Real Networks has launched an official version of Mattel’s Scrabble on Facebook. This will go toe to toe with the highly-popular an unofficial Scrabulous.

Scrabulous, the Scrabble rip-off, has been garnering over 600,000 users daily, but is now facing competition from the real thing.

Real Networks has created Scrabble for Facebook users outside of the U.S. and Canada.

Mattel’s Scrabble application is, ostensibly, only available to users outside North America – but users can easily fib about their location by clicking on a map. To entice users away from Scrabulous, the official Scrabble application will have to offer users a better playing experience or more useful features.

The CEO of Sony BMG Music Entertainment says that the company is developing an online music subscription service that would give users unlimited access to its music and be compatible with a host of digital music players.

Sony BMG’s artist roster includes newcomers like Leona Lewis, along with stalwarts like Alicia Keys and Celine Dion, as well as country singer Carrie Underwood among others.

In an interview with the newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung published Monday, chief executive Rolf Schmidt-Holtz did not offer a timeline for unveiling the service.

Vancouver Film School and YouTube are currently offering a one-of-a-kind scholarship competition. Visit youtube.com/vancouverfilmschool for all the details. Artists, filmmakers and designers from 19 countries are invited to submit videos on the theme “What Matters To You”. The YouTube community will vote for the 3 winners, who will receive a full-tuition scholarship to the VFS program of their choice.

Source: ExtremeTech

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