Bebo
Summary
Bebo is a social networking website launched in July 2005. It is owned by Criterion Capital Partners. From March 2008 - June 2010 it was owned by AOL Inc. The website's name is an acronym for Blog Early, Blog Often. Users receive a personal profile page where they can post blogs, photographs, music, videos and questionnaires to which other users may answer. Additionally, users may add others as friends and send them messages, and update their personal profiles to notify friends about themselves. Bebo was founded by Michael Birch and his wife Xochi Birch in January 2005 at their home in San Francisco. It was acquired by AOL on March 13, 2008 for $850 million.
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