Was your retirement fund heavily invested in speculating on “.mobi” domain names?
How’s that working for you?
…Internet tycoons who paid tens of thousands or more scooping up domain names that end in “.mobi” — which were set aside for websites designed to be easily viewed on mobile screens — have found the names are now all but worthless.
The problem, of course, is that the iPhone and other mobile devices have rendered .mobi useless.
If only someone had told Schwartz that before he shelled out $200,000 for “flowers.mobi” in 2006.
In unrelated news, here’s the latest update I’ve been able to find on progress in building nanoscale violins.
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