Posts Tagged ‘Bebo’

AOL To Acquire Socialthing

Sunday, August 17th, 2008

Just saw that Socialthing is in the process of being acquired by AOL.

While this is certainly good news for Socialthing developers, I hope it doesn’t come back to bite them in the ass. AOL after all is pretty much known for fraking up everything they buy. Look what happened to WinAmp, ICQ, and Netscape.

Now the question is, what will happen to AOL? Time Warner has been looking to shed itself of that turd ever since it (for some reason) decided to buy it up… Will we see AOL finally picked up by Yahoo? With SocialThing, Bebo, Sphere, Xdrive, and of course the AIM/ICQ messaging networks it could really turn Yahoo around.

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Will Google or MySpace Buy Bebo?

Friday, February 8th, 2008

Rumor is that either Google or MySpace could be looking to buy social network Bebo. Word is the deal could be anywhere between $1 and $1.5 billion.

If MySpace were to buy Bebo, it could still be a win for Google as both MySpace and Bebo use Google’s OpenSocial platform. Bebo however also supports the competing Facebook platform. Chances are either way the Facebook support would get the axe.

Of course, if Google were to end up buying Bebo it could help strengthen Google’s Orkut and maybe help it to catch on more in the US. Of course, anywhere Google can stick it’s ads will be beneficial to the company.

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