Xfinity Series Announced Without Domain Name

According to an article in USA Today,Comcast’s Xfinity brand will sponsor NASCAR’s No. 2 series for the next 10 years.” Prior to this announcement the racing series had been sponsored by Nationwide, and it was known as Nationwide Series. Although NationwideSeries.com is not resolving right now, it is registered to Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company.

It does not appear that the exact match XfinitySeries.com domain name is owned by Comcast or NASCAR. If you visit that domain name, you’ll see a standard GoDaddy landing page, and the domain name, which was created on August 31, 2014, appears to be registered to an individual in New Jersey. I am not sure if this person is affiliated with either of these brands.

Nationwide became

Kevin Rose Startup Domain Name Has 4 Hyphens

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TechCrunch and Re/code have covered the news of Kevin Rose’s startup branded “North” or “North Technologies.” Rose is a successful Internet entrepreneur who founded Digg, among other companies. According to the TechCrunch article, North “will be focused on building a series of mobile and social products.” Because of Rose’s track record, his startup is going to get a great deal of press and coverage.

If you were to visit North.com thinking you will be able to learn more about Rose’s venture, you will end up on the website of a brand advertising company from Portland, Oregon. If you were to visit NorthTechnologies.com, you will find a software development company. Neither of these companies appear to have a relationship with Rose’s new company.

Based on the

SpaceX Acquires Hyperloop.com

Hyperloop.com domain name

Just over one year ago on August 12 of 2013, Elon Musk announced his vision for a transportation system dubbed Hyperloop. According to Musk, “The Hyperloop (or something similar) is, in my opinion, the right solution for the specific case of high traffic city pairs that are less than about 1500 km or 900 miles apart.” Prior to the announcement, the company did not own the Hyperloop.com domain name, and feedback was requested via two email addresses: hyperloop@spacex.com or hyperloop@teslamotors.com.

One year later, almost to the date of the announcement, it appears that

HasOffers Rebrands as Tune

 

I saw the above tweet from Tune last night, and before I could publish an article about HasOffers’ rebranding to Tune this morning, Theo at DomainGang had written an article about it. Check it out for the details. I found a bit more information, which I shared below.

Arizona Daily Star Now Found at Tucson.com

If you visit the  Arizona Daily Star newspaper website, you’ll notice that the url has changed. Instead of using AZstarnet.com for its url, the newspaper can now be found on the Tucson.com domain name. All articles that once appeared on AZstarnet.com have been migrated and now forward to Tucson.com urls.

Historical Whois records show that the newspaper company has owned this domain name since at least 2000 (this is the earliest archived record). The domain name had reportedly previously been used as more of an events-related website prior to the change. The company plans to introduce a paywall at some point in the near future.

I am not all that familiar with the Arizona Daily Star, but this transition is

Mark Cuban’s Cyber Dust App Makes Texting More Private

cyberdust-logoIf you are one of over 2 million followers of Mark Cuban on Twitter, you are most likely aware of the Cyber Dust app his company recently launched.  Billed as a safe and private alternative to texting by offering a disappearing message service, Cyber Dust “leaves no trace of the messages, and they are not stored anywhere,” according to an article about the app published on Business Insider in April.

Being able to securely send text messages and pictures without fear that they will unknowingly be used against a  person in the future is a big draw, as is knowing that the company isn’t storing the messages. Despite the fact that it isn’t first to market, I think  Cyber Dust has a chance to thrive, especially with the support (financial and marketing) of Cuban.

I downloaded the app and signed up to check it out, and found that it is simple to get started. From my standpoint, one of the coolest aspects of the app is