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Wavii becomes a Google company

Some clients, and other agencies, are surprised that Brighter Naming will still find a way to work with very small startups.  And today we have a new example of why we do this as Wavii officially announced that they have

Posted in Name Changes, Name Origins, Naming News, Technology Names, Trademarks

Indian place names for L.A. area too – finally

In most of the USA, there are remnants and history from the native indian tribes that first populated the lands. Some have even become famous names like Yosemite and Shenandoah and Mojave. It seems to me though that the big

Posted in Branding, Name Changes, Name Origins, Naming Education, Naming News, Public Site Naming, Strange Names

Battle of the bad names – More suggestions

In a recent Domain Wire posting there was an eloquent article about the bad names legal battle. I couldn’t agree more with the comments there, so I am just adding to it. Firstly, see these two logos and try tell

Posted in Branding, Domain Names, Name Changes, Naming Education, Naming News, Strange Names, Trademarks

From SkyScan to Bruker MicroCT …why such a name change?

In all of my years of watching company naming, I still get some big surprises. And this one is my head-scratcher of the day. Why oh why would any company change from the super elegant SkyScan name to the awkward

Posted in Biotech Naming, Branding, Name Changes, Naming Education, Naming News, Technology Names

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