Google Acquires Meebo
In a blog post, Meebo announced that they are being acquired by Google. Meebo has been working for seven years to provide social chat services to any publisher that was interested in it. It was definitely a sign of an earlier version of the social web, where companies were looking for plug-in social services that would help business connect with consumers and consumers connect with other consumers. There aren't a ton of details about how Meebo will be used at Google yet, but it may be something to do with Google+.
In a blog post, Meebo announced that they are being acquired by Google. Meebo has been working for seven years to provide social chat services to any publisher that was interested in it. It was definitely a sign of an earlier version of the social web, where companies were looking for plug-in social services that would help business connect with consumers and consumers connect with other consumers. There aren’t a ton of details about how Meebo will be used at Google yet, but it may be something to do with Google+.
Meebo was most famous for the Meebo Bar, which allowed publisherse specifically to connect its audience with all sorts of social content, including most shared links, other users and chat.
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