While augmented reality proponents have tried to push the edge of the technology with limited success, they're now making a concerted effort to empower developers to incorporate AR into their apps. It's a bet that developers can help AR can finally find a home in consumer's lives.…
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Coders Get a New Colleague — Barbie
Barbie today got two new careers, and in one she's a computer engineer! That's right, coders of the world can now count Mattel's (s MAT) best-selling toy among their ranks. But my question is, does Barbie use a Mac (s aapl) or a PC?…
Read MoreHasbro Drops Suit Against Scrabulous Creators
Board game marketer Hasbro has dropped its copyright infringement suit against Jayant and Rajant Agarwalla, the makers of the online version……
Read MoreOne True Media Raising $10M
One True Media, provider of personal video products and small business ad creation tools, has raised $8 million of a $10 million second round of funding, according to a regulatory filing.…
Read MoreScrabulous Developers Claim Mixed Victory In Indian Court; Name In Violation, Game Not, They Say
Jayant and Rajant Agarwalla are telling fans they've had a partial victory in their effort to defend Scrabulous, their highly popular digita……
Read MoreSuing Scrabulous: The Game Everyone Gets to Lose!
Well I guess it’s finally time to check out Wordscraper. Caving Responding to a formal complaint from Scrabble copyright holder Mattel, Facebook…
Read MoreFacebook Halts Fabulous Run For Scrabulous Following Complaint By Mattel
So you thought you'd fritter some time away playing Scrabulous over the Bank Holiday? No such luck. A few weeks after developers Rajat and……
Read MoreFacebook Shuts Down Most Scrabulous Access; Blames Complaint By Mattel
For the last few weeks, Facebook users outside the U.S. and Canada could do the superior dance between rounds of Scrabulous. Access to Scrab……
Read MoreGlaser on Scrabulous:
Rob Glaser, the CEO of RealNetworks (NSDQ: RNWK), spoke last week at the Casual Connect conference in Seattle, just hours before Hasbro file……
Read MoreWill Parents Pay $72 a Year for Virtual Barbies?
Starting now, Mattel (MAT) is offering a premium subscription option to its phenomenally popular Barbie Girls web-based virtual world. Since beta launch…
Read MoreFor Real? No Deal With Scrabulous?
Now that RealNetworks has launched Scrabble by Mattel, the fate of Facebook application Scrabulous looks grim. Earlier this year, Scrabulous, which is…
Read MoreRealNetworks Doesn’t Buy Scrabulous; Launches Own Version Instead
RealNetworks (NSDQ: RNWK), which has previously professed its supposedly neutral position in the copyright controversy over the popular Face……
Read MoreWill RealNetworks End Up Buying Scrabulous?
I had the exact same thought that Om had after I read the NYT piece last night AND when RealNetworks (NSDQ: RNWK) PR sent out a note about……
Read MoreWill RealNetworks Buy Scrabulous?
Scrabulous is like Danger Mouse’s The Grey Album of Facebook Apps. Everyone loves it except the guys who own Scrabble (Mattel and…
Read MoreScrabble Makers Order Facebook To Take Down Scrabulous
Hasbro and Mattel, the marketers of Scrabble, are accusing the creators of popular Facebook app Scrabulous of violating the copyright on th……
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