Apple-Owned 'iTun.es' Domain Could Be Used as iTunes Link Shortener

[babyj]

How is this a news story?

The only actual fact is that Apple owns the itun.es domain. Everything else is just pure speculation based on a forum discussion. It also misses out the fact that changing the domain only saves 11 characters, whilst there is currently 35 characters after the domain which could easily be reduced and save double that.

And even if they did change the url it still wouldn't be a news story.

This isn't a one off either, there has been a dramatic increase in these non-stories on MacRumors recently.

 

[Truffy]

They registered all the way back in 2006, so Ping is not just cooked up overnight, it has been simmering for a while now.

Cobblers. They were just protecting their IP!

 

[goobot]

Should apple care? Why wouldn't they just use some other one.

 

[Truffy]

People didn't know that already?

quickti.me is available

 

[batchtaster]

The only actual fact is that Apple owns the itun.es domain. Everything else is just pure speculation based on a forum discussion. It also misses out the fact that changing the domain only saves 11 characters, whilst there is currently 35 characters after the domain which could easily be reduced and save double that.

Errrrr.... no.

Consider YouTube:

http://youtu.be/tDaFTVb662E
vs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDaFTVb662E
or even
http://youtube.com/watch?v=tDaFTVb662E

Apple can shed far more characters than even YouTube, by reducing URLs down to: http://itun.es/uniqueid by sitting a URL processor on that domain.

eg: http://itunes.apple.com/app/vlc-media-player/id390885556 becomes http://itun.es/390885556 or http://itun.es/vlc-media-player

 

[millerb7]

Wirelessly posted (Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; U; CPU iPhone OS 4_1 like Mac OS X; en-us) AppleWebKit/532.9 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/4.0.5 Mobile/8B117 Safari/6531.22.7)

People didn't know that already?

quickti.me is available

Again, you miss the whole point. SHORTENER.

 

[catracho]

Too late for Apple:

http://www.faceti.me/

 

[babyj]

Errrrr.... no.

No to what? You basically agreed with my post.

Not sure why Apple would want to remove the "apple" part of the domain, as they'd be missing out on potentially billions of posts with "apple" in them which would pretty much be free promotion of their name. Same for keeping "itunes" as a single word.

 

[ChazUK]

Wirelessly posted (Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; U; Android 2.2; en-gb; Dell Streak Build/FRF91) AppleWebKit/533.1 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/4.0 Mobile Safari/533.1)

Crap, was this my post earlier that caused this or was it noticed elsewhere too?

https://forums.macrumors.com/posts/11403707/

EDIT: it seems that apple have been very intelligent when it comes to domain name registration reading the rest of the thread!

 

[Feng Shui]

on a side note... there's a .bj domain

 

[batchtaster]

No to what? You basically agreed with my post.

Hardly.

Not sure why Apple would want to remove the "apple" part of the domain, as they'd be missing out on potentially billions of posts with "apple" in them which would pretty much be free promotion of their name. Same for keeping "itunes" as a single word.

Apple already publicizes itunes.com. As already mentioned, removing "apple" (and .com and a bunch of other stuff) encourages use on sites like Twitter, where people are already using bit.ly and other services, often automatically, removing even any kind of Apple-preferred clever shortening. itun.es would clearly have better Apple mindshare than bit.ly/something.

 

[iWonderwhy]

Come on kids, get off the Twitter and Facebook!

 

[RMo]

Come on kids, get off the Twitter and Facebook!

I think you forgot to say your lawn.

Seriously though, nobody uses URL shorterners on Facebook. The character limit is so high in status updates, wall posts, comments, and the like that there's no point--plus, when you type a URL it can (optionally) convert it into a separate-but-attached blurb with an (optional) image and text gleaned from the page, thus freeing your post from even needing the URL in the first place.

Twitter, on the other hand, yes. Maybe Ping. Who knows.

I think this is rampant speculation, however--probably just Apple protecting themselves.

 

[ranReloaded]

How about ipho.ne.jp / ipho.ne.uk?

 

[TalkAboutApple]

Some day in the future I look forward at being able to laugh at these stupid URLs.

 

[jtgotsjets]

Is it just me or does this seem very odd for front page news?

I mean, this is beyond speculation. It's pure wild guessing.

 

[JAT]

What?

So....people care about this?


Mmmkay.

 

[dcranston]

People didn't know that already?

imac.com, iphone.com, ipod.com, quicktime.com, itunes.com, macmini.com.....

Don't forget http://mammals.org

 

[Truffy]

Again, you miss the whole point. SHORTENER.

Au contraire, you miss the point: IP PROTECTION.

 

[knightlie]

Err, page 2? This is pure speculation, not even a rumour.

 

[NightFox]

Don't understand the point of this article - Apple hasn't actually just done anything has it? This is just somebody speculating unless I've misunderstood the story.

Am I missing something here?

 

[inlovewithi]

I wonder if people here who don't know what Google has a link shortner, and find out in the future, will think that Google is copying them. That always happens.

 

[iSee]

Err, page 2? This is pure speculation, not even a rumour.

Yeah... I'd go a step further and say this should just be a regular thread post.

 

[WardC]

This is a bad idea and Apple wouldn't do this. itun.es is a SPANISH domain (España) - "ES" and thus it has to go through the Spanish domain registry to access the URL. Apple wouldn't host a huge service like this on a SPANISH domain. LOL.

 

[enb141]

This is a bad idea and Apple wouldn't do this. itun.es is a SPANISH domain (España) - "ES" and thus it has to go through the Spanish domain registry to access the URL. Apple wouldn't host a huge service like this on a SPANISH domain. LOL.

.es is for spain that's why the letter was in spanish but if google has goo.gl why apply wouldn't get it, remember that the point of this is to shorten links for sites or services like tweeter