According to Inquisitr.com, Kayne West and Kim Kardashian have named their new baby Kaidence Donda West. The domain name KaidenceDondaWest.com was registered today under privacy at Godaddy.com and is parked at Bodis.com and for sale for just $100. Another publication mediatakeout.com, speculated the name of the baby was Klementine Star West noting that the domain names klementinewest.com … [Read more...]
Feds Seize 10 More Domain Names
Homeland Security seized 10 domain names today, however did not make any announcement yet about if it was part of an investigation. Many of the domain seemed to be registered back in June of last year and are coming up for renewal, and its uncertain whether the domains would have just dropped in a few days. By tomorrow all of these domains should have the familiar this domain has been … [Read more...]
If You Like XXX.com You Love The Dropping Domain: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.com
Can get enough XXX in your life? Well there is a 13 year old domain name dropping today: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.com Yes its the letter X 50 times over with a .com on the end. If you wondering, the .com domain name with 49 X's is also registered as is the .com domain name with 51 X's, so you will risk some brand confusion if you pick this one up. In case … [Read more...]
Florida DOT Forgets To Renew FDOTDocuments.com Which Is “Now Owned By Germans”
According to mdwcomm.com, the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) forgot to renew the domain name, FDOTDocuments.com, "which is featured on their new Toll-By-Plate billing mailers! and is now owned by Germans" Actually a company from Germany "DomCollect AG" which the author of the article describes as a company which "has a history of domain hijacking" is now the owner of the domain … [Read more...]
TechCrunch Covers Twitch.Tv Which Gets 35 Million Viewers a Month
TechCrunch.com covered the "E-sports streaming startup Twitch.TV this morning. The site according to TechCrunch "has already seen massive growth in its audience since launching to the public just about two years ago and gets "more than 35 million unique viewers a month, up from 20 million last September." In addition to its 35 million unique viewers, the startup also has more than 600,000 … [Read more...]
Upworthy.com Buys U.pw As URL Shortener
According to a post on the company blog, Upworthy.com which bills itself as "social media with a mission" that appeals to the The Daily Show" generation", has just bought the domain name U.pw to use at a URL shortener. The domain name U.pw was acquired from the .Pw registry for an undisclosed price. Prior to the acquisition of u.pw the company was using the domain name upwr.me for its … [Read more...]
Co-founder of PayPal Names His New Company Glow But Buys Glowing.com From Scott Day
Branding decisions are one of the most important a company can make so I was pretty surprised to read on Cnet.com, that one of the founders of PayPal.com Max Levchin, who also "sold a slide-sharing service to Google, helped start Yelp, and sits on Yahoo's board", has named his newest company, Glow, but the company doesn't own Glow.com or even Glow.co but the domain name Glowing.com. Sounds like … [Read more...]