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Apple goes on a domain name shopping spree

Apple has bought at least 50 domain names in the last three days. While many of the domain names are related to features of Lion or iOS 5 that were introduced at WWDC on Monday, it's unlikely Apple will use most of the domain names as active URLs.

Instead, Apple probably just snapped them up to keep squatters from getting them. After all, it's got to be tiring going after every single person who buys a domain with one of your trademarks in it.

Here's a complete list of the domain names:

  1. airplaymirroring.com

  2. appleairplaymirroring.com

  3. appledocumentsinthecloud.com

  4. appleicloudphotos.com

  5. appleicloudphotostream.com

  6. appleimessage.com

  7. appleimessaging.com

  8. appleitunesinthecloud.com

  9. appleitunesmatch.com

  10. applepcfree.com

  11. applephotostream.com

  12. icloudstorageapi.com

  13. icloudstorageapis.com

  14. icloudstorageapi.com

  15. icloudstorageapis.com

  16. ios5newsstand.com

  17. ios5pcfree.com

  18. ipaddocumentsinthecloud.com

  19. ipadimessage.com

  20. ipadpcfree.com

  21. iphonedocumentsinthecloud.com

  22. iphoneimessage.com

  23. iphonepcfree.com

  24. itunesinthecloud.com

  25. itunesmatching.com

  26. pcfreeipad.com

  27. pcfreeiphone.com

  28. applegestures.com

  29. appleiosv.com

  30. applelaunchpad.com

  31. applemailconversationview.com

  32. appleversions.com

  33. conversationview.com

  34. macairdrop.com

  35. macgestures.com

  36. macmailconversationview.com

  37. macosxlionairdrop.com

  38. macosxlionlaunchpad.com

  39. macosxlionmissioncontrol.com

  40. macosxlionresume.com

  41. macosxlionversions.com

  42. macosxversions.com

  43. mailconversationview.com

  44. osxlionairdrop.com

  45. osxlionconversationview.com

  46. osxliongestures.com

  47. osxlionlaunchpad.com

  48. osxlionresume.com

  49. osxlionversions.com

  50. osxresume.com