Tag: microsoft

Facebook Inc. and Microsoft Corporation have both filed several new trademarks and most are for single word terms. The new trademarks include the following:

Facebook Inc.

  • Riff
  • Strobe
  • Shout

According to whois records, Facebook does not currently own any of the exact matching terms as domain names.

Microsoft Corporation

  • Touchback
  • Inkback
  • Selawik
  • Continuum
  • Forzatech
  • Holostudio
  • Holotour

According to whois records, Microsoft does not currently own any of the exact matching terms as domain names.

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Another round  of DotWeekly Discoveries awaits you! These are domain names that are moving as a result of a domain name sale, company purchase, domain registration etc by large corporations and more. These would likely go unreported otherwise and it’s often the first time publicly that the following has been announced.

It’s A Domain Fact! Microsoft Corporation owns over 92,000 domain names as of today.

Digital Virgo has made a pretty big play on the term Digital Global Pass and … Read the rest

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Here are some domain name movers that I noticed last night and this morning that may interest you in some way.

Uninterrupted.com has been purchased by Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. The domain name had a for sale lander on it, with a price of $2,910 so that may give an indication as toaround what the sales price was. For any “TV/cable/streaming” network, the domain is a very nice fit and at under $3K is a heck of a deal with … Read the rest

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A couple days ago I had noticed that Microsoft Corp had acquired the domain name FED.tv as a “Premium .tv” domain from the registry. Many .tv domain names are held by the registry and require a one-time premium payment for the domain name and FED.tv was one of them. After the premium payment, normal renewal fees apply to the domain.

So how much did Microsoft pay for the premium .tv domain from the registry?

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