Tag Archives: ipad

Mon 2nd November 2015
Written by DomainNameWire in EN and tagged
.Com default disappears in iOS 9 on iPad - Keyboard loses its .com shortcut. Something weird happened when I updated our iPads to iOS 9.1. I’m not sure if it is an intentional change or a bug. Here’s the deal: When you press and hold the period “.” key on the iOS keyboard on an iPad, it no longer automatically inserts .com. Oddly, this behavior is different on the iPhone. For a long time, if you pressed and held the period key for a second in a field that might contain a domain, iOS would pop up a selection of five top level domain ... read more ...
Thu 12th July 2012
Written by DomainNameWire in EN and tagged
Apple starts forwarding iPad3.com to the web site — and it’s tracking it, too - Apple smartly measures traffic to recently recovered domain name. Late last month Apple filed a cybersquatting complaint over the domain name iPad3.com. Shortly after filing the complaint the owner of the domain acquiesced, giving the domain to Apple’s lawyers Kilpatrick Townsend Stockton. For a while after the transfer to Apple’s lawyers the domain didn’t resolve at all. Now it forwards to the iPad page on Apple. Here’s the full URL I’m forwarded to when ... read more ...
Thu 17th June 2010
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iPad is No Domain Name Killer, Nor a Kindle Killer - My thoughts after a couple days with the iPad. My wife bought an iPad for me for Father’s Day. She can’t keep a secret so she gave it to me as soon as it arrived in the mail. I’ve had a couple days to play with it, which has given me time to reflect on what apps might do to domain names. So far I’m going to agree with Jason Fry. Basically, the apps that correspond to web sites are subpar at best, and the actual web sites suffice. Score one for navigating ... read more ...
Mon 17th May 2010
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Domain Names, Not Apps, Rule on a iPad - Is the iPad changing how we consume web content? In January I wrote a post about the iPad and how it could be bad for domainers. Devices such as the iPad seek to replace traditional web browsing with apps, thereby rendering the URL useless for accessing content. Domain Name Wire reader Gavin sent over an interesting view from Jason Fry writing for Nieman Journalism Lab. After using the iPad for a couple weeks, Fry says that web browsing still rules on the iPad; ... read more ...
Tue 16th March 2010
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How a iPad Will Further Fragment a Web — and Learning from .Mobi - iPad-friendly sites are a reminder of mobile-friendly web sites. In January I wrote about how the iPad could be bad for domainers because it will change the way some people navigate the web. Today news of a different sort regarding the iPad and web sites has surfaced: NPR and The Wall Street Journal will show different versions of their web sites to iPad users. At issue here is the iPad’s lack of support for flash, which both NPR and WSJ apparently use heavily ... read more ...
Mon 15th March 2010
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Why Does a Press Insist on Quoting eBay Starting Prices for Domain Names? - Press perpetuates silly domain prices and negative view of domain investing. Perhaps it makes for easy filler. But why must the press always quote outlandish starting prices for domain names on eBay? Whenever there’s a celebrity scandal, big news story, or product launch, it seems that many writers need something to grab onto that has a number in it. “A seller is auctioning off TigerWoodScandalName.com starting at $1 million…” “Someone has posted TastelessHaitiEarthquakeName.com ... read more ...
Mon 1st February 2010
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Top 5 Domain Name Wire Stories of Jan 2010 - A look back at the month in domaining. Here are the top five stories on Domain Name Wire from January, ranked in order of traffic. Google’s Brilliant Move: Not Buying NexusOne.com Domain Name – Why it makes sense that Google didn’t buy NexusOne.com prior to launching the “Google phone”. The Biggest Loser: Taco Bell Loses Case for DriveThroughDiet.com Domain – Taco Bell tries to get domain name for “correct” spelling of Drive Thru Diet. Fails. Why ... read more ...