Roundup: Scrabulous returns, Dell’s music player and more
Here’s the latest action:
Scrabulous returns as Wordscraper — The popular Facebook application was redesigned and relaunched less than 48 hours after it was taken down due to a potential legal tussle with Scrabble-maker Hasbro.
Dell tests digital music player — The computer maker stopped selling players in 2006… Continue Reading
Monster buys community site, Affinity Labs, for significant $61M
updated with input from Affinity
Monster, the giant job listing company, has acquired Silicon Valley’s Affinity Labs, a company that runs several online community sites — including for police officer, healthcare employees, teachers, government employees and technologists. The purchase price was about $61 million.
This is an… Continue Reading
Jobster to serve Facebook exclusively — targets Craigslist
Jobster, the Seattle job search engine, armed with $50 million in financing and aiming to be profitable this year, announces two big moves tomorrow (Thursday).
First, it jettisons its comfy neutrality with other sites. Until now, it has remained a search engine, listing excerpts from job… Continue Reading