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Bebo founder wants to out-dictionary the dictionary
Michael Birch, who sold Bebo to AOL earlier this year for $850 million, is now planning a social video dictionary.
Birch has teamed up with a television producer, Edward Blake, to create Wordia. The idea is based on the popularity of Wikipedia and YouTube, but leans on the notion idea that people are insanely in love with the English language.
Will it take off? I suppose when you have $850 million in the bank anything is possible. Michael Birch, who sold Bebo to AOL earlier this year for $850 million, is now planning a social video dictionary. ... more -
Couple say sorry to neighbours after daughter holds party that leaves street '...
She claims it was intended to be a quiet get-together for a few friends while her parents were abroad on holiday.
But after Holly Herdman posted notice of the gathering on her social networking site, word soon got round the usually genteel Cornish market town of Lostwithiel that a full-scale party was planned.
Within hours, 30 drunken gatecrashers turned up at her family home demanding to be let in.
When the teenager refused, the mob went on the rampage, smashing windows, scratching cars, fighting and breaking bottles in the street until the early hours.
Yesterday Holly's embarrassed parents Martin and Annette Herdman issued a public apology to their neighbours, who likened the disturbance to living in a war zone. She claims it was intended to be a quiet get-together for a few friends while her parents were abroad on holiday. ... more -
Bebo to send your messages into space.
People interested in sending a message into space are being given the chance by social networking site Bebo. A Message From Earth has been designed to allow people to send personal messages and pictures to the nearest planet outside our solar system which could support life.
People can send in their messages, with the 500 best being decided by a web vote which runs until September 30.
They will be broadcast on October 9 by the National Space Agency of Ukraine, via its giant RT-70 radar telescope. The messages, travelling at light speed, will pass the moon within 1.7 secs and leave the solar system within seven hours. People interested in sending a message into space are being given the chance by social networking site Bebo. A Message From Earth has ... more -
Bebo manda nello spazio i messaggi degli utenti...
Bebo, uno dei principali social network in Rete con un bacino di iscritti concentrato soprattutto nelle aree anglofone, ha arruolato il dottor Alexander Zaitsev, esperto mondiale in comunicazioni interstellari, per lanciare nello spazio 500 messaggi dei suoi utenti. Lo scienziato userà un radio telescopio ucraino, normalmente impiegato per identificare e tracciare gli asteroidi che possono costituire una minaccia per la Terra. Bebo, uno dei principali social network in Rete con un bacino di iscritti concentrato soprattutto nelle aree anglofone, ha arruolato i... more
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Bebo beams social networking to space
If space engineers, astronauts and rocket scientists are having trouble contacting life on other planets, maybe Bebo can do it? The social networking site and the TV company responsible for quality TV like Wife Swap has joined farces... er... forces with the world's expert in interstellar radio communication, Dr Alexander Zaitsev, to send 500 messages from users into space in a digital time capsule.
That's right. A digital time capsule.
My question: PC computers can't read Mac files. How on earth (or, how in space) are they so sure that extra-terrestrial societies aren't going to experience the same problem? If space engineers, astronauts and rocket scientists are having trouble contacting life on other planets, maybe Bebo can do it? The so... more -
Mother sues newspapers over Bebo defamation
A mother is suing six national newspapers for defamation and breach of privacy after they ran stories and photos taken from Bebo about a 'drunken party' that turned out to be false, reports the Independent.
On her Bebo page, Jodie Hudson described a riot of sex and wanton damage fuelled by under-age drinking that only ended when the police arrived. Newspapers leapt on the story and published photos from her Bebo site alongside their reports.
But Hudson's lurid description of the party, subsequently carried in a number of national newspapers, turned out to be fantasy. The media stories, and the accompanying pictures taken from Bebo, are now the subject of a landmark legal case that could redraw the boundaries of the use of information published on social networking sites including Bebo, Facebook and MySpace.
Should newspapers be able to access and - if deemed newsworthy enough - publish your photos and writings from social networking sites, without your permission? Surely its a journalist's reponsbility to corroborate stories like this *before* they publish them? A mother is suing six national newspapers for defamation and breach of privacy after they ran stories and photos taken from Bebo about... more -
Google Earth used to organise 'Facebook dipping' parties
Would-be revellers are using satellite images on the internet to find houses with swimming pools - and then turning up uninvited for an impromptu dip. The craze involves using the Google Earth programme, which provides high-quality aerial photos of Britain and other countries.
Once a target is chosen, the organisers use social networking sites such as Facebook and Bebo to arrange to meet, say police. Officers said that residents have woken up to find youngsters 'dipping' in their back gardens, or have come home from work to a swimming pool full of beer cans. Would-be revellers are using satellite images on the internet to find houses with swimming pools - and then turning up uninvited for a... more -
Etiquette experts draw up social networking rules
Etiquette experts Debrett's have drawn up a new set of rules to help young people politely navigate social networking sites. The authority on good manners said users should never post a profile picture they would not want to see in their local newspaper.
And it was always necessary to wait 24 hours to "gather your thoughts" before accepting or removing a friend. Almost two-thirds of people (62%) are frustrated and confused by social situations presented by sites such as Facebook, MySpace and Bebo, a poll for mobile phone network Orange found. Etiquette experts Debrett's have drawn up a new set of rules to help young people politely navigate social networking sites. The ... more -
Bebo blamed for Emo's death
Social networking website Bebo has been blamed for a 13-year-old boy's suicide. Sam Leeson, a 13 year old student from Tredworth, Gloucestershire, hanged himself in his bedroom apparently after suffering months of bullying online.
Sam's mother Sally Cope, 45, said the family only learnt of the cyberbullying when they checked his Bebo page after his death. Social networking website Bebo has been blamed for a 13-year-old boy's suicide. Sam Leeson, a 13 year old student from Tredworth,... more -
Bebo: Universal Music is the setting for new online drama
I find this interesting because they tried mobile soaps which did not work also mobile web surfing never took off
perhaps this is the best of both worlds. and in Ireland it is free to surf on
bebo on some networks I find this interesting because they tried mobile soaps which did not work also mobile web surfing never took off ... more -
AOL completes buy-up of Bebo for £425 million
AOL has officially completed its £425 million purchase of Bebo, the UK's third most popular social-networking site - and has already announced a raft of new initiatives.
The web giant has created a new business division, People Networks, which will be run by Bebo's president, Joanna Shields. It will integrate AOL's AIM and ICQ instant-messaging platforms and other community features into the Bebo network, and encourage the cross-promotion of multimedia content, such as videos and music channels, between the two sites. AOL has officially completed its £425 million purchase of Bebo, the UK's third most popular social-networking site - and has alre... more -
Pete Cashmore Bebo Interview // Current.com Web Exclusive
Mashable founder Pete Cashmore interviews Michael Birch from Bebo
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Mashable.com
22 year old web entrepreneur Pete Cashmore founded Mashable.com, a blog about web 2.0, as a teenager in Scotland. Now the site brings in "seven figures" and Pete has been named one of the Top 25 Web Celebs of 2007 (Forbes). Moving to San Francisco to capitalize on the social networking boom, Pete hits the streets to network with CEOs of local startups like Bebo and Digg. 22 year old web entrepreneur Pete Cashmore founded Mashable.com, a blog about web 2.0, as a teenager in Scotland. Now the site brings ... more
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BBC launches new musical artist tracking service
The BBC are tracking artists and tracks by how much they are being discussed on community sites etc. - it's a beta at the moment and the sites they're following are fairly limited but it's worth keeping an eye on. The BBC are tracking artists and tracks by how much they are being discussed on community sites etc. - it's a beta at the moment ... more
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Millions of kids flock to Facebook and MySpace
Ever felt like your much-loved social networking sites are dumbing down and becoming swamped with fit-inducing flashing pictures and frivolous rubbish?
It could be because children under 11 are signing up to sites like Facebook, MySpace and Bebo in their millions.
Research in the UK into internet use by media regulator Ofcom has found that more than a quarter of 8 to 11-year-olds claimed to have a profile page on a social networking page, despite the sites apparently doing their best to discourage pre-teen use.
There are social networking sites specifically aimed at kids yet a huge number of young children are attracted by the popularity of sites like MySpace, who says users much be at least 14 to register, and Facebook and Bebo, who set an age limit of 13. Ever felt like your much-loved social networking sites are dumbing down and becoming swamped with fit-inducing flashing pictures and f... more -
Facebook to launch instant messaging service
Techcrunch today says the social networking site has been testing a new IM service and could be unleashing it as soon as next week. The application will probably be built into users' Facebook pages, allowing them them to chat live with their friends. Other third-party apps which offer this service on Facebook 'are now basically dead'. Techcrunch today says the social networking site has been testing a new IM service and could be unleashing it as soon as next week. T... more
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AOL to acquire Bebo for $850 million
Another corporate takeover in the social networking universe.
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AOL buys Bebo for £417m ($850 million)
AOL have agreed a deal to buy the social networking site Bebo for $850 million, in a takeover that will see the site's founders netting a 'significant windfall.'
The takeover is the latest in a string of multi-million-pound deals as firms look to tap into the boom in popularity of social networking sites, Myspace was sold for $580 million in 2005, followed by Microsoft netting a 1.6% share in Facebook in 2006.
Bebo is one of the largest social networking sites in the world with over 40 million global users, but what will the buy-out mean for Beboers? AOL have agreed a deal to buy the social networking site Bebo for $850 million, in a takeover that will see the site's founders n... more -
Is social networking on the way out?
The miraculous growth of social-networking phenomenon Facebook may have met its first hiccup in Europe, according to data released Thursday.
Internet analysts at Nielsen Online reported that the number of unique visitors in Britain visiting Facebook fell in January, marking the first time it has seen a decline in the key metric in 17 months. Some 8.5 million unique users in Britain spent time on Facebook last month, down from 8.9 million in December. The miraculous growth of social-networking phenomenon Facebook may have met its first hiccup in Europe, according to data released Thu... more -
Online bully faces jail after prank leads to suicide attempt
A teenage boy is facing jail after an internet prank drove his best friend to attempt suicide. The 17-year-old posted a fake profile on the social networking website, Bebo, pretending to be a boy called Callum, and struck up a three-month relationship with his 16-year-old male victim. He then revealed details of their intimate messages, which often ended with the words "I love you", to other friends.
His victim was so traumatised by the scam he took more than 60 painkillers, an act described by a psychologist as a genuine attempt to kill himself rather than a "cry for help", Brighton Youth Court heard. A teenage boy is facing jail after an internet prank drove his best friend to attempt suicide. The 17-year-old posted a fake profile o... more
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