Mmhmm.App…. Hmmmmmmm

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The Verge published an article about a teleconferencing startup that recently raised 7 figures in funding and its name made me think, “hmmmmmmm.” The startup app is called Mmhmm, and it uses the Mmhmm.App domain name for its website. Personally, I think the brand name is pretty confusing and the domain name exacerbates that confusion a bit.

Here’s what The Verge wrote about the app and its funding round:

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Brandsight Job Opening: Account Executive

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Brandsight is looking to hire someone in an Account Executive role, according to a job opening posted recently on LinkedIn. Because GoDaddy acquired Brandsight earlier this year, the job listing is under the GoDaddy branding. This is a work from home remote job (at least for the time being), and the location is the United States or United Kingdom.

Here’s the description of what the job entails:

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Booking.com Wins Supreme Court TM Case

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Booking.com has won its trademark case at the United States Supreme Court. The 8-1 decision was written by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg. Justice Stephen Breyer was the lone dissenting Justice. You can read the PDF decision on the Supreme Court website.

The company will now have trademark protection for its full Booking.com brand, including the .com domain name extension. The Internet Commerce Association (ICA) filed an Amicus brief as part of this case.

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Other Amazon Arena Name Possibilities

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Last week, Amazon announced it had secured the naming rights for the new arena in Seattle, Washington that would be home to a new NHL team and the WNBA’s Seattle Storm. Amazon also announced the new arena would be known as Climate Pledge Arena.

Amazon registered the matching ClimatePledgeArena.com domain name on the same day the news was announced. The company must have had great trust that the news would not leak out before the announcement was made publicly.

Interestingly, I also noticed the company registered quite a few other arena related domain names in the last few days via my DomainTools Registrant Monitor tool. Perhaps this is in anticipation of a potential future name change, or perhaps the company is just covering its bases.

Here is a sample of the different domain names Amazon has registered, keeping in mind this is not an exhaustive list but just some of the names:

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👁👄👁.FM: Emoji Domain Name Makes Waves

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A viral Emoji campaign along with an Emoji .FM domain name caught the attention of many people on Twitter and helped to raise hundreds of thousands of dollars for a number of racial justice non-profits, Business Insider reported:

“For more than 24 hours, tech workers in Silicon Valley and high-profile venture capitalists were animated over what appeared to be a secretive app and a series of a cryptic tweets. Whatever it was appeared to be the next big thing: Investors and partners at venture firms like Draper and Gelt VC were talking about exclusive invites, techies at companies like Facebook were posting screenshots to Twitter, and prominent entrepreneurs were pleading with their followers for access and more info about the emoji combination 👁👄👁. The only response: ‘It is what it is.'”

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July 3 is Lemon Cupcake Day in Honor of Charlie Gilbert

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On July 3, Charlie Gilbert would have celebrated her 51st birthday. I am sure it would have been filled with lots of good food and drinks. Probably some Facetime calls and Zoom birthday wishes as we all deal with this pandemic.

To celebrate Charlie’s birthday virtually, Brian Gilbert has declared July 3rd an official holiday known as Lemon Cupcake Day. Here’s what Brian posted in the event page on Facebook:

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