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Vodafone UK launches "Vodafone Music" – it's a bit like iTunes
Vodafone has announced that is new “Vodafone Music” service is now live in the UK, allowing its mobile customers to buy and download songs from the Vodafone live! Music Shop.
The service features a new user-friendly interface which includes a smart search allowing users to find music based on track name, artist, album, or genre; free 30-second previews of songs, album art, and improved charts listing new releases and top downloads…
RealNetworks spurns Scrabulous, brings legal Scrabble to Facebook
Last time we checked, RealNetworks – the body that owns legit Scrabble licenses from Hasbro and Mattel – was negotiating to buy the absurdly popular Scrabulous Facebook minigame. Despite having the potential for offering RealNetworks a serious leg up in the world of social network gaming, it seems the deal fell through (some say the creators, Rajat and Jayant Agarwalla, wanted a bit too much dosh for it). So RealNetworks has abandoned the idea and launched a whole new version of Scrabble instead…
RealNetworks may buy Scrabulous, legal online Scrabble-esque gameplay for all
Scrabulous is definitely popular, as a recent Facebook petition testifies, so anything which brings hope to its survival has to be a good thing.
GigaOm speculates that such a deal would be great for RealNetworks, as it could give them a foot in the door of casual gaming on Facebook. Although Facebook users may not really care who saves Scrabulous, so long as they can still play it, they may well win a few fans along the way.
iRiver and RealNetworks launch clix Rhapsody digital music player
The idea of tying an MP3 player into an online music store is hardly new – Apple's been doing it with iPod and iTunes for years. But the other player manufacturers are catching on, with the latest example being iRiver's…
