Google buys Twitter for $1.5 Twillion dollars
Quite often, success comes after a huge failure: When Microsoft beat Google in the race to acquire Skype, Google went full force after another valuable Internet asset, Twitter. The “Not evil” empire that Google is building is now about to store several billion tweets that contain insane amounts of geolocated information from millions of users […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Oh no! Twitter is down so get a life
It’s the first time ever that as domainers we are being forced to report that twitter has been down today more times than an Essex girl’s knickers. If you don’t know what an Essex girl’s reputation is, you haven’t lived yet. 😀 The truth is, that social media such as twitter and facebook command so […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Rick Latona finds ‘ever-so-allusive’ [sic] NetSol rep in 7 minutes
Ah, the power of twitter these days. When Rick Latona made a post in order to locate an ‘ever-so-allusive‘ Network Solutions representative via his blog, he also made a tweet about it. Exactly seven minutes later, a Network Solutions representative – NetsolCares – responded to Rick Latona’s plea: netsolcares @rick_latona Nothing elusive.. We’re right here! […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Did the Retweet.com buyer blow $250,000 ?
The news of Retweet.com selling for a quarter of a million dollars on Flippa, six months ago, came as an indication that start-ups are willing to invest serious money in domaining and social media. As we mentioned back then, the existing trademark applications at the USPTO complicated things about which company – other than Twitter […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Are you dead yet? Twitter wants to know
If there’s one thing humans are aware of unlike any other creature on this planet, it’s that at the end of our life’s journey, death awaits. With several million Twitter accounts – among several other social networks – people that tweet happen to also – well – die. Now, don’t expect most people to tweet […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Be a facebook buddy of Angelina Jolie’s
Phishing and scamming on the Internet is hitting an all-time high these days. Domainers are especially urged to be on the lookout for specially formatted forgeries of registrar emails – that are, in fact, nothing but honeytraps for stealing one’s username and password. Lately a lot of email phishing is about social network media accounts: […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Library of Congress acquires entire Twitter database!
The Library of Congress appears to be currently under extreme traffic load, having just announced that it’s acquiring the entire Twitter database of messages, going all the way back to 2006. This does not seem like a belated April Fool’s joke. For those of you that don’t think twice before you tweet, here’s the scoop: […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Who Bought Retweet.com for $250k – Are they ready to face the Trademark Squad?
A solid domain & underlying technology sale has been reported on Mashable and announced by DNN; the sale occurred on Flippa – a selling platform that mainly caters to developed web sites. The apparent sale – which still needs to be confirmed – was for a staggering $250,000 dollars. A bidder took advantage of the […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.A historic moment as Obama registers his first domain name!
Apparently president Obama – who cannot stop mentioning how “advanced” he’s with technology, often making references to his Blackberry – registered his first domain name today. Obama appeared at the American Red Cross headquarters in Washington to promote his participation in aiding the Haiti fund, when a member of the agency’s new media team wrote […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Rick Latona competitor launches new minisite firm: WZGJC.com
In the aftershock caused by Rick Latona‘s pullout from the minisite development market, a new company – led by former ally and bitter competitor, Mince Hoke, has launched a similar service. The company is called WZGJC.com – and while still in beta it’s already accepting orders from panicked domainers who have been using the services […]
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