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The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)http://feeds.tuaw.com/~r/weblogsinc/tuaw/~3/303177874/ [The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)] TUAW is hearing that Apple recently acquired the domain name "mobileme.com." This domain name, would of course agree with the recent rumors of the .Mac re-branding to gain the "Mobile Me" name.

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The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)[The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)] Rumor: Me.com bought by Apple?: I don't really see a port of iChat as a valuable use of Apple's development resources. It has vast competition from a variety of rival programs, and with no apparent trojan horse benefit, it seems entirely fruitless.

Domain Name News[Domain Name News] Me.com - A Future Apple Project: “Apple does appear to own Me.com. It was likely purchased sometime in December 2007, and it (along with MobileMe for iPhone) could very well be the rebranding for Apple’s .

High Download Internet News List[High Download Internet News List] Apple buys “mobileme.com” domain name?: Mac re-branding to gain the "Mobile Me" name. However, the domain name is currently in the hands of Apple's registrar, Mark Monitor.

New Digital Computer[New Digital Computer] Is Apple hording .me domains?: First Me.com or MobileMe.com (which is parked at the same place, suspiciously) is platform agnostic and has a larger potential audience than anything with "Mac" in the name. Also, if Apple did indeed buy such a premium, two-character, hip domain name, they definitely paid in the (maybe high) seven figures for it.

Mac Forumshttp://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=491911 [Mac Forums] Apple Buys Me.com? .Mac's New Name?: iPod classic, iPod nano, iPod touch, etc., we have iMac, Mac mini, MacBook, Mac Pro. In other words, Apple said it had nothing to do with the "Power"

happybeggar[happybeggar] Apple registering another alternative name to .mac?: You might remember that it was reported that Apple also bought mobileme.com earlier this week. Apple is apparently rebranding it’s web service as a Platform agnostic name…

For the Love of Geeks[For the Love of Geeks] .mac becomes “mobile me”.. huh?: me domains, the soon-to-be-launched domain suffix for Montenegro that’s scheduled to go live on July 17th. Macworld UK spoke to Predrag Lesic, in charge of the Montenegro’s .

chriswoods.com[chriswoods.com] More Mobile Me Evidence?: Following on Gruber's investigation of a possible rebranding of .Mac as Mobile Me, the whois for mobileme.com doesn't indicate that it is owned by Apple, but it is registered by the company responsible for Apple's other domain .

Technology News Aggregatorhttp://www.mutualrecognition.org/2008/05/technology-news-on-may-30.html [Technology News Aggregator] Technology news on May 30: Poking around the updated files in 10.5.3, the Russian-language site Deep Apple noticed that iCal's “Localizable.strings” resource file now contains placeholders for the name “.Mac”, with the following comment: …

Widebay Technology's Bloghttp://www.widebaytechnology.com.au/blog/2008/06/02/apple-bought-mecom-macs-new-name/ [Widebay Technology's Blog] Apple Bought Me.com? .Mac’s New Name?: Earlier today, John Gruber of DaringFireball.net suggested that Me.com might be the name for Apple’s .Mac rebranding.

Smartphone and Gadget News by electrogeekhttp://electrogeek.com/blog/2008/06/02/is-apple-hording-me-domains/ [Smartphone and Gadget News by electrogeek] Is Apple hording .me domains?: Daring Fireball (via Mac Rumors) pointed out that Apple may have secured the domain Me.com in December of 2007, lending credence to the rumor that Apple my re-brand their Mac.com service as “Mobile Me” or some variant thereof.

Names-Markets[Names-Markets] Is Apple hording .me domains?: Daring Fireball (via Mac Rumors) pointed out that Apple may have secured the domain Me.com in December of 2007, lending credence to the rumor that Apple my re-brand their Mac.com service as “Mobile Me” or some variant thereof. There are a couple of decent theories about Apple using “Me” in Dot-Mac’s re-branding.

Helenas Bloghttp://nycitywatch.org/mu/helenasblog9341/2008/05/29/how-to-stage-a-viral-marketing-campaign-that-works/ [Helenas Blog] How To Stage A Viral Marketing Campaign That Works: The best way to do this is by making sure that the links are for your own products or for products that you have resale rights to. You can also use links that are for 2-tier affiliate programs, ensuring that you collect the second tier commission when a rebrander makes a sale.

Dom.ir Blog[Dom.ir Blog] Me.com - A Future Apple Project: “Apple does appear to own Me.com. It was likely purchased sometime in December 2007, and it (along with MobileMe for iPhone) could very well be the rebranding for Apple’s .

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