Roundup: Scrabulous returns, Dell’s music player and more

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 due to disappointing sales, but it has a new offering that could go on sale as early as September.

Job site Monster acquires search company Trovix for $72.5 million in cash — Monster… Continue Reading

Facebook application Scrabulous shuts down in the US and Canada, as it faces Hasbro lawsuit

Facebook application Scrabulous shuts down in the US and Canada, as it faces Hasbro lawsuit

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Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg’s grandmother must be sad right now. Scrabulous, a Facebook application closely patterned after Hasbro-made word game Scrabble, has shut itself down in the U.S. and Canada as it faces a Hasbro lawsuit. The application has more than half a million daily active users — including Zuckerberg, who has said that he enjoys playing it with his grandmother.

The Calcutta-based brothers who created the application, Jayant and Rajat Agarwalla (pictured), were first… Continue Reading