AOL completes Bebo acquisition
US based internet company AOL has announced that they have now completed the acquisition of social networking service Bebo.
Bebo is very popular in Europe. However it is a relatively smaller player in this market dominated by MySpace, Facebook and Orkut.
Hi5 and Friendster are some other players in the social networking industry.
AOL said [...]
Microsoft collaborates with Facebook, Bebo, Hi5, LinkedIn and Tagged
Microsoft has announced that they are now collaborating with Facebook, Bebo, Hi5, LinkedIn and Tagged to boost their Windows Live service.
The software giant would now work with these social networks to enable their users to easily and securely move their contacts and relationships between services.
A company representative [...]
AOL acquiring Bebo for $850 million
AOL has announced that they are paying around $850 million in cash to acquire social media network Bebo.
Bebo is one of the most popular social networking services in the European market with a user base of more than 40 million members.
The company has around 100 employees operating in offices [...]
Facebook announces plans to license its developer’s platform
Facebook faces massive competition from the market leader MySpace and other players in the market like Google (OpenSocial Platform) and Bebo.
The social networking service has now announced that they are now going to license its platform enabling third party developers to write applications for it to third party [...]
Bebo launches open platform for third party developers
UK’s most popular social networking portal Bebo has now launched their own open technology platform for outside software developers.
The company further announced that they are working with 40 partners to provide applications for users on the site.
Bebo said that their platform is compatible with applications developed for the [...]
Bebo users to get free access to videos from CBS, BSkyB and the BBC
Social networking service Bebo has said that they have signed up deals with a couple of media companies including CBS, BSkyB and the BBC.
These companies would provide their users access to free video content. This new service would be supported through online [...]
MySpace working with Google on OpenSocial
MySpace is the web’s most popular social networking service. They are already working with the search engine giant Google for searching and advertising services on MySpace.com.
The two companies have now said that they are expanding their collaboration and would work together on developing applications which can be used anywhere on [...]
