Facebook registers domains for something called “FB Origin”
This week, the social networking giant Facebook registered several domains for something called “FB Origin” ranging from dot-com to dot-biz.
On the same day the company held a media event where it unveiled 60 new apps that you can add to your timeline, Facebook registered fborigin.com, fborigin.net, fborigin.org, fborigin.biz, fborigin.info and even fborigin.co.uk.
The domains were registered through the brand protection company MarkMonitor.
I scoured through the list of new apps, looking for something with the name “Origin”, and didn’t find anything.
Though it’s only speculation at this time, with all these new domain registrations, it appears Facebook has plans to launch a new product or service called “Origin” to go along with its other services like Timeline.
At the time of this story, none of the domains resolve to a web page.
Discussion: Techmeme, @RobinWauters, ZDNet (blog), All Facebook, Inside Facebook, Marketing Land and Ubergizmo
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