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Windows Live Messenger at the Center of the Universe

Via a new move on the Windows Live front, Microsoft is placing its instant messaging service firmly at the center of the social networking universe. The Redmond company's Windows Live Messenger is already on the top of the world in terms of audience, and Microsoft aims to solidify its position with a landmark de...

26 March 2008
12:35 GMT

Bebo Has Been Bought! But by Who?

The second largest social network in the United Kingdom, Bebo, has just had the rumor veil surrounding its current situation pierced and there is some light going through the hole left. Not much, you know how the M & A talks can go, but just enough to be sure that they're not on their own.Talks about this first ...

13 February 2008
03:27 GMT

Google Rumored to Have Bought Plaxo

With the Microsoft bid that stands on Yahoo's table, Google saw that it couldn't linger any longer in its absolute dominance of the advertising market and that it needs to move. First it offered Yahoo! a sort of helping hand, letting it know that it is willing to take over their share of the advertising, if...

8 February 2008
18:26 GMT

Google Interested in Buying Bebo for $1-1.5 Billion

The great Google turned about some shortcomings in the last fiscal quarters, mostly due to not being able to monetize its advertising on the MySpace social network. With an earful of criticism and hurt pride, the Mountain View-based company simply cannot turn away from the segment and admit its defeat.According to a ...

7 February 2008
16:56 GMT

12.8 Billion Dollars Lost Because of Social Networks

Besides time loss, social networking from the office is also an open window to hackers and exploiters who take the opportunity to attack the sites of the companies whose employees enjoy socializing over the Internet.As usual, there are two sides to every story. The one that is condemnable is that by linking in and be...

21 January 2008
16:26 GMT

Yahoo! Feeds Bebo with Social Applications as Bebo Grabs Facebook's Platform

Apart from the question in the subtitle, I have no further inquiries, your honor! It's good to see where the big rivals meet and exchange impressions, and even services. Earlier today, I read about Bebo's grabbing the Facebook platform for its own use, which gave rise to some very interesting questions lik...

13 December 2007
06:08 GMT

After Microsoft, Yahoo Steps Into The Social Network Battle. How About Google?

Yahoo!7, the Australian side of the Sunnyvale giant portal, announced that it has reached a deal with Bebo, a large social networking technology, in order to bring adverts straight to its users. In case you didn't read the news, Microsoft also made a major step into the social networking battle by signing a deal...

2 November 2007
00:36 GMT

YM's Rivals Get Involved in Social Networking Services

AOL has always been regarded as one of the potential companies which can compete with Google and Yahoo in many aspects, the instant messaging competition being one of them. AOL's AIM always tried to challenge Yahoo Messenger but this time, it is a serious attempt. A few days ago, AOL signed a deal with Bebo, a f...

9 October 2007
17:06 GMT

Yahoo Beats Google, Steals Social Network

The Sunnyvale super giant Yahoo signed a deal with Bebo, the famous social networking website, to become the exclusive provider of advertisements on the UK and on the Ireland flavors of the page. This is the first move made by Yahoo in the social networking industry even if the company's rivals already made deal...

12 September 2007
06:33 GMT

What's New in Microsoft Land: 20th - 24th August 2007

The downtime of the famous VoIP software solution Skype is the main event that marked the week because the producers of the application sustained it was entirely caused by some Windows updates recently rolled out by Microsoft. If you didn't know, the program used by millions of customers from all over the world ...

26 August 2007
07:40 GMT

Microsoft Spreads Windows Live Messenger Around

Microsoft is the owner of the world's largest audience when it comes down to its instant messaging platform. The community of users built around Windows Live Messenger, created on top of the former MSN Messenger client, is a network accounting for approximately 280 million users on a monthly basis. The IM bridge...

22 August 2007
06:42 GMT

YouTube's Antipiracy Tool Has Caused Quite A Stir

A few days ago, YouTube made a long-awaited announcement that the online video sharing service is about to release a content identification feature that helps the parent company Google fight against copyright lawsuits. Today, Audible Magic, the provider of the digital fingerprinting technology, signed a deal with Beb...

15 June 2007
02:56 GMT

NewBay Brings Bebo to Mobile

Newbay software, a leading provider of mobile multimedia and social networking solutions has announced that its UGC Gateway now supports interaction with Bebo, one of the world's largest social networks. The UGC Gateway enables mobile operators to connect to multiple third party sites, like Bebo, including viewi...

30 March 2007
07:00 GMT




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