Google bought G.Co as the official shortened domain for Google services. 500 Startups is also rebranding to 500.co in the fall, and co-founder Dave McClure recommends .co domains to all of his startups. The .co registry is about to turn 1 year old and already has more than 1 million registered domains. [TechCrunch]

Punchd, a service that provides digital loyalty cards, is now a Google property. The acquisition is confirmed on the Punchd site, which reports that the team will be moving to Google’s offices. TechCrunch reports that Google may have paid more than $10 million for the acquisition. Punchd’s team includes Reed Morse, Xander Pollock and Niket Desai, and is part of Dave McClure’s 500 Startups.

InternMatch is a start-up company that has raised $400,000 in angel funding from Dave McClure, Mitch Kapor, Kenny Van Zant, and Raj Agarwal. InternMatch is part of the 500 Startups incubator program. The company intends to help college students find internships at SMBs.

ReadyForZero is a startup that received seed funding from Y Combinator. ReadyForZero aims to help consumers reduce their credit card debt. Users can connect their credit card accounts online to find out how they can pay off that debt. Users can register a certain date that they want to be debt free by and how much they are willing to pay each month.

TextualAds parent company Qlique Labs Inc. is a small San Francisco based mobile social media company that gives marketers an easy way to target mobile devices. TextualAds recently started serving targeted SMS campaigns for brands, retailers, and small businesses.

Just in case you were wondering what the co-founders of MyBlogLog are up to, Eric Marcoullier and Todd Sampson have started a new website called OneTrueFan. OneTrueFan is known as the “Foursquare of websites.” OneTrueFan lets you earn badges for checking into and interacting with different websites. The website has a game format for visitirs that lets you see who is reading content from within websites.

EcoMom.com is a parenting focused e-commerce service that has raised $1.1 million in Series A funding from angel investors and venture capitalists. Investors in this round of funding include Dan Gould (Newroo/Namesake), Cyan Banister, Scott Banister, Dave McClure, Paige Craig, Sizhao Yang, Kima Ventures, and David Pell.

OtherInbox is a startup based in Austin, Texas that has just raised $1.5 million in funding from angel investors Dave McClure, Naval Ravikant, and the law firm Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati.