Facebook acquires FB.com domain name.

Ending months of speculation, it’s now confirmed that Facebook has acquired the FB.com domain name.

The whois record for the domain name just updated to show Facebook’s name and nameservers for the domain name.

George Kirikos first noted back in September that the domain name had sold and speculated Facebook was the buyer. After doing a little digging he also found that Facebook was in a trademark dispute with American Farm Bureau over the term FB. American Farm Bureau was the seller of the domain name.

I contacted the American Farm Bureau back then and they said they sold the domain name (but wouldn’t confirm it was to Facebook) and were still in an unresolved dispute with Facebook. As of this evening the dispute still shows as unresolved at U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

I have some speculation that American Farm Bureau did not know they were selling the domain name to Facebook when it sold it. It sold it to an intermediary that works on behalf of a number of corporate customers including Facebook.

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Yes, Facebook users will now get an @Facebook.com “email” address based on their current Facebook username, but this isn’t really email. They barely mentioned email throughout the presentation and IMAP integration with your existing email account is still in the works. Facebook is providing a seamless way to integrate your SMS, Email, IM, and Facebook messaging in one place. email is only one ingredient.

Today I’m excited to announce the next evolution of Messages. You decide how you want to talk to your friends: via SMS, chat, email or Messages. They will receive your message through whatever medium or device is convenient for them, and you can both have a conversation in real time. You shouldn’t have to remember who prefers IM over email or worry about which technology to use. Simply choose their name and type a message. Your Social Inbox is modeled after chat. Rather than entering a subject line and hitting a send button, you just type your message and hit ENTER. Your inbox isn’t a list of random messages or threads, but simply a list of your actual friends and what you’ve discussed.

Relatively soon, we’ll probably all stop using arbitrary ten digit numbers and bizarre sequences of characters to contact each other. We will just select friends by name and be able to share with them instantly. We aren’t there yet, but the changes today are a small first step.