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Bebo (/ ˈ b iː b oʊ / BEE-boh) was an American social networking website that originally operated from 2005 until its bankruptcy in 2013 and relaunched in February 2021. The site relaunched several times after its bankruptcy with a number of short-lived offerings, including instant messaging and video streaming, until its acquisition by Amazon in July 2019 when it was shut down.
- January 2005; 18 years ago
- The Monkey Inferno
- July 2005
- Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Jan 29, 2021 · Bebo, the social media site of the 2000s and 2010s, is relaunching in February 2021 as a new platform. However, the new site will not have any of the old data and photos that users had on the previous version, which were lost many years ago.
Bebo's co-founder plans to relaunch the social network with a focus on profiles and "real-time" interactions between friends rather than the news feeds at the core of Twitter and Facebook.
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Jan 29, 2021 · The Bebo site turned to streaming software and then to esports tournaments. In 2019, it was acquired by Amazon subsidiary Twitch, who bought it for Bebo for $25 million after outbidding Discord.
Jan 29, 2021 · Bebo was launched by Michael and Xochi Birch, a couple based in San Francisco, California, not long after MySpace took off in 2003. In 2007, Bebo overtook MySpace, as well as Facebook, as the most ...
Dec 12, 2020 · By 2010 just 4 percent of Kiwis said Bebo was their main social networking site. "Facebook has overtaken Bebo and now dominates the New Zealand online social networking space," a Nielsen Media ...
Feb 3, 2021 · Bebo, once a popular platform with over 40 million members, is coming back as an alternative to Facebook and Twitter. Co-founder Michael Birch announced the new version of Bebo, which will focus on live social networking and exclude fake news and hate speech.
