Back in February, Jamie from DotWeekly.com reported that Tucow's YummyNames.com had sold Mixer.com to an unknown MarkMonitor client. That client is confirmed today to be Microsoft. Microsoft is rebranding Beam, Microsoft’s answer to Twitch and YouTube Gaming. Microsoft also purchased Mixer.tv. The company announced the rebranding today, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJwnLdAfl3o … [Read more...]
World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) Acquires WWE.XYZ From The Registry With 4 More .XYZ Domains
World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) registered WWE.xyz yesterday along with WorldWrestlingEntertainment.xyz. According to DomainTools.com, it's the first time those two domain name have been registered. In the case of WWE.xyz since it was first registered yesterday, that can only mean that the XYZ registry had it on its reserved list but never "registered" the domain since all available … [Read more...]
Google Acquires Debug.com
Google has acquired the domain name Debug.com The domain name was parked and under privacy at Uniregistry. The domain sold back in November 11, 2006 for $15K and again for $17,000 2 1/2 years later in April 2009. The domain name is now owned by Google under Corporate Registrar MarkMonitor.com … [Read more...]
MarkMonitor: Infographic The Top 20 New gTLD’s With Most Registrations by Brands
Brand protection and corporate domain name registrar Mark Monitor published an Infographic on The Top 20 New gTLD's that have the Most Defensive Brands Registrations The infographic is entitled "Navigating the World of New gTLDs" and lays out the top 20 most registered domain names in the new domain name extensions (New gTLD's) by "Brands" (Trademark holders) Here is the top 20: (Note … [Read more...]
Snapchat Rebrands to Snap; Acquired Snap.com Back in June; Spectacles.com in May
Snapchat has rebranded to Snap, Inc. It appears the domain name Snap.com was acquired back in June 2016 when the domain moved over to the corporate domain registrar and brand protection company MarkMonitor.com Snapchat's Twitter handle has changed to @Snap as well. Snap also announced a new product called Spectacles which are a set of $130 sunglasses that sport an integrated video camera … [Read more...]
Domain Registrations Point To a Downton Abbey Attraction At Universal Studios
Domain registrations by NBC Universal Media, LLC yesterday indicate some sort of attraction maybe coming to Universal Studio Parks based on the television show Downton Abbey. Here are the domain names registered through corporate domain registrar … [Read more...]
Domain Registrations By Sony Indicate Movie Maybe Coming on Puff Daddy
Several domain name registrations made by Sony yesterday, through corporate domain registrar and brand manager Mark Monitor, indicate a movie my be in the works about Sean Combs a/k/a Puff Daddy. At the moment Puff Daddy has been touring with the "Bad Boy Family Reunion 2016" Bad Boy Records, is a division of Sony Music and has released Cd's by The Notorious B.I.G., Faith Evans, 112, Total, … [Read more...]