.Me domain names are increasing being used for Apps and I would say are probably becoming the word of choice in naming Apps similar to how "i" has been used by Apple and other companies in the computer/Tech sector. Blip.Me, Play.Me, Caddy.Me, Flirt.Me, Tango.Me are just a few of the Apps in which the developer also owns the matching domain. We wrote about bit.ly new App News.me which just … [Read more...]
Bit.ly Launches News.Me Today & AllThingsD.com Covers It
Bit.ly’s social news iPad app, Just launched today and is live for free download at the iTunes store. The name of the app and matching site is News.me The app and the site are already getting press as yesterday, All Things Digital, covered the App pointing out that: News.me will cost $0.99 a week, or $34.99 a year. It will be available as an iPad app, using Apple’s subscription … [Read more...]
.ME Becomes 2nd Registry To Waive Renewal Fees For Domain Holders In Japan: Still No Word From Verisign
Today following a similar announcement by the .Org registry a few days ago, the .ME registry also announced its was going to help domain holders located in Japan by giving them automatic renewals of their domains. Here is the press release by the .Me registry "The recent devastating disasters in Japan have left many registrants without the ability to renew their domain names. The .ME … [Read more...]
UPDATED: Sony Announces The Development Of Move.Me But They Don’t Own The Domain, I Do
In what is turning into be one of the strangest domains stories it appears that Sony Launched a new product yesterday called Move.me Here is the post from Sony blog: You can check out the nice new logo right here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/playstationblog/5490006732/ "It lets folks develop Move applications for noncommercial use: academia and research and the like. It’ll be … [Read more...]
Quick Poll: What Was The Best Buy From The Sedo .Me Auction
The .me registry auctioned off its owned domain names today on Sedo.com generating some $400,000 in sales. Now its time for you to weigh in on how which domains you thought were the best buy. You get to chose 2 this time out of our list of 20 domains. If you think a different .me that sold was better than one's we selected you can pick "something else" and if you don't like any you can … [Read more...]
Sedo .Me Domain Auction Nets $400K In Sales: Here Are The Results
The auction for the registry owned .me domains ended on Sedo.com today with the auction ringing up $400K in sales. The auction was lead by Like.me a killer domain. The 2nd highest priced domain, I simply don't get which was contacts.me at $15,600. Contact.me I get Contacts.me I don't get at all. We wound up picking up 4 domains. Congrats to all winners. Here is the UNOFFICIAL … [Read more...]
Like.Me Sells For $26,500 On Sedo
The premium .me registry owned domain auction is winding down on Sedo.com, but the domain name Like.Me just sold for $26,500. With the "like" button all across the Internet thanks to Facebook it isn't surprising that this domain wound up being the highest priced domain. There are 2 trademarks registered on the term "like me" including one by likeme, Inc. We will be back with the full … [Read more...]