In these days where tales of dire financial straits are a dime a dozen, we can all take heart from those who keep finding a way to wring a few extra bucks at the expense of people who just want to have a good time. by Kevin Kelleher
Home News IN BRIEF *Scrabulous, an unofficial version of Scrabble, has been removed from the Facebook networking site in Britain. Players lost access to the game following a complaint by Scrabble's rights holder, Mattel. The creators, Rajat and Jayant Agarwalla, attacked the decision to remove the...
SAN FRANCISCO AFP — Scrabble knock-off Scrabulous was reborn on Thursday as online game Wordscraper in a move that could help fend off a lawsuit by US game maker Hasbro. The reincarnation came a day after Scrabulous was pulled from US and Canadian Facebook pages and just hours...
Kevin Kaufman logged on to his home computer yesterday morning, checked his e-mail, then went directly to his favorite social networking Web site. He found a cold slap in the face. "Scrabulous is disabled for U.S. and Canadian users until further notice," read the notice on Facebook. The unauthorized Internet...
INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-C1995-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD According to a report published in the on-line version of the Chicago Tribune, the online game Scrabulous has been blocked for US and Canadian surfers at the request of the game's owners after Hasbro, the US rights-holder for the game of Scrabble,...
TELECOMWORLDWIRE-30 July 2008-Scrabulous removed from Facebook at developers request in response to Hasbro actionC1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD http://www.m2.com According to a report published in the on-line version of the Chicago Tribune, the online game Scrabulous has been blocked for US and Canadian surfers at the request of the...
SAN FRANCISCO AFP — The creators of online Scrabble knock-off Scrabulous said Tuesday they have pulled their application from US and Canadian Facebook pages due to a lawsuit filed by game-making giant Hasbro. "This is an unfortunate event and not something that we are very pleased about, especially...
IF IT were a David vs Goliath battle of wits played out on the instantly recognisable board at the centre of this fierce legal tussle, then Goliath has just set down all seven letters against a "K" on a triple word score. The word: "knockout" (107 points, thank you very...
SAN FRANCISCO AFP — Game-making giant Hasbro has filed a lawsuit against Scrabble knock-off Scrabulous and sent a notice demanding Facebook remove the popular game from the social-networking website. Scrabulous.com was launched by brothers Rajat and Jayant Agarwalla in India in 2005 and rocketed to popularity as a...
Suit Filed in Southern District of New York Centers on Application's Infringement of Hasbro's SCRABBLE Intellectual Property Rights in the U.S. and Canada PAWTUCKET, R.I. -- Hasbro, Inc. (NYSE:HAS) today filed suit against the creators of the Scrabulous game application, which infringes on the Company's SCRABBLE intellectual property...
SAN FRANCISCO AFP — Videogame colossus Electronic Arts has said an online Scrabble game customized for Facebook will be released this month to challenge the popular unauthorized version Scrabulous. A free Scrabulous software application is the top game on the hot social networking website and boasts...
By Offering One of the Industry's Highest CPM Rates for Bebo and Facebook Applications, Platform-A Signals Its Commitment to Social Network Advertising NEW YORK -- AOL's Platform-A announces that it will offer Bebo and Facebook application developers a guaranteed CPM for U.S. traffic to their...
As the $25 billion videogame industry continues to attract new players, the CW tries its thumbs on some coming attractions. GTA IV UP: First line of this landmark title? “Daddy’s back, you bitches.” We’ve played it. It’s true. Wii Fit UP: Two million units sold...
Quietly? Seven letters with a Q on a triple? There you were, with a seemingly insurmountable points lead, when an opponent puts down "Quietly" and suddenly it is anyone's game again. Mattel, one of two companies that own the rights to Scrabble, just laid its bingo in...
In offices around the country, the productivity of workers addicted to the online word game Scrabulous may be taking a hit. But in local schools, teachers are encouraging their students to sharpen their Scrabble skills through after-school clubs and weekend competitions. On both sides of the...
Since an online version of Scrabble launched on the social networking site Facebook last June, more people have been playing than ever before. In just nine months, more than two million Facebook users--of 40 million total--began challenging family, friends and even strangers to a test of wits. One...
Byline: PAUL GILLIN For the past year, business professionals have connected to each other online as never before. Now marketers are trying to figure out a way to monetize these new networks. The MySpace effect finally seeped...
Every subject wears out its welcome eventually. In this new feature, we say when. The appeal of Facebook is simple: it’s a revolutionary way to stay in touch, network, build shrines to yourself and procrastinate on the job. It is, without a doubt, a social phenomenon. But it’s...
Byline: Simon Dumenco Once again, as a service to real readers, Media Guy fields imaginary questions from nonexistent readers. He does this every few months out of deference to his very busy actual readers-saving them the trouble of writing in...
Cyberclinic How can I escape Facebook? A recent piece in The Independent highlighted some serious cases where social networking websites have compromised people's privacy. Such coverage might be affecting the popularity of these sites; visitors to MySpace are down by 26 per cent from a year ago,...
Articles 2008-02-13
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