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T-Mobile registers 4G Turbo domains

TMobile4GTurbo.com WHOIS record

On November 17, T-Mobile registered a slew of ‘4G Turbo’ domain names through the interent brand protection company MarkMonitor.

The domains ranged from .com to .biz and included domains like 4gturbo.org and Tmobile4GTurbo.com.

As is often the practice by large companies that use MarkMonitor, the names were registered to DNstination Inc., the WHOIS privacy service provided by MarkMonitor.  Given MarkMonitor’s purpose to provide brand protection services to more than half the Fortune 100 companies, it’s safe to say these names belong to T-Mobile.

Here’s a look at several of the names that were registered.

4gturbo.biz
4gturbo.org
4gturbo.us
t-mobile4gturbo.com
t-mobile4gturbo.net
t-mobile4gturbo.biz
t-mobile4gturbo.org
t-mobile4gturbo.us
tmobile4gturbo.com
tmobile4gturbo.net
tmobile4gturbo.biz
tmobile4gturbo.org
tmobile4gturbo.us

T-Mobile launched their 4G Mobile HotSpot device last April and also recently introduced the T-Mobile Sonic 4G Mobile HotSpot. 

It’s unknown whether the T-Mobile 4G Turbo will be a new hotspot device or a separate add-on for its existing devices.

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Ubisoft registers MotionSports Adrenaline Urban Jungle domain names

Motion Sports Adrenaline: Urban Jungle

Ubisoft released ‘Motion Sports Adrenaline’ in late October on the Kinect for the Xbox 360.  The video game lets players participate in extreme events like wingsuit, rock climing and other dangerous activities.

Now it looks like Ubisoft might have downloadable content planned for MotionSports Adrenaline that could be available soon based on two recent domain registrations made by the company.

On November 17, Ubisoft registered the domains motionsportsadrenalineurbanjungle.com and motionsports-adrenaline-urban-jungle.com.

At the time of this story going online, neither of the domain names resolve to a web page. 

Based on the title alone, one would guess that it could involve activities like stunt biking or street rollerblading.

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Bingcubator.com: Is Microsoft creating a new incubator for ideas on search?

bingcubator

Microsoft is always trying to gain more of the search market share, and with competitors like Google and Yahoo!, it may be turning to a broader audience to find new technologies to incorporate into its own search engine.

So is Microsoft planning to launch an incubator focused on Bing like it has done with its DevLabs?

It appears Microsoft has tried to quietly register the domain names Bingcubator.com and Bingcubator.net through the internet brand protection company MarkMonitor.

Although the actual owner’s name is hidden, both domain names were registered on November 15th to DNstination Inc., the WHOIS privacy service provided by MarkMonitor.  But you can guarantee the names are owned by Microsoft, as Microsoft is a client of MarkMonitor and its own Bing.com is registered with the company. 

While it’s speculation, an incubator that connects Microsoft with developers who want to see their ideas integrated with the search engine, seems like a very good possibility.

In mid October, Microsoft launched Bing Booster, aimed at helping startups.  Now it looks like the program could be expanding with Bingcubator.

It’s also possible that Bingcubator could be an entirely separate program, that sends a clear message to its competition that it wants any and all developers (not just startups) to help the company innovate its search engine technology.

At the time of this story, neither Bingcubator.com nor Bingcubator.net resolve to a web page.

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Google registers 1HourPerSecond.com

One hour per second

This week Google registered the domain name 1hourpersecond.com and the same name with the number spelled out: Onehourpersecond.com. 

At the time of this story, neither domain name resolves to a web page.

“One hour per second” may be a reference to time-lapse photography.  Wikipedia describes it as, “a cinematography technique whereby the frequency at which film frames are captured (the frame rate) is much lower than that which will be used to play the sequence back. When replayed at normal speed, time appears to be moving faster and thus lapsing.”

Both domain names were registered for the first time on November 12, 2011, through the internet brand protection company MarkMonitor.

The names sound interesting, but it’s unknown what Google intends to do with the names. 

An Android app? A photo site? 

Google registers new domains all the time, some that turn out to be web sites like Howtogomo.com and GoogleforVeterans.com, and others like GoogleParadox.com which to date, turn out to be nothing more than a defensive registration. 

Discussion: Search Engine Land

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Myspace Radio? Social networking service Myspace wants the domain

Justin Timberlake

It looks like the next chapter of Myspace, which is owned by Specific Media LLC and pop star Justin Timberlake, could be more of a focus on social radio, as competitors like Facebook do the same.  In September, Myxer Social Radio integrated with Facebook.  The service allows friends to listen to the same music in real time. 

It’s been a couple of years since Myspace has filed a complaint over a domain name – but it looks like the company’s legal team is dusting off their ‘domain dispute’ skills. 

This week, the social networking service filed a complaint (Case Number 1414953) over the domain Myspaceradio.com with the National Arbitration Forum.

Myspace has an excellent track record of winning domain disputes and the company should have no problem winning ownership of the domain from its current owner, who apparently tried to sell the domain on Flippa, a marketplace for buying and selling domains and websites.

While Myspace could have big plans for ‘Myspace Radio’, it’s also possible the complaint is nothing more than a defensive move as part of the company’s intellectual property strategy.

[Update 2 on December 21, 2011:  The domain name myspaceradio.com has been ordered transferred to MySpace.  The decision was published online today.]

[Update 1 on December 19, 2011:  It’s official.  MySpace has announced details of its MySpace Radio service.  The domain name still doesn’t belong to MySpace, as a decision hasn’t been handed down by the National Arbitration Forum as of yet.]

(Photo of Justin Timberlake arriving at the 2007 Golden Globes via flickr)