Former Bebo CEO Joanna Shields Leaves AOL

A new rumour surfaced on the microblogging site Twitter on Monday that the social networking platform Bebo had been shutdown. Though the rumours were not confirmed by any authentic sources, it managed to create quite some buzz in...

Ailing social networking platform Bebo has launched a newly revamped version in a bid to attract users that are fed up with Facebook. Under the new ownership of Criterion Capital Partners, the platform has revamped the entire...

Once up on a time, Bebo was a popular social network with teenagers. Indeed, the site was established before the term 'social network' came into regular use. But that was before Facebook really captured the public imagination and...

AOL Inc. is preparing to sell off its social-networking site Bebo according to a report in the Wall Street Journal. The firm is prepared to flog the site for a small fraction of the $850 million it paid for it two years ago,...

Social networking giant Facebook has been accused by police authorities of being 'arrogant' in the face of increasing reports of child bullying and grooming on the website. Facebook has failed to install a panic button despite...

AOL, the US based internet company, has announced that it no longer has the resources to keep supporting the development of online social network Bebo and might start looking for buyers after its May 2010 review. Bebo, which was...

Facebook has hired a former Bebo chief executive, named Joanna Shields, to oversee its operations in Europe, as the social networking giant Facebook is looking to turn its enormous popularity into profits. Joanna Shields, who...

Social noodling-about site, Facebook has agreed to install the Child Exploitation and Online Protection (CEOP) Centre's panic button after a visit from the Home Secretary Alan Johnson. The site miffed the authorities demanding...

Beleaguered broadcasting company ITV is willing to take a staggering £160 million loss as it looks set to get rid of Friends Reunited, the social networking website that it purchased for £175 million four years...

Facebook is preparing to launch its own Instant messaging service, which incidentally is going to compete with independent IM apps out on the market. The fact that it will be integrated within the browser (à la Meebo)...

The AOL Time Warner group has purchased Social Networking Website Bebo for $850 million earlier today in a surprise move that leaves only a handful of players left in the field.Bebo has been rumoured to be looking for a quick...

AOL has bought social networking site Bebo for $850 million in cash. The Time Warner-owned web services company said that the Bebo network would be a valuable place for it to sell advertising."What drew us to Bebo...