Apple Inc. got a lot of chatter after it was reported that they registered Apple.car but IMO, that was simply a brand protection registration. Something that wasn’t mentioned in the articles I read, was the fact that the domain name registrations took place on the first day of the Sunrise period for trademark holders. December 9, 2015. Same can be said for Apple.auto and Apple.cars, both registered December 9, 2015 on the first day of Sunrise period. I guess that … Read the rest

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Apple Inc. isn’t a huge domain name buyer for the size of company they are. They rarely register domains matching products and services announced in the fashion that companies like Amazon does. They do register some and also acquired already owned domains like iPhone.com and iCloud.com for an example and most of the time when they do acquire domains, it’s for something BIG.

Well, Apple has acquired the domain name ResearchKit.com from its past owner Synergy Technologies LLC for a … Read the rest

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