Google appears to be getting ready to launch a new watch with the name “Tacto” which means “Touch” in Spanish. Google had acquired WIMM Labs back in 2012 and they had owned the domain name TactoWatch.com at that time but Google gained control over the domain when it purchased WIMM Labs. Google has also revealed they own the category killer domain name SmartWatch.com and SmartWatch.net also moving yesterday which I covered here as well.

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It started with Moniker, TheDomains.com is reporting some domains stolen via Network Solutions (Slash.com and County.com) and now this morning Register.com (owned by Network Solutions) sent out an email about a cyber attack:

We have recently identified malicious activity affecting a limited number of customers. Your account has been identified as possibly vulnerable to malicious cyber-attacks, due to a weak password. As your provider, Register.com is committed to maintaining the highest possible security for your services. In order to proactively

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Welcome to another domain name diggings from DotWeekly Discoveries which I scour hundreds of thousands of domain names and pick out domains that have been registered, purchased or simply moving by large companies for one reason or another. The domains often lead to very early discoveries….

Amazon Technologies, Inc.

Appears to have purchased the domain name PrimeFresh.com around June 21, 2013 from Brandings.com . The domain was registered at GoDaddy and transferred to the domain registrar MarkMonitor in December 2013 … Read the rest

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Amazon has purchased the 3 letter dot com domain name KDP.com from Mike Cohn of Light Industries. The sale price is currently unknown but I’m going on a limb and thinking it was six figures!

Amazon appears to have purchased KDP.com on or about June 30, 2014 with a secret domain buyer. Amazon launched the KDP on September 3, 2014 and has just recently revealed they purchased the 3 letter domain and now redirect KDP.com to https://kdp.amazon.com/ as they do … Read the rest

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