Insure.com domain and company name sold for USD 16 million
Insure.com has announced that they have sold their domain name along with corporate name for around USD 16 million.
The company would now be renamed to Life Quotes. They had originally acquired the domain name for USD 1.6 million.
Market sources say that the [...]
Apple claims Woolworths logo mimics their own
Apple has one of the most recognized logos in the world.
The company is now targeting Woolworths which is based in Australia with a potential trademark infringement claim.
Apple claims that the new logo recently unveiled by Woolworths mimics their own.
Woolworths said in a statement about this dispute: [...]
Verizon Hub discontinued
Verizon Wireless has stopped selling their Verizon Hub device which enabled the users to make calls and surf the web.
The company did not give a good reason for discontinuing this product.
Verizon said: “We look at our products and we rotate them in and out. This isn’t anything other than business [...]
AT&T to offer TerreStar Networks Genus satellite smartphone
TerreStar Networks has announced that they would sell their Genus satellite smartphone through AT&T in the US market.
This phone connects to satellites when it cannot find any cellular signal.
Jeffrey Epstein, TerreStar Networks president said that the aim of this device is to provide true ubiquity [...]
Newegg to file for IPO
Newegg is one of the most loved online retailing services in the USA.
The company is currently backed by venture capitalists.
They are now planning to raise up to $175 million in an initial public offering.
This was revealed in a filing with the US regulatory bodies.
The company claimed in the filing that they [...]
Apple iPhone to go on sale in China next month
China Unicom has announced that they would start selling the Apple iPhone in the Chinese market from next month.
The device would be sold for 5,000 yuan which comes to around USD 730.
China Unicom would offer several monthly plans for iPhone users in the country. [...]
HP Enterprise Services is the new brand name of EDS
World’s largest personal computer maker Hewlett Packard has announced that they are renaming their EDS subsidiary as HP Enterprise Services.
HP had acquired EDS last year and it has become an important part of their product offerings. EDS acquisition was part of a 13.9 billion dollar [...]
Yahoo to waste tons of money on marketing campaigns
US based internet media giant Yahoo has announced that they are all set to launch a brand new marketing campaign with the tag line ‘It’s You’.
This is perhaps the biggest step taken by the company’s new CEO Carol Bartz.
This marketing campaign announcement comes after Yahoo [...]
Consim files a trademark infringement lawsuit against Google
Google is being targeted legally this time in India.
Consim has revealed that they have filed a trademark infringement lawsuit against the search engine giant.
Consim is claiming that Google enables their rivals to use their trademarks to drive web traffic to other services.
Consim operates a [...]
BlackBerry Tour has a very high return rate
TownHall Investment Research has reported that Research in Motion is facing a massive return rate for their Blackberry Tour smartphone.
The problems are mostly related to the trackball on this smartphone.
The reports online claim that the trackball has to be moved repeatedly to get the cursor in [...]
