Social media

Bebo to close while Facebook and others strenthen

The social media website aimed at teenagers, Bebo, faces closure as it is widely perceived to have lost the battle for market share to Facebook and Twitter. Although still quite popular in the UK, the website has not come close to justifying the £420 million price paid by AOL in March 2008 and its 12 million users are now dwarfed by Facebook`s 400 million users.

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Just who is using social media?

We often expect the 18 to 24 age group to be early adopters of new technology, particularly when it comes to the Internet. That trend is being bucked by social media websites where the 25 to 54 age groups are making all the running in driving the growth of Twitter, Facebook and Read more »