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Bebo not the only social network site in trouble
MySpace looks to be struggling too 13 April 2010 15:21 GMT TweetHitwise has published a ream of statistics on UK internet usage, and it's grim reading for Bebo and MySpace, but good news for Club Penguin and Facebook.
Both MySpace and Bebo have slipped considerably in terms of traffic from a peak in mid...
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Bebo up for sale
Any old iron? 7 April 2010 10:23 GMT TweetAOL is to either sell or close Bebo after paying $850 million dollars for it just 2 years ago, realising that it's just not worth the investment to keep it going.
"Bebo, unfortunately, is a business that has been declining and, as a result,...
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BBC iPlayer to get Facebook and Twitter action
As the on demand service boasts another record-breaking month 19 March 2010 9:38 GMT TweetErik Huggers, the BBC's director of Future Media and Technology has said that it is planning to integrate Facebook, Twitter, Bebo and other social networking platforms into a new version of the company's BBC iPlayer; version 3.0
“We are...
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Motorola DEXT gets Bebo integration
Another social networking option added to MOTOBLUR 12 January 2010 12:33 GMT TweetMotorola has announced its relatively new DEXT phone with the MOTOBLUR Android skin is to get Bebo integration.
In addition to Facebook, Twitter, Last.fm and Gmail, the integration of Bebo means that users can send and receive updates and... -
Help for parents on cyberbullying
Some advice and ideas if you think your child is being bullied 18 November 2009 19:05 GMT TweetStephen Fry reflected yesterday that the Internet is like a city with all the same cultural joys and societal problems of the physical world. So, in many ways, it's of little surprise that bullying is as much a feature of the world wide web as it is...
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Archbishop warns of Facebook suicides
Says site encourages "transient relationships" 3 August 2009 9:39 GMT TweetThe head of the Catholic Church in England and Wales, Archbishop Vincent Nichols, has warned against children using social networking sites because he says they make teenagers view friendship as a "commodity".
He said that the Internet and... -
Samsung announces Bebo partnership
Music-themed team up 27 May 2009 11:14 GMT TweetSamsung has announced a "strategic partnership" with Bebo, in what's described as the phone co's biggest social networking collaboration ever.
The partnership is music-themed with Samsung providing content for the Bebo music homepage, eight... -
Social networking sites keep photos once they're deleted
Researchers concerned over "Zombie Photos" 21 May 2009 15:02 GMT TweetA group of security researchers at the University of Cambridge have discovered that some social networking sites keep all the photos you upload and then delete.
16 websites, including Facebook, MySpace, Bebo, Orkut, Blogger and Flickr had... -
Bebo helps Collins find teen slang for dictionary
Coz bare words don't get repped, seen? 13 February 2009 15:19 GMT TweetHarperCollins has enlisted social networking site Bebo to help it find the most popular teen slang words being used in the UK.
The words and their meanings will be published in the 30th anniversary edition of the Collins English Dictionary. -
Euro agreement to protect social networking under-18s signed
17 companies sign on the line for Safer Internet cause 9 February 2009 17:05 GMT Tweet17 web firms have signed a European agreement to improve the safety of under 18s who use social networking sites.
The companies include Bebo, Facebook, MySpace, Google/YouTube, Microsoft and Yahoo as well as Arto, Dailymotion, Giovani.it,... -
Orange reveals social networking mobile stats
166 million pages viewed a month 23 December 2008 16:04 GMT TweetOrange users access a staggering 166 million pages of social networking websites on their mobiles every month.
The info is from Orange's Digital Media Index that reveals a "marked increase" in mobile data usage, which has almost doubled in... -
Teens send 10,000 texts a year
And watch 50 online vids a week 12 December 2008 14:20 GMT TweetThe average teen - or more accurately the average teen-aged Bebo user - sends over 25 texts a day, research from the social networking site has revealed.
The global research, carried out on-site, also revealed that more than two-thirds of... -
Orange launches online film club
Available for Bebo and Facebook users 2 December 2008 15:44 GMT TweetFilm fans who want to talk about their favourite flicks or watch the latest trailers can now do it through Bebo and Facebook.
Orange has launched a new online film club on the two social networking websites.
Users just have to... -
Social networks not important, say marketeers
Only 10% use social networks to get to audiences 2 December 2008 13:43 GMT TweetDespite the fact that we all spend far too much time on them, markeeters in the UK say that social networks have a limited reach for them.
According to a new survey by Epsilon, more than half of chief marketing officers (so the people trying... -
W-41 goes high tech with new clothing line
Logo on tee connects photographer to your social networking page 24 October 2008 14:43 GMT TweetSo you meet someone, get on famously, and then have to part ways.
Well here's a novel idea - instead of taking their phone number, you get your phone, and snap a pic of the logo on their tee-shirt.
Software downloaded onto your...
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