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Scrabble sues Indian developers of Facebook app

Two Indian brothers, who created a hugely-popular online word game, on Facebook networking website have been sued in New York by US toymaker Hasbro, which accused them of 'blatant infringement' of......

What HAL plans to do after Sukhoi-30MKIs

Top HAL sources say the AMCA, which is being developed as the IAF's next-generation stealth fighter, is slated to be assembled at HAL Nashik.Ajai Shukla reports. IMAGE: The Indian Air......

Scrabulous pulled off Facebook in US and Canada

A popular online wordgame, Scrabulous,created by two Kolkata-based brothers has been yanked off the social networking web site Facebook, from its US and Canadian versions, a week after a lawsuit......

Nearly 500 die in Algeria quake

Nearly500 people were killed and over 2,400 injured when a massive earthquake struck Algiers, the capital of Algeria, and nearby towns on Wednesday.As rescue workers toiled through the night,......

Coronavirus: 'We pray for the return to normalcy with high fives and hugs'

'Virtual is the new Ritual and my mind often wonders: Did it have to take a microscopic inert organism to bring families closer?' Photograph: Akshay Dasani People of Indian Origin and NRIs......

Scrabble squabble

At first sight it is a battle between the quixotic (26 points) and the quartzy (28 points). On one side are two young entrepreneurs who have provided pleasure and time-wasting potential to millions......

Scrabble Entertainment to broadcast IPL in 3D

Scrabble Entertainment, a firm that converts 2D content to 3D, has bagged the right to broadcast the last four Indian Premier Leaguematches in 3D format from Crown Infotainment, which holds the......

How digital cinema is unscrambled

It has turned the whole logic of digital cinema in India upside down. Scrabble Entertainment, a start-up funded by Manmohan Shetty, is digitising theatres (largely multiplexes) across metros and......

Mattel in war of words over Scrabulous

Addicts of Scrabulous, an online word game played by millions of office workers on Facebook, may soon have to go cold turkey because of a looming copyright battle with the owners of Scrabble. The......

Silicon Valley's next invention may change lives of the ordinary

In the shadow of Internet monoliths such as Facebook, Google and Twitter , it's easy to forget that Silicon Valley got its start from hard-scrabble tinkerers building radios, microchips and other......

Jolly LLB 3 Review: Social Conscience Gets Witty

Akshay Kumar, Arshad Warsi and Saurabh Shukla are in top form in Jolly LLB 3, applauds Deepa Gahlot. Most times, good intentions are not enough. But over the last two Jolly LLB films, as well as......

Drowning In A Sea Of Entertainment

'There is simply too much to watch, read and absorb.''Just online consumption (news, entertainment, social media) in India was 2.5 hours a day in November 2024.''Add TV (just under 4 hours), other......

Cillian! Cillian! Cillian!'

Students and principals at the primary and senior schools that Oscar winner Cillian Murphy attended in Cork, Ireland, tell Rediff.com what the triumph means to them. All Photographs and Videos:......

Have you tried these fun indoor games?

Our larger-than-life movies are all for outdoors -- be it a dream sequences in Switzerland or face off against the raging sea. But with coronavirus on our minds and lockdown in our lives, staying......

Lessons from Bollywood: How to deal with daddy issues

IMAGE: Saif Ali Khan with Alaya F in Jawaani Jaaneman. Ma is a class by itself -- please click here to see what we mean! -- but let's not underestimate the bapus. The general belief as Gajraj Rao......

No more 'N-word': Scrabble players look to bar racist or homophobic slurs

IMAGE: Professional sportpersons including Lewis Hamilton and Raheem Sterling have become leading voices in the anti-racism movement amid protests over the death of George Floyd, an unarmed black......

Nat. Scrabble championship this weekend

Around 80men and womenfrom across the country are expected to participate in the 'Mattel India Scrabble championship' at Pune Club, Pune, on July 5 and 6.The tournament, which is being stagedin......

Mumbai to host international Scrabble tournament

The Mumbai Scrabble Club will hold its first international Scrabbletournament from January 10 through 12 at the Juhu Vile Parle Gymkhana.Theclub has been organisingan all-India open tournament......

Bhandarkar wins Ist International Scrabble Tourney

Reigning national champion Akshay Bhandarkar of Mumbai won the first international scrabble tournament, held at the Juhu Ville-Parle Gymkhana in Mumbai on Sunday.Bhandarkar won 12 games out the 14......

Williams sisters join Tiger, McIlroy's golf revolution

IMAGE: Serena Williams and Venus William. Photograph: Patrick Mouratoglou/Facebook In a week that has seen a reshaping of golf's landscape a new player emerged on Thursday with Reddit......