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AOL re-invents its Bebo social networking website

America Online on Wednesday rolled out a new version of its social-networking website Bebo in a bid to make it a central gathering point for peoples online lives. Changes at Bebo include the addition of a social inbox that continuously gathers update ...

Time Warner-owned AOL bought Bebo earlier this year for 850 million dollars and it remains a distant third in a global social networking realm dominated by Facebook and News Corp's MySpace. Changes at Bebo include the addition of a "social inbox" Full Article at PhysOrg.com

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  1. People want the ability to stay in touch with their contacts in real time wherever their friends may be across the Web ... The current fragmented social networking environment makes keeping up-to-date with others increasingly difficult. Bebo's new Social Inbox is our first step in solving this problem.
    SOURCE: Information Week 11 months ago
  2. By leveraging key resources and technologies from AOL and Bebo as well as from open APIs from leading social properties, we've been able to create a more relevant and open social experience
    – David Liu SOURCE: Information Week 11 months ago
  3. We want to show our customers how there's still a lot of good out there, and use that as a springboard to talk about the good news going on at Sears, too
    SOURCE: ClickZ 11 months ago
  4. We had messaging, we had wall-to-wall [posting], and we thought having that private conversation was necessary ... It enables a channel of constant communication between you and your friends.
    SOURCE: Business Week 11 months ago
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