Neowin News Feed for: Bebo

Bebo.com disappears off the web without a sound [Update: Maybe not!]

Owen Williams — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 22:30:53 +0000

One of the "one of the worst deals ever made in the dotcom era" disappeared off the internet today, making no noise and giving no warning that it was going. It appears it's permanent. Read more...

AOL to sell or shut down Bebo

Austin Davies — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 02:15:27 +0100

The social networking site Bebo took a huge blow today, as Reuters reported that AOL wants to either sell or shut down the site. AOL acquired Bebo in March 2008 for $850m. Bebo sent out... Read more...

Bebo to get instant messaging from AIM

Damien Reynolds — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 04:05:32 +0000

When AOL bought Bebo in March for $850 million you had to wonder what their main plans were for the service and it seems they are beginning to come up with a game plan, challenging... Read more...

Bebo to send friend request to aliens

Daniel Fleshbourne — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 15:53:34 +0100

Social network Bebo has teamed up with RDF Digital to create a digital time capsule to send personal messages and pictures to the nearest planet that could hold life. The information will be beamed 120... Read more...

Bebo to Use Microsoft's Instant-Messaging Technology

Sagittarius — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 21:13:35 +0100

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Social-networking site Bebo Inc. has announced today that it will launch a Microsoft-powered instant-messaging program this fall. The program will allow Bebo users to launch an instant-messaging session within their browsers, regardless of whether they... Read more...

Yahoo linked to $1 Billion bid for Bebo

Slimy — Mon, 21 May 2007 19:12:25 +0100

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Yahoo is reportedly preparing a $1 billion takeover bid for social networking site Bebo. The MySpace rival was founded by husband and wife team Michael and Xochi Birch in 2005, and has overtaken MySpace in... Read more...

Skype and Bebo team up

Timmah — Fri, 10 Feb 2006 09:59:19 +0000

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Skype,the hugely successful voice-over IP (VoIP) provider and Bebo, the UK's largesthigh school and college communication website have announced apartnership to bring the benefits of Skype to users of the Bebo service. ... Read more...