Tag Archives: iphone5.com

Wed 12th September 2012
Written by DomainNameWire in EN and tagged
On day of iPhone 5 announcement, iPhone5.com sits dark - Apple owns the domain name but does nothing with it. Back in May Apple did something smart: it went after the iPhone5.com domain name well in advance of the launch of the new device. A week after Apple filed a complaint with World Intellectual Property Organization, the owner of the domain name relinquished control. The domain name is now owned by Apple and pointing to the apple.com nameservers. Thanks to Apple’s advance work it was primed and ready for today’s ... read more ...
Thu 17th May 2012
Written by DomainNameWire in EN and tagged
A “monster” acquisition, iPhone 5, and Vanity.com - A look at a few stories I haven’t covered this week… There are a few notable stories in the domain name industry that I missed writing about over the past week, so here’s a quick run down. A “monster” of an acquisition – Mesh Digital, which owns domain name registrar DomainMonster, has been acquired by Host Europe Group for an undisclosed sum. DomainMonster isn’t a huge registrar, but it has proven quite adept at mastering domain registrations when new ... read more ...