<s>
eBuddy	B-Application
is	O
a	O
privately	O
held	O
Dutch	O
software	O
company	O
that	O
offers	O
instant	B-Application
messaging	I-Application
services	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
2011	O
,	O
eBuddy	B-Application
reported	O
100	O
million	O
downloads	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
's	O
flagship	O
service	O
is	O
XMS	O
,	O
a	O
proprietary	O
cross-platform	B-Operating_System
instant	B-Application
messaging	I-Application
service	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
XMS	O
is	O
a	O
proprietary	O
cross	B-Operating_System
platform	I-Operating_System
instant	B-Application
messaging	I-Application
service	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
a	O
2011	O
review	O
,	O
the	O
head	O
of	O
the	O
BerryReview	O
team	O
mentioned	O
that	O
the	O
service	O
has	O
many	O
features	O
in	O
common	O
with	O
other	O
cross-platform	B-Operating_System
messaging	B-Protocol
services	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
XMS	O
is	O
available	O
for	O
iOS	B-Application
,	O
Android	B-Application
,	O
BlackBerry	B-Operating_System
,	O
Nokia	B-Operating_System
Series	I-Operating_System
40	I-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
Windows	O
Phone	O
7	O
devices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
November	O
4	O
,	O
2014	O
,	O
Ebuddy	B-Application
XMS	I-Application
scored	O
1	O
out	O
of	O
7	O
points	O
on	O
the	O
Electronic	O
Frontier	O
Foundation	O
's	O
secure	O
messaging	B-Protocol
scorecard	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ebuddy	B-Application
XMS	I-Application
received	O
a	O
point	O
for	O
encryption	O
during	O
transit	O
but	O
lost	O
points	O
because	O
communications	O
are	O
not	O
encrypted	O
with	O
a	O
key	O
the	O
provider	O
does	O
n't	O
have	O
access	O
to	O
(	O
i.e.	O
</s>
<s>
the	O
code	O
is	O
not	O
open-source	B-Application
)	O
,	O
the	O
security	O
design	O
is	O
not	O
properly	O
documented	O
,	O
and	O
there	O
has	O
not	O
been	O
a	O
recent	O
independent	O
security	O
audit	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
AIM	B-Protocol
,	O
BlackBerry	B-Application
Messenger	I-Application
,	O
Hushmail	B-Application
,	O
Kik	B-Protocol
Messenger	I-Protocol
,	O
Skype	B-Application
,	O
Viber	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Yahoo	B-Application
Messenger	I-Application
also	O
scored	O
1	O
out	O
of	O
7	O
points	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
eBuddy	B-Application
Chat	O
was	O
a	O
line	O
of	O
multi-protocol	O
instant	B-Application
messaging	I-Application
clients	O
:	O
it	O
allowed	O
users	O
with	O
Facebook	B-Protocol
Chat	I-Protocol
,	O
MSN	B-Protocol
,	O
Google	B-Application
Talk	I-Application
,	O
Yahoo	B-Application
Messenger	I-Application
,	O
ICQ	B-Protocol
and	O
AOL	O
accounts	O
to	O
chat	O
free	O
of	O
charge	O
in	O
one	O
aggregated	O
interface	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
eBuddy	B-Application
Chat	O
supported	O
a	O
Web	O
interface	O
and	O
also	O
supported	O
iOS	B-Application
,	O
Android	B-Application
,	O
J2ME	B-Language
and	O
mobile	O
Web-enabled	O
devices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
the	O
move	O
toward	O
mobile	O
,	O
in	O
2013	O
,	O
the	O
company	O
announced	O
that	O
it	O
was	O
discontinuing	O
development	O
of	O
its	O
eBuddy	B-Application
Chat	O
multi-protocol	O
instant	B-Application
messaging	I-Application
clients	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
eBuddy	B-Application
was	O
originally	O
developed	O
by	O
Paulo	O
Taylor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
His	O
idea	O
was	O
established	O
as	O
a	O
consequence	O
from	O
a	O
bet	O
to	O
develop	O
MSN	B-Protocol
Messenger	I-Protocol
,	O
as	O
it	O
was	O
named	O
in	O
2003	O
,	O
for	O
a	O
mobile	O
phone	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Originally	O
backed	O
by	O
Prime	O
Technology	O
Ventures	O
and	O
Lowland	O
Capital	O
Partners	O
and	O
headquartered	O
in	O
Amsterdam	O
,	O
Netherlands	O
,	O
with	O
offices	O
in	O
Singapore	O
and	O
San	O
Francisco	O
,	O
United	O
States.	O
,	O
after	O
a	O
successful	O
partnership	O
with	O
Japanese-based	O
GREE	O
,	O
eBuddy	B-Application
was	O
sold	O
via	O
an	O
aqui-hire	O
to	O
Booking.com	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
June	O
1	O
,	O
2006	O
,	O
e-Messenger	O
was	O
renamed	O
to	O
eBuddy	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
October	O
26	O
,	O
2006	O
,	O
eBuddy	B-Application
received	O
$6.33	O
M	O
( €5M	O
)	O
in	O
Series	O
A	O
funding	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
May	O
2	O
,	O
2008	O
,	O
eBuddy	B-Application
received	O
$9.55	O
M	O
(	O
€6.5	O
M	O
)	O
in	O
Series	O
B	O
funding	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
March	O
17	O
,	O
2011	O
,	O
eBuddy	B-Application
launched	O
its	O
proprietary	O
instant	B-Application
messaging	I-Application
app	O
XMS	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
September	O
21	O
,	O
2012	O
,	O
Japanese	O
gaming	O
company	O
GREE	O
acquired	O
a	O
minority	O
stake	O
in	O
eBuddy	B-Application
.	O
</s>
