On June 29, 2015 I had reported the domain name Hum.com had been acquired by a company going by the name of "1877 Holdings LLC" according to whois records. That same company filed an image mark and word mark. The word mark is for an OBD product / service and bares the name of: Hum I have discovered a little bit more information and this has lead me to believe that Verizon Telematics may be the … [Read more...]
BlackBerry Limited Registers Android Domain Names
BlackBerry Limited registered two domain names that are interesting: AndroidSecured.com |.net This is interesting because it was recently rumored that a new BlackBerry phone would run the Android operating system. Since “Android” is a registered trademark of Google Inc. this may be a solid clue that BlackBerry and Google have come to terms for a BlackBerry phone to run Android? An article on … [Read more...]
Domain Movers: Nen.com, Helium.com, Plaza.com And More Domains
In today's installment of Domain Movers where I detect domain names that have been newly registered, acquired or simply moving for one reason or another, mainly all by large companies. As always, these are often very early detections and can lead into future brands, products, services, advertising campaigns and much more. We heavily rely on the whois system to provide accurate data but we can … [Read more...]
Domain Movers: Poker.net, Benders.com And More Domains
Domain Movers is a series where I detect recent domain name movements, mainly all by large companies. These include domain name registrations, domain name acquisitions and domain names simply moving for one reason or another. My main source is the whois database on these changes and whois doesn't always reveal the exact or whole story so I try to back things up with other means but whois … [Read more...]
CentralNic Sells $1 Million Dollars In “Domains” Was It GB.com?
Early this morning CentralNic published an press release Press Release saying they had sold $1 Million dollars in unidentified domain names and would be using will use the cash to buy more premium web domain names. In the release CentralNic says they own around 20,000 premium domain names that they started acquiring in the 2nd half of 2014. This morning the domain name GB.com, which they … [Read more...]
Domain Movers: Hum.com, Orlando.com and More Domains
Welcome to the latest round of Domain Movers where I detect domain names on the move that have been recently registered or acquired. The majority of these are by large companies and would often go unreported otherwise. These are often very early discoveries and most lead to a new brand, product, service and more. Here are my latest findings: Time Inc. has registered the domain name … [Read more...]
Domain Movers: C9.com, BRRR.com and More Domains
Domain Movers is a series where we highlight newly registered, purchased and domain names that are simply moving for one reason or another, mainly all by large companies. These are often early discoveries. Lets get going with today's list of domain name movers: Google Inc. registered several new domain names, starting off with GoogleChromeStick.com (Google has Chromecast which is a “stick”) … [Read more...]