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

Trovix, JobFox offer new ways to find jobs

Trovix, JobFox offer new ways to find jobs

Job searching is still painful for most people.

The standard job search today means sifting through masses of listings to find jobs that fit, a process that is always exhausting, and often ineffective.

However, there’s a new set of companies that want to turn the process upside-down. They want to do the search for you. They include Trovix, JobFox and to a lesser extent Jobster, which lately has headed in this direction.

Mountain View’s Trovix, a company that… Continue Reading