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meebo’s hits another milestone with over 20 million unique users per month

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meebo.pngmeebo announced a significant milestone in user adoption. In addition to reaching 6.5 million unique users monthly at meebo.com, the company has seen adoption and usage of meebo rooms widgets grow substantially from the May 2007 launch. In November alone, 16.5 million unique users visited meebo widgets distributed across the Web by partners and users. Combining users of both meebo.com and meebo widgets, the company now estimates its reach at more than 20 million people in November 2007.

Today, meebo also announced that it has tailored meebo rooms, Partner Edition, to function seamlessly inside Facebook applications. Social network application providers BuddyMedia, (fluff)Friends, RockYou, Slide, The Broth and WaterCooler, Inc. have begun implementing meebo rooms, Partner Edition, to connect people live with their friends directly inside highly-trafficked applications.

Beginning next year, meebo rooms, Partner Edition, will give developers a hassle-free revenue stream for integrating live interaction functionality into their communities and applications. meebo will run unobtrusive, user-friendly and engaging ads inside meebo rooms and will then share a portion of the revenue with partners.

Newly-released Partner Edition functionalities include:

• Brand customization and Flash skinning. Partner Edition gives brands full control of the look and feel of their meebo rooms to create a seamless user and design experience between your brand and meebo technology.

• Integration with Facebook’s existing registration system. Facebook Edition authenticates logged user sessions and lets users take their registered names and user photos into the room with them, without requiring a meebo account.

• Automated capacity spillover. Designed for highly-trafficked application and canvas pages, new rooms spawn automatically when capacity is reached.

• Advertising tracking. Partners can seamlessly embed and track advertising in a room’s media queue to monetize traffic inside meebo rooms.

• Traffic and data reporting. Facebook Edition offers enhanced traffic and data reporting capability to measure campaign effectiveness and results.

Originally posted on December 13, 2007 @ 10:21 am

Me.dium integrates Jabber XCP to social browsing

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medium.pngJabber, Inc. announced that Me.dium, Inc. is utilizing the Jabber Extensible Communications Platform (Jabber XCP) for presence and instant messaging (IM) capabilities in its social browsing application. Me.dium is a social browsing plug-in that allows people to see what other people are doing online around them and to interact in real time. Me.dium graphically connects users with others doing similar things, allows them to browse with their friends, and enables users to interact with others in their real-time community.

When a user in the Me.dium network moves from one website to another, the server receives a notification that the user’s location has changed. This information is aggregated across the Me.dium network to seek similar content based on the browsing activity of other Me.dium users. Me.dium streams the data back to the user’s browser and displays a map showing who is currently on that recommended content and offers an opportunity for users to initiate one-to-one or group chats, add new users to private chats, post messages to the online community, and follow each other around the web.

Originally posted on December 4, 2007 @ 3:58 pm

Userplane partners with network and cable companies to deliver enhanced social networking and messaging services

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userplane1.pngUserplane announced deals with network and cable television media partners to bring Userplane’s leading social networking and community applications to their online destinations.

New broadcast partners Channel 4 (UK), The CW, FUEL TV and IFC will be using Userplane customizable communication tools, such as Webchat, Minichat and Webmessenger to further develop their online communities and increase the reach of their global fan-base by giving viewers a new interactive way to enjoy their favorite shows.

“The integration of real time messaging applications allows media companies to create virtual water coolers where viewers can engage other fans of their favorite shows in real time,” said Michael Jones, CEO of Userplane and vice president of AOL. “Userplane’s suite of applications allows media companies to turn any Web site into content-centric social networks, fostering true interaction among fans of popular brands.”

Originally posted on November 27, 2007 @ 10:16 am

meebo launches games via third party developers

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meebo1.pngmeebo announced that more than 20 games are now available to meebo users through the recently-launched meebo Platform. The games have been contributed by third-party developers using the recently-launched meebo Platform APIs. The introduction of games from 3rd Sense, Absolutist, Clearspring Technologies, Come2Play, Gamebrew, MediaGreenhouse, Mochi Media, MyGraffitiWall, Jiggmin, Kongregate, PlayFirst, Presidio Studios, and ZeroCode exemplifies the kinds of multiuser and synchronous applications being built on the meebo Platform every day. Since the October 30th Platform launch, more than 200 developers have registered applications for the meebo Platform and are working to make meebo the live interaction destination on the web. Future categories of applications will include shopping, productivity and work applications, music and video entertainment.

The games launching today include Animal Puzzle, Artillery, Backgammon, Battle Pool, Blackjack, Checkers, Chess, Connect4, Go, Kongregate Racing, Match4, Music Man, Picture This!, Pirate War, Platform Racing, Reversi, Sheep Me, Sploder, Sudoku Wars, Tactics 100, Texas Hold ‘em, and World Travel Puzzle.

The meebo Platform gives third-party developers a hassle-free revenue stream to monetize their applications. meebo is securing premium revenue relationships and will run user-friendly ads while applications run. meebo will then share that revenue with third-party application developers. Alternatively, meebo offers third-party developers the ability to opt out of the revenue sharing arrangement and run their own ads on their application. These developers can present custom or integrated advertising to meebo users where their advertisers are more relevant, entertaining or useful. This approach is designed to optimize the user experience and provide independent developers with a revenue stream.

Originally posted on November 20, 2007 @ 11:15 am

TokBox adds video/voice calls to meebo

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new media newsTokBox, a communication service that enables people to talk over live video in a single click, has launched the first voice/video calling product on the meebo Platform.

It requires no registration, download, installation or configuration and is now seamlessly integrated into millions of meebo conversations.

According to Nielsen/NetRatings, meebo is the fastest-growing IM destination in the US – ahead of Google Talk and Skype. The addition of Tokbox is what meebo CEO and co-founder Seth Sternberg will bring them “one large step closer to becoming the Web’s live interaction destination.”

“TokBox is making communication much more personal, where we can easily see our family members, friends, co workers or new acquaintances – no matter where they are,” said Serge Faguet, CEO and co-founder of TokBox. “By merging the extreme simplicity of TokBox with the world’s most popular live platform, we are providing for the richest form of communication and messaging online today.”

Originally posted on October 30, 2007 @ 2:45 am