Net is a magnet for pervs myView
The Sun
They use the main social networking sites, such as Facebook or Bebo, for first contact. These sites are open and contact can be made with anyone. Then the paedophile moves on to MSN as you can have a secure conversation there. Parents can h...
TweetDeck, 3i and Y Combinator: Flurry of funding news
The Guardian
London-based TweetDeck, a popular desktop and iPhone app for Twitter and Facebook, has landed a $2m (£1.2m) investment from a team of investors including Brent Hoberman, co-founder of Lastminute.com, and Michael Birch, founder of Bebo. Hobe...
Christian concert fills civic center
Abilene Reporter-News
Thousands of fans filled the Abilene Civic Center on Sunday evening as Jeremy Camp and the “Speaking Louder Than Before, The Tour 2009,” came to town along with two other wildly popular Christian music artists, Natalie Grant and Bebo Norman...
Cheryl Cole gets her hands dirty for new album as label woos fans
The Guardian
Cole has featured on almost all of them – MySpace users got a live webchat while Bebo users made videos for a chance to interview the star. On Twitter, fans asked questions which Cole answered in a video on her website and MSN Messenger was...
Girls Aloud's Cheryl Cole steps into solo limelight
Reuters
The U.K. campaign involved a heavy online factor: Cole conducted a live video Web chat on MySpace; users of social networking site Bebo were offered a chance to interview the singer using Twitter to ask her questions. At the market-leading ...
Girl dead after Facebook date: how to keep your children safe online
Daily Telegraph
A common tactic is for paedophiles to strike up friendships over Facebook, Bebo or MySpace, before moving the conversation to more private instant messenger services like MSN or AIM, where their intentions become clear. But CEOP also receiv...
Bling Nation Secures $20 Million in Series B Funding
Consumer Electronics Net
Notable investments include Bebo (sold to AOL for $850m), Betfair (the online betting exchange), 7digital (the online music download service sold to HMV), LOVEFiLM (the home entertainment subscription service) and MySQL (sold to ...