain Auction, Joe Vitt Named Saints Head Coach

(April 12, 2012)

New Orleans Saints have named assistant coach Joe Vitt as the new interim head coach according to NFL.com and it just so happens that the domain name Vitt.com (his surname) is currently an expired domain name auction taking place! The no reserve auction ends on April 14, 2012 at about 4:22 pm Central Standard Time [...]

DomainGang Buys Domaining.com, Shuts It Down

(April 12, 2012)

After continued success of selling a gator to some French guy and gaining fast fame with the gang, DomainGang has eaten back his pray and purchased Domaining.com In the surprise twist nobody saw coming, the self portrait of "Mr. DG" is the only thing you will find upon visiting the once beloved Domaining.com! 100% not [...]

Google Launches “Project Glass” With G.co Shortner

(April 4, 2012)

Google launched these "heads-up display" type glasses under the project name, "Project Glass".. well who gives two shits about the glasses (I’m sure they are way off from market, reality, etc. otherwise they look cool), what did they do domain wise? They offered up this video to show off the glasses in action (i’m sure [...]

999.com Sells, Plus More Domain Movers

(April 3, 2012)

Based on whois records, the domain name 999.com has been sold via Sedo.com. I haven’t seen a published purchase price but if it was a public sale, I would expect it to be published by Sedo. The domain name is still in the transfer process so the new owner is not currently known. The average [...]

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