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 01:15:27 +0000

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...

Social networking less popular with the youth

Thu, 06 Aug 2009 22:00:05 +0000

A surprising article has been published in today's issue of the UK newspaper The Independent. According to the article, the media regulator Ofcom have done some research and have found that growing numbers of teenagers... 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 14:53:34 +0000

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...

AOL Buys Bebo

Thu, 13 Mar 2008 16:07:40 +0000

AOL announced today that it has entered into an agreement to acquire social media network Bebo. With a total membership of more than 40 million worldwide, Bebo is one of the leading social networks in... Read more...

Bebo to Use Microsoft's Instant-Messaging Technology

Tue, 21 Aug 2007 20:13:35 +0000

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

Mon, 21 May 2007 18:12:25 +0000

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

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

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...