October 30, 2007

Meebo Expanding

Meebo Opens Site to Developers By REBECCA BUCKMAN, Wall Street Journal (Oct 30)

"Two years ago, Meebo began offering technology that enables instant messaging through a Web site without the user downloading software from other companies. Now, in a bid to become a broader "destination" site and cash in on the online-ad market, the Mountain View, Calif., company will allow outside software developers to build programs and applications around its instant-messaging technology."

Of interest: "Instead of posting a video on YouTube, a Meebo user could stream video of an event as it is happening and simultaneously share it with a pre-selected group of instant-messaging friends ..."

Posted by Gwen at October 30, 2007 12:57 PM