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Bebo was founded by husband-and-wife team Michael and Xochi Birch in January 2005 at their home in San Francisco. [1] The website name was bought by the founders, and the backronym "Blog Early; Blog Often" was invented to answer the question of what the name meant.
Birch and Xochi later founded the online social networking website Bebo [5] in January 2005, with a major launch in July 2005. In 2007, Bebo had over 45 million registered users and was the sixth most popular site in the UK, bigger than AOL, Amazon.co.uk and bbc.co.uk. [6] Michael and Xochi Birch sold Bebo to AOL in March 2008 for $850 million.
Xochi Birch OBE (/ ˈ s oʊ tʃ i /) is an American computer programmer and entrepreneur in San Francisco, California.She is the co-founder of several companies since 1999, most notably the online social networking website Bebo, with her husband Michael Birch. [1]
Myspace (formerly stylized as MySpace; also myspace; and sometimes my␣, with an elongated open box symbol) is a social networking service based in the United States. . Launched on August 1, 2003, it was the first social network to reach a global audience and had a significant influence on technology, pop culture and mu
Bebo is purchased from Criterion Capitol Partners for $1 million by Bebo's founders. [72] 2013 Launch Instant messaging and video/voice calling service Google Hangouts launches. [73] 2013 Launch Telegram, launches service for exchange messages, share media, files, live location, hold private and group voice or video calls, as well public ...
The first Bebo Original KateModern was nominated for two BAFTA awards. [12] After engineering Bebo's acquisition for $850m by Aol in May 2008, Shields briefly relocated to New York City to head Aol's newly created People Networks, overseeing the company's social and communications assets including AIM, Aol Instant Messenger and ICQ.
A 21-year-old Norwegian woman has become the youngest person to reach the South Pole on skis, solo and without assistance, her team told AFP on Tuesday. Karen Kylleso accomplished the feat ...
Christopher Lord co-founded the company in 2002. [3] [4] Criterion acquired social networking service Bebo in 2010. Bebo was previously owned by AOL, who originally purchased the service for $850 million in 2008. [5] The acquisition had failed as Bebo's business was declining. AOL sold the company for less than $10 million to Criterion.