Note: with the IANA stewardship transition becoming effective October 1, 2016, Domain Mondo deemed it appropriate to devote this post to the person who indirectly was the main catalyst for the NTIA announcement of March 14, 2014: Edward Snowden. Snowden's Plea for Pardon Hits Bipartisan Roadblock:
As Oliver Stone's film "Snowden" draws audiences to movie theaters, the real-life Edward Snowden, living in exile in Russia, is asking President Obama to pardon him. Here’s a reminder of why and how Snowden revealed the National Security Agency’s collection of Americans’ phone data. Video above published on September 20, 2016, by WSJ.com.
Alex Garland: "Ex Machina" | Talks at Google - Writer, producer, director Alex Garland visited Google to discuss his directorial debut movie EX MACHINA. Moderated by Dana Han-Klein.
"Ex Machina" is about young coder at the world's largest internet company, wins a competition to spend a week at a private retreat belonging to the reclusive CEO of the company. Upon his arrival, he learns that he must participate in a bizarre experiment which involves interacting with the world's first true artificial intelligence (AI), which comes in the form of a beautiful female robot. (Published on Apr 13, 2015)
Caleb, a 24 year old coder at the world's largest internet company, wins a competition to spend a week at a retreat belonging to the company's reclusive CEO, Nathan. But when Caleb arrives he finds that he will have to participate in a fascinating experiment with the world's first true artificial intelligence, housed in the body of a beautiful robot woman, Ava. Truths, emotions and motives are blurred as the relationship between Caleb, Ava and Nathan intensifies.
This Ex Machina still is now like the go-to stock photo for every news item about robot sex. glad to be of service... pic.twitter.com/mYn2UHqQhl
Spectre - James Bond 007 | official teaser trailer #1 (2015) Daniel Craig, Christoph Waltz - (Published on March 27, 2015)
The next James Bond film, "Spectre," opens in theaters globally, on November 6, 2015 - The first teaser trailer for the 24th James Bond adventure SPECTRE above - A cryptic message from Bond’s past sends him on a trail to uncover a sinister organisation. While M battles political forces to keep the secret service alive, Bond peels back the layers of deceit to reveal the terrible truth behind SPECTRE.
Spectre follows Skyfall (both directed by Sam Mendes). Skyfall (2012), has now made more than $1 billion internationally and is the most successful film yet in the 50-year franchise. Spectre, like Skyfall, stars Daniel Craig (for the third time) as the iconic British super-spy. It is interesting to observe and note the use of the domain name and various social media channels used to promote and market this major movie release.
website: 007.com -- Note also the Google search results for spectre -- Looking for an EMD, an exact match domain for the word spectre? No EMD needed for the word "spectre," not even in the .COM, although I am sure the current registrant and user of spectre.com is enjoying a boost in direct navigation type-in traffic, at least for a while, but at the price of being pushed down in the SERP for the word "spectre." Obviously the Google Bot already knows (months before the film's release) that most users searching for "spectre" are looking for info about the movie. There's an upside and downside to owning a "keyword domain"--which should be a warning to all new gTLD proponents and potential registrants. When you are James Bond (jamesbond.com redirects to 007.com) and "own" 007.com, who needs "defensive trademark registrations" in other extensions, particularly ICANN's skanky new gTLDs? It's a waste of time and money, and you really don't want to dilute or taint your brand.
Other channels being used for the James Bond 007 filmSpectre:
