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Typo of WeatherBug Web Site. Is AWS.com Next? — Amazon Buys

Firm may be acquiring three letter domain name for its web services offering.

Amazon.com has registered wwwaws.com, a common typo of aws.com.

AWS is the acronym for the firm’s popular Amazon Web Services platform.

It’s unusual for a firm to register a typo of a domain name it doesn’t own, and it makes me wonder if the firm is working on acquiring the AWS.com domain name to redirect to aws.amazon.com.

AWS.com is registered to AWS Convergence Technologies, Inc., an environmental measurement firm known for its “Weatherbug” service. The firm just changed its name to Earth Networks, Inc. this year. If you type in AWS.com you’ll get a notice that you’re being forwarded to EarthNetworks.com.

Stay tuned…

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