It's not just in domain names where the keywords meta and metaverse are in hot demand. The New York Times did a piece today on Thea-Mai Baumann, an Australian artist and technologist. The lady has been @metaverse on Instagram since 2012. She was locked out of her account for a bit as she was improperly labeled as an impostor. She got the account back, but it had to be an anxious time for her while … [Read more...]
The meta registrations won’t quit and someone went Meta Crazy on Facebook names
This meta registration craze continues to gather momentum. Back on October 11 I did a post taking a look behind the keyword Meta. Some incredible sales have fueled speculation, like MetaXR.com for $60,000, Metapayments.co at $53,450 that one was 9 days old. MetaDating.net was registered at Dynadot two weeks ago and sold for $35,000 at Sedo. metaavatars.net. The name was 122 days old when it … [Read more...]
The Novi domain registrations start pouring in
Yesterday it was announced that Facebook was rebranding the name of their digital wallet Calibra which is tied to their Libra digital currencies. The name was inspired by the Latin words “novus” and “via,” which mean “new” and “way,” respectively. Yes I did say "currencies" as The Verge points out "Although Facebook initially said that there would be a single Libra coin pegged to a … [Read more...]
Facebook Is Giving Away $100M Free Ad Credits. Apply Now
Facebook is giving away$100M Free Ad Credits. Larry Kim detailed how to do apply along with some tools to get started with Facebook ads. Facebook says it will accept up to 30,000 eligible small businesses in more than 30 countries to receive the grant. To be eligible to apply, a business must meet these requirements: Be a for-profit companyHave between 2 and 50 employeesHave been in … [Read more...]
Facebook launches Hobbi and at least a couple domain owners hope it’s a success
Facebook through their NPE Team has launched what many are calling a Pinterest like app. Facebook has been launching new consumer-focused apps under the developer name “NPE Team, from Facebook.” Whale was one such app that was created to make memes. That app has apparently already shutdown. Hobbi.com is owned by a gentleman in Malaysia and currently does not resolve. Apparently a domain … [Read more...]
Facebook going after hosts of hacking sites
CNET published an article about Facebook taking action against OnlineNIC and ID Shield. They are not filing UDRP's but rather copyright lawsuits. They are requesting a $100,000 payment for damages for each domain name, totaling to at least $2 million. From the article: Facebook wants to take down sites like "HackingFacebook.net" and "iiinstagram.com," which allegedly offer hacking tools … [Read more...]
every major US payment processor has exited the Libra association
As we covered here a few times over the last few weeks, Facebook is having all kinds of problems with it's partners in Libra. Paypal dropped out and now the rest of the U.S. payment processing companies have dropped out. TheVerge wrote: The first to ditch Libra was Paypal, which withdrew on October 4th. Then, over the course of a few hours on October 11th, Visa, Mastercard, Stripe and … [Read more...]