AOL re-invents its Bebo social networking website

December 10, 2008 Bebo logo

America Online on Wednesday rolled out a new version of its social-networking website Bebo in a bid to make it a central gathering point for people's online lives. Changes at Bebo include the addition of a "social inbox" that continuously gathers updates from people's Web-based email accounts as well as YouTube, Twitter, Flickr, Delicious and other online communities they join.

America Online on Wednesday rolled out a new version of its social-networking website Bebo in a bid to make it a central gathering point for people's online lives.

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