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Lucasfilm registers slew of domains for Star Wars Alliance, Bothan Spies, Order 67, Star Wars Rebels, many more
It was announced this week, that Electronic Arts and The Walt Disney Company signed a multi-year video game agreement which allows them to create Star Wars games. Now Lucasfilm, which was acquired by Disney last year, has registered a slew of new domain names that include titles like: Star Wars Alliance, Star Wars Rebels, Star Wars Wolf Pack, … [Continue reading...]
Electronic Arts registers domains for Battlefield 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, and 20
Call it defensive or call it long-term planning, but Electronic Arts has gone out and registered dot-com domains for Battlefield 13 all the way through Battlefield 20. On May 2, EA registered each of the names through the brand protection agency Corporation Service Company (CSC), adding to its ever-growing collection of Battlefield-related web … [Continue reading...]
Beware: Fake ‘Call of Duty: Ghosts’ beta websites already springing up online
Another new video game announcement, and with it comes the scammers. Activision officially revealed Call of Duty: Ghosts this week, and now a number of fake beta websites are already online promising unsuspecting users free beta keys to the game. Not only do the sites use the game's artwork, but the operators of these websites use domain … [Continue reading...]
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Video Games
Lucasfilm registers slew of domains for Star Wars Alliance, Bothan Spies, Order 67, Star Wars Rebels, many more
It was announced this week, that Electronic Arts and The Walt Disney Company signed a multi-year video game agreement which … [Read More...]
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Movies
Lucasfilm gets DarthVader.com domain, decades after first Star Wars movie
Darth Vader was introduced in 1977 when the first of the Star Wars films was released. Now, more than 35 years later, … [Read More...]
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Technology
Salesforce starts redirecting $2.6MM domain social.com to its Salesforce Marketing Cloud site [UPDATED]
After acquiring the domain name social.com nearly two years ago, Salesforce.com is finally putting it to use. Earlier today, the cloud computing company began redirecting the name to its Salesforce Marketing Cloud website, located at www.salesforcemarketingcloud.com. The purchase of … [Read More...]
Facebook acquires the domain name Instachecker dot-com
According to WHOIS records, Facebook is now the owner of the domain Instachecker.com. Facebook acquired the name through the internet brand protection company MarkMonitor. Considering the word "insta" in the domain, instachecker likely has something to do with Instagram, the online … [Read More...]
Twitter files dispute over Twitter.org, domain being used for scam surveys
Twitter has filed a complaint with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) over the domain name Twitter.org. Today, people who type Twitter.org into their internet browser are sent to a web page that looks confusingly similar to the popular microblogging site. A landing page appears … [Read More...]
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