It’s hard to believe it’s already been two years since WhyPark was acquired by Parked in 2009. WhyPark sent out a news release this morning with some updates that highlight the company’s growth in the last couple of years.

Here are a few things I found interesting:

• There are now over 800,000 domain names on its platform, which is up from approximately 150,000 domain names before the  acquisition.
• The company has added 11 apps that have been installed over 153,000 times by its customers. I covered the launch of the apps back in July of 2010.
• There were a  few hundred templates images offered two years ago, and now there are over 12,000 from which you may choose.

One thing I’ve also noticed is that the Parked.com and WhyPark executives also get along very well, likely playing a big role in the smooth transition. Congrats to Parked and WhyPark.

Up until recently, you could hold down your mouse on a Facebook photo and drag it to your desktop to save it. This would allow you to print photos or use them for other things, such as backgrounds, images for websites…etc.

Today when I was trying to download a photo from Facebook, I was unable to drag it to my desktop or use the copy and paste functionality. It seems that Facebook has changed the way it displays photos, making it a bit more difficult to save photos from Facebook.

When you’ve clicked on the photo and it’s enlarged on your screen on a black background, scroll down and look to the left. There’s an option to “Download Photo.” When you click on that link, it will open the photo in another window, where you can grab it to save or do whatever you’d like with it.

This is not all that complicated, but it took me a few minutes to figure out, so hopefully it will save you some time.

Haven’t heard much from Rick Latona or anyone from his company recently, but it looks like that was quite intentional. This morning I received an email announcing that his company is brokering OE.com. According to Rick, the purchase price is $225,000 but offers will be considered.

More importantly is that he revealed that his company is currently (and has been) operating in stealth mode for the last few months, hence the radio silence on Latonas.com. In today’s email, Rick explained his public absence in this way:

“Now let’s talk about what my company has been working on. Oh wait, I can’t do that. Our domain business is actually in stealth mode right now. We’ve been working on a secret project that is quietly taking off. 2011 is going to be a banner year for my company. I wish I could tell you all about it but I can’t. I will say only one thing. If you operate a parking company and we haven’t talked about business in the past 2 week, please contact me.

What I can tell you is that auctioning domains, tradeshows, etc are the least of our priorities. You won’t be hearing much from us for some time but we will still be bringing occasional premium domains to the market like oe.com.”

I’ve also been wondering what Rick’s been up to, and I figured he was re-grouping and working on something big. He previously hinted at something, and I have a guess about what it is, but I will keep it private.

I am glad to hear Rick’s business is adapting and maturing, and I think that his news will be interesting to domain investors once it’s released.