*See update at bottom of page, which announces beta release of First Assault by Nexon. FirstAssaultGame.com has been registered by a currently unknown CSC Corporate Domains client using generic whois data currently. Does this mean that the Star Wars game, First Assault may be back in the works? Doing some research, here are some findings: According to StarWars.Wikia.com : “Star … [Read more...]
Did Premium 2 Letter Domain Name TN.com Sell?
This morning, the premium 2 letter .com domain name TN.com has transferred out of domain name registrar Fabulous.com to GoDaddy.com. This movement can indicate a domain name has sold. What we know. Back in 2011, whois records showed the domain name was owned by Vertical Axis, Inc. The domain name has been under whois privacy ever since but the domain has been using Mark.com name servers … [Read more...]
Apple Inc. Registers Several New iSurvey Domain Names
Apple Inc. may have something new to announce sometime soon? Maybe on September 9, 2015 at the Apple event we may hear a new "i" term, iSurvey? Well the above is speculation but it's backed up by some solid facts! Apple Inc. has registered the domain names: AppleiSurvey.com and AppleiSurveys.com! They continued with protection domain registrations Apple-iSurvey.com, Apple-iSurveys.com and … [Read more...]
Apple Inc. Registers 4 .org “Apple News” Domains 87 Days AFTER Announcing It’s News App
On June 8, 2015 Apple Inc. announced a new "News" app that will be included in the fall release of iOS 9, that is powered by Apple News Format™. Fast forward to today, September 2, 2015 and Apple Inc. registers the following domain names with MarkMonitor: AppleNewsFormat.org AppleNewsPublisher.org News-Publisher.org NewsPublisher.org All .org domain names. The domain name … [Read more...]
FireHost Rebrands As Armor After Purchasing The Domain Name Armor.com
On August 23, 2015 I had detected that the domain names Armor.com and Armour.com had likely sold and questioned if Under Armour may have purchased the domains from the past owner, Chris Poor who had owned them since they were created back in 1995. Well, a company by the brand name of FireHost sent out a press release yesterday, August 31, 2015 announcing a rebrand to Armor and revealed they … [Read more...]
Google’s Domain Buying Spree Continues With ABCAlphabet.com & Alphabet.kr
Google Inc. continues it's onslaught of buying and registering domain names relating to its announcement on August 10, 2015 of it's new holding company, Alphabet Inc. So much talk has been behind the ABC.xyz domain acquisition, yet Alphabet Inc. has been on a domain buying spree every since buying many other domain names related to "ABC" and "Alphabet". I’m not sure how much Google has … [Read more...]
Apple Is Going Head to Head with iHeart Music Festival With Apple Music Fest: Domain Regs Say So
Is Apple planning on going head to head with Clear Channel's iHeartRadio.com which has its music festival called iHeart Radio Music Festival? Well, Apple Inc. registered 11 new domain names relating to a Music Festival on August 4, 2015. Those new domain names are: AppleiTunesMusicFestival.com, AppleMusicConcert.com, AppleMusicConcerts.com, AppleMusicEvents.com, AppleMusicFest.com, … [Read more...]