<s>
Meebo	B-Protocol
(	O
often	O
stylized	O
as	O
meebo	B-Protocol
)	O
was	O
an	O
instant	B-Application
messaging	I-Application
and	O
social	O
networking	O
service	O
provider	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Initially	O
the	O
company	O
offered	O
a	O
web-based	B-Application
instant	B-Application
messenger	I-Application
service	O
,	O
extending	O
its	O
offer	O
in	O
more	O
general	O
online	B-Protocol
chat	I-Protocol
and	O
even	O
social	O
networking	O
directions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
June	O
2012	O
,	O
Google	B-Application
acquired	O
Meebo	B-Protocol
to	O
merge	O
the	O
company	O
's	O
staff	O
with	O
the	O
Google+	O
developers	O
team	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
the	O
initial	O
period	O
when	O
the	O
project	O
was	O
funded	O
exclusively	O
by	O
its	O
founders	O
,	O
Meebo	B-Protocol
raised	O
$	O
100,000	O
as	O
angel	O
investments	O
(	O
investors	O
included	O
Auren	O
Hoffman	O
and	O
Marc	O
Andreessen	O
)	O
,	O
received	O
$3.5	O
million	O
from	O
Sequoia	O
in	O
2005	O
,	O
and	O
$9	O
million	O
from	O
Draper	O
Fisher	O
Jurvetson	O
in	O
2006	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
August	O
2	O
,	O
2006	O
,	O
Meebo	B-Protocol
launched	O
the	O
Flash-based	O
"	O
Meebo	B-Protocol
Me	O
"	O
chat	B-Protocol
window	O
widget	O
for	O
personal	O
websites	O
,	O
which	O
automatically	O
added	O
visitors	O
to	O
the	O
site	O
owner	O
's	O
Meebo	B-Protocol
Messenger	B-Protocol
contact	O
list	O
,	O
offering	O
the	O
possibility	O
to	O
start	O
a	O
realtime	B-Application
chat	I-Application
both	O
to	O
site	O
owner	O
and	O
visitor	O
In	O
May	O
2007	O
,	O
Meebo	B-Protocol
launched	O
media-enabled	O
chat	B-Protocol
rooms	O
(	O
Rooms	O
)	O
that	O
can	O
be	O
embedded	O
in	O
any	O
website	O
page	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
this	O
point	O
,	O
Meebo	B-Protocol
still	O
did	O
n't	O
have	O
a	O
revenue	O
model	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
April	O
2008	O
,	O
Meebo	B-Protocol
secured	O
$25	O
million	O
in	O
venture	O
capital	O
funding	O
from	O
Jafco	O
Investment	O
,	O
Time	O
Warner	O
and	O
KTB	O
Investment	O
&	O
Securities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
December	O
2008	O
,	O
Meebo	B-Protocol
started	O
offering	O
a	O
"	O
Community	O
IM	O
"	O
integration	O
widget	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
targeted	O
at	O
community-oriented	O
sites	O
and	O
provided	O
Meebo	B-Protocol
's	O
services	O
at	O
third-party	O
locations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
year	O
later	O
,	O
in	O
December	O
2009	O
,	O
Community	O
IM	O
was	O
replaced	O
with	O
"	O
Meebo	B-Protocol
Bar	O
"	O
,	O
a	O
gadget	O
that	O
could	O
be	O
integrated	O
by	O
third	O
parties	O
into	O
their	O
site	O
,	O
providing	O
advanced	O
chat	B-Protocol
functionality	O
to	O
their	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
initially	O
operating	O
on	O
web	B-Application
access	I-Application
to	O
the	O
instant	B-Application
messaging	I-Application
market	O
,	O
Meebo	B-Protocol
expanded	O
its	O
offerings	O
in	O
the	O
increasingly	O
popular	O
social	O
network	O
services	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
February	O
2009	O
,	O
Meebo	B-Protocol
added	O
Facebook	B-Protocol
Messenger	I-Protocol
to	O
its	O
list	O
of	O
supported	O
instant	B-Application
messengers	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
the	O
rise	O
of	O
the	O
new	O
generation	O
of	O
smartphone	B-Application
operating	O
systems	O
,	O
Meebo	B-Protocol
released	O
mobile	O
applications	O
for	O
all	O
major	O
platforms	O
:	O
Android	B-Application
,	O
iOS	B-Application
and	O
BlackBerry	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
February	O
2010	O
,	O
after	O
being	O
among	O
the	O
first	O
to	O
launch	O
an	O
iPhone	O
app	O
,	O
Meebo	B-Protocol
released	O
a	O
fully-fledged	O
native	O
iPhone	O
app	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
2010	O
,	O
the	O
original	O
Meebo	B-Protocol
Rooms	O
service	O
was	O
discontinued	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
feature	O
was	O
ultimately	O
removed	O
in	O
October	O
2011	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
February	O
2011	O
,	O
Meebo	B-Protocol
acquired	O
Mindset	O
Media	O
advertising	O
company	O
to	O
improve	O
its	O
ads	O
targeting	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
June	O
4	O
,	O
2012	O
,	O
Meebo	B-Protocol
announced	O
that	O
they	O
had	O
entered	O
into	O
an	O
agreement	O
to	O
be	O
acquired	O
by	O
Google	B-Application
.	I-Application
</s>
<s>
A	O
month	O
later	O
,	O
on	O
July	O
11	O
,	O
2012	O
,	O
all	O
of	O
Meebo	B-Protocol
's	O
products	O
were	O
discontinued	O
except	O
for	O
Meebo	B-Protocol
Bar	O
,	O
which	O
remained	O
operational	O
until	O
June	O
6	O
,	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Meebo	B-Protocol
's	O
staff	O
was	O
assigned	O
to	O
Google+	B-Application
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Meebo	B-Protocol
was	O
also	O
used	O
as	O
a	O
hack	O
for	O
users	O
to	O
connect	O
to	O
their	O
instant	B-Application
messaging	I-Application
accounts	O
in	O
school	O
or	O
office	O
networks	O
that	O
blocked	O
such	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Meebo	B-Protocol
Messenger	B-Protocol
,	O
Meebo	B-Protocol
's	O
initial	O
offering	O
,	O
was	O
a	O
browser-based	B-Application
instant	B-Application
messaging	I-Application
application	O
which	O
supported	O
multiple	O
IM	O
services	O
(	O
Yahoo	O
!,	O
MSN	B-Protocol
,	O
AIM	B-Protocol
,	O
ICQ	B-Protocol
,	O
MySpaceIM	B-Protocol
,	O
Facebook	B-Protocol
Chat	I-Protocol
and	O
Google	B-Application
Talk	I-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Features	O
of	O
Meebo	B-Protocol
Messenger	B-Protocol
included	O
invisible	O
sign-on	O
,	O
simultaneous	O
uniform	O
access	O
to	O
multiple	O
IM	O
services	O
and	O
conversation	O
logging	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
File	B-Protocol
transfer	I-Protocol
and	O
videoconferencing	B-Application
features	O
were	O
subsequently	O
added	O
to	O
the	O
application	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Notification	B-Application
system	I-Application
was	O
also	O
available	O
for	O
Windows	B-Application
users	O
via	O
a	O
standalone	O
installable	O
notifier	O
,	O
which	O
could	O
also	O
maintain	O
user	O
's	O
presence	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Registered	O
Meebo	B-Protocol
users	O
could	O
save	O
their	O
login	O
information	O
,	O
so	O
that	O
all	O
IM	O
connections	O
would	O
be	O
automatically	O
established	O
upon	O
logging	O
into	O
Meebo	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
application	O
maintained	O
a	O
single	O
unified	O
contact	O
list	O
for	O
all	O
user	O
's	O
accounts	O
,	O
attributing	O
contacts	O
to	O
instant	B-Application
messaging	I-Application
protocols	O
by	O
placing	O
protocols	O
 '	O
logos	O
in	O
front	O
of	O
them	O
,	O
although	O
not	O
showing	O
contact	O
's	O
avatars	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Social	O
features	O
of	O
the	O
messenger	B-Protocol
included	O
online	B-Application
games	I-Application
,	O
multi-user	B-Protocol
chat	I-Protocol
(	O
via	O
Meebo	B-Protocol
Rooms	O
)	O
,	O
currently	O
played	O
track	O
name	O
sharing	O
and	O
support	O
for	O
social	O
networks	O
 '	O
messaging	B-Protocol
protocols	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
(	O
Albeit	O
Meebo	B-Protocol
Messenger	B-Protocol
did	O
n't	O
notify	O
of	O
updates	O
in	O
social	O
networks	O
.	O
)	O
</s>
<s>
Meebo	B-Protocol
Rooms	O
was	O
an	O
advertising-supported	O
multi-user	B-Protocol
chat	I-Protocol
service	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Meebo	B-Protocol
partnered	O
with	O
blip.tv,	O
Capitol	O
Music	O
Group	O
,	O
CNET	O
Networks	O
,	O
NBC	O
Universal	O
and	O
others	O
to	O
provide	O
readily	O
available	O
rooms	O
on	O
their	O
websites	O
,	O
so	O
that	O
users	O
could	O
discuss	O
sites	O
 '	O
content	O
while	O
consuming	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Meebo	B-Protocol
Rooms	O
were	O
available	O
from	O
Meebo	B-Protocol
Messenger	B-Protocol
and	O
via	O
third-party	O
social	O
networking	O
sites	O
including	O
Piczo	O
,	O
Revision3	O
,	O
RockYou	O
,	O
and	O
Tagged	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Meebo	B-Protocol
Rooms	O
supported	O
up	O
to	O
80	O
simultaneous	O
participants	O
granted	O
a	O
degree	O
of	O
control	O
to	O
the	O
host	O
,	O
allowing	O
to	O
invite	O
and	O
ban	O
chat	B-Protocol
participants	O
.	O
</s>
