News and rumors with the help of domains
Activision, which is a known client of the internet brand protection company MarkMonitor, has apparently gone on a small buying spree for "Skylanders Giants" domain names, hinting that a new game is in the works. On January 19, the video game company that released Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure … [Read more...]
Facebook announced dozens of new apps for its Timeline feature this past week, and now it looks like another app to help users tell their story may be on the way. This is merely speculation at this point, but it appears a top brand has privately registered the domains timelinemoviemaker.com … [Read more...]
Sony Pictures appears to be working on a new film based on Bram Stoker's Dracula novel called "Van Helsing and Dracula" or "Dracula and Van Helsing". This week, Sony Pictures registered a slew of domain names through the brand protection company MarkMonitor that revealed the movie's … [Read more...]
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, … [Read more...]
With the 2012 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) now in the rear-view mirror, it's the Mobile World Congress taking place in Barcelona in February where Samsung is expected to unveil its newest smart phones. The company's latest trademarks may offer some clues as to the names of the … [Read more...]
Apple has secured the dot-xxx adult domain SteveJobs.xxx (Whois), preventing anyone else from using the name of the company's late co-founder. This week, Apple officially took control of the domain through the registrar Corporation Service Company (CSC), a company that helps protect many of … [Read more...]
Last summer DotWeekly wrote about the domain name FantasyIsland.com selling in a Go Daddy expired domain auction for $22,005 USD. The first comment made by a reader of the article was that the purchase was a waste of money. "What a waste of money IMO. That purchase makes no sense unless you … [Read more...]
Back in December there was talk of Verizon planning its own Netflix competitor and even talk of the company making a very "serious bid" to acquire Netflix. While nothing is official yet on either front, Verizon did shell out a few bucks this week to buy up some online real estate related to … [Read more...]
Since early August when a Treyarch employee was caught playing a game titled "Iron Wolf" on the Xbox 360, rumors of the next Call of Duty series being called "Iron Wolf" or "Project Iron Wolf" have been swirling on the internet. A fake website located at ironwolfproject.com, likely setup by a … [Read more...]
Eddie Vedder, the lead singer of the alternative rock band Pearl Jam, wants the web address eddievedder.com. A complaint (WIPO Case Number: D2012-0035) was filed this week with the World Intellectual Property Organization over the domain name. What's interesting about this case is … [Read more...]
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