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Tebow Takes New York reality show? Brand Protection Co. registers domains

Tebow Takes New York

Tebow Takes New York

While Tim Tebow won’t be starring in the ABC reality series “The Bachelor”, the NFL quarterback who is headed to the New York Jets could have another reality show lined up, according to several private domain name registrations through the brand protection company MarkMonitor.

On March 21, names like TebowTakesNewYork.com (Whois) and TebowTakesNYC.com (Whois) were registered by MarkMonitor, who counts among its clients E Entertainment Television which broadcasts Kourtney and Kim Take New York. 

E!’s own EOnline.com is registered through MarkMonitor.

While this is all speculation, Tim Tebow is going Hollywood and has signed with talent agency William Morris Endeavor, the agency confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter.

Other domain names also on the list of registrations include: tebowtakesnewyork.net, tebowtakesny.com, tebowtakesny.net, and tebowtakesnyc.net.

(Image of Tim Tebow hanging out with Bono at U2 Concert via TimTebow.com)

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Is Activision launching a blog? Game publisher registers ActivisionNews.com

Activision Blizzard logo

Activision Blizzard logo

Could Activision be launching its own blog sometime in the near future? 

It very well could be according to a recent domain registration by Mary Tuck, Activision’s legal counsel.  On March 19, the company registered the domain name ActivisionNews.com (Whois) through the internet brand protection company MarkMonitor.

While Activision already has a Press Releases section on its website and its social media manager Dan Amrich runs a blog called One of Swords that covers Activision happenings, unlike some of its competitors such as Electronic Arts, Activision has no company branded blog that covers anything and everything Activision.

Of course, ActivisionNews.com may be nothing more than a defensive registration, so I guess we’ll have to wait and see if anything turns up online.

As of today, ActivisionNews.com does not resolve to a web page.

Discussion: Joystiq

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Google was buyer of Wallet.com domain

Wallet.com Whois

Wallet.com Whois

Back in June 2011, DotWeekly editor Jamie Zoch spotted a change in the Whois records of the domain name Wallet.com.  Jamie speculated that either Zynga or Google was the buyer of the domain, which was privately registered making it difficult to know the owner’s identity.

As of today, the buyer is no longer a secret, thanks to another change in the Whois records. 

Whois Privacy was removed this week from Wallet.com revealing Google Inc. as the official owner, who paid an undisclosed amount of money for the name.

When you type wallet.com into your browser, you are taken to google.com. 

In May 2011, Google announced Google Wallet, a mobile app that allows users to make their phone a virtual wallet.  The web address for the site is <www.google.com/wallet>.

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Middle-earth Enterprises registers Legends of Middle Earth game domains

Legends of Middle Earth game

Could another video game based upon J. R. R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth literary writings be released?

Well, according to three new domain registrations by Middle-earth Enterprises (a division of The Saul Zaentz Company), a new game called “Legends of Middle Earth” may be in the works.

On March 12, The Saul Zaentz Company registered LegendsofMiddleEarthgame.com (Whois), LOMgame.com (Whois), and LOMEgame.com (Whois).

At the time of this story going online, none of the domains resolve to a web page.

Discussion: GameSpot and HardGamers

(Image of Lord of the Rings Battle for Middle Earth 2 Rise of the Witch King via EA.com)

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Facebook takes control of FaceSounds dot-com, dot-info domain names

facesounds.com whois

Facebook Inc. has taken control of FaceSounds.com, which at one time offered a free search toolbar add-on to users wanting to change their Facebook chat sounds. 

A quick search on the internet turned up many unhappy users who said FaceSounds spammed their friends.

Previously owned by a resident of Tel Aviv, the Whois information for FaceSounds.com and FaceSounds.info was updated this week and now reflects Facebook, Inc. as the owner of both domains.

It’s unknown how Facebook went about acquiring the names or whether the company has any plans, but at the time of this story, neither domain resolves to a web page. 

My guess is that this is nothing more than Facebook protecting its IP rights.

Discussion: AllFacebook