Bringing more immediacy to Facebook apps from BuddyMedia, (fluff)Friends, RockYou, Slide, The Broth and the WaterCooler, Web-based instant messaging startup Meebo is now letting Facebook developers add chat to their apps through a new partner program. Basically, these are versions of Meebo Rooms inside Facebook that can be customized and skinned any way the app developer wants.
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Founded in September 2005, meebo continues to catch on with IMers across the globe. After announcing 500,000 user-accounts in October 2006, user registration on meebo has rocketed to 3.5 million in just twelve months with more than six million unique people logging in monthly. More than 1 million people spend more than two-and-a-half hours logged in every day. meebo s investors include Sequoia Capital and Draper Fisher Jurvetson. Visit www.meebo.com today to connect with people live on the Web.
Nov
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Founded in September 2005, meebo continues to catch on with IMers across the globe. After announcing 500,000 user-accounts in October 2006, user registration on meebo has rocketed to 3.5 million in just twelve months with more than six million unique people logging in monthly. One million people spend more than two-and-a-half hours with us every day. meebo s investors include Sequoia Capital and Draper Fisher Jurvetson. Visit www.meebo.com today to connect with people live on the Web.
Nov
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We asked Sternberg about the idea to integrate multiplayer gaming into IM. “Meebo is all about connecting live with your friends, be it chatting or doing a video call. Playing games was just another example of things that friends like to do with each other online,” he said.
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Yet here you are. Right now. Looking for something to do. Perhaps by habit, you ve sign on to your instant messaging account. Perhaps you ve done so using Meebo. And you ve found someone you enjoy conversing with. So you re happy to talk. But you want something more. Something to keep you occupied whilst punching out one-liners and gossip and poetic verse and whatnot. And, oh, you find that there are some games to play, and, hey, how convenient it is that your buddy s using Meebo as well.
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A menu of games appears inside the Meebo instant message window. Select one and your chat partner will be invited to join. Once you’re both ready, the game launches. You can even continue to chat while you race, shoot each other, out-strategize or whatever sweet, time-wasting action the game offers.