\r\t\tKADOINK PARTNERS WITH GLOBAL SOCIAL MEDIA NETWORK BEBO FOR NEW OPEN APPLICATION PLATFORM\r\t
\r\t\r\t\r\t\tKadoink's social network debut expands Bebo to the mobile space, enabling one-to-many\r\t\tcommunications and audio content sharing\r\t
\r\t\r\t\tSAN FRANCISCO, CA - December 19, 2007 – Kadoink,\r\t\t(www.kadoink.com), a web telephony service for\r\t\tsocial media that enables enhanced mass distribution of SMS, live and recorded voice\r\t\tmessaging and audio file streams over the voice channel, unveiled its service offering\r\t\ttoday for Bebo's newly formed Open Application Platform. In an effort to give Beboers\r\t\texpanded options to stay closely connected with online friends anytime, anywhere the\r\t\tKadoink platform will allow Bebo members to connect while they are away from their\r\t\tcomputer using its Music Call and Group BuzzText widgets that can easily be embedded\r\t\tinto users' Bebo pages.\r\t
\r\t\r\t\r\t\tThe Kadoink Music Call widget allows users to add musical flair to their Bebo page by\r\t\tsharing favorite music clips and recorded audio that can be easily sent to their\r\t\tfriends' mobile phones via SMS text messages. Upon receiving a Music Call text, recipients\r\t\tcan respond back with the command \"play\" to hear the music and personal greeting sent. Group\r\t\tBuzzText widgets allow Bebo members to create ad hoc texting groups quickly by letting them\r\t\tpost fun questions or statements on their widget and get answers and comments texted back to\r\t\tthem and their friends. The back-and-forth communication created by Group BuzzText makes for\r\t\ta fun and highly entertaining cross-platform group chat experience.\r\t
\r\t\r\t\r\t\t\"With the launch of our highly developer-friendly open platform we are excited to have Kadoink\r\t\ton board to expand our members' online communications on the mobile platform,\" said Michael\r\t\tBirch, CEO and co-founder of Bebo. \"Our Open Application approach will help enrich the overall\r\t\tBebo experience while at the same time offering new ways for partners to become actively engaged\r\t\twith our audience.\"\r\t
\r\t\r\t\r\t\tBeboers embedding the Kadoink Music Call and BuzzText widgets into their personal page have the\r\t\tpower to stay closely connected to online friends without ever having to divulge their real world\r\t\tidentities. Kadoink's single hosted, software-based telephony platform and widget-based user\r\t\tinterface transforms the mobile platform into a highly effective second hub for Bebo connectivity,\r\t\tseamlessly pushing online communications out to user's mobile phone. With Kadoink, Bebo members can\r\t\tnow use their mobile phone to send and share SMS messages, group texts, and songs offline using their\r\t\tBebo virtual identity.\r\t
\r\t\r\t\r\t\t\"With so many connections and friendships being forged everyday on Bebo, we are excited to be able\r\t\tto provide the community with the tools necessary to integrate the most ubiquitous device they\r\t\town, their mobile phone, with the strong online connections they have formed on Bebo,\" said\r\t\tScott Cahill, CEO of Kadoink. \"Our partnership with Bebo will allow its tremendous user base to\r\t\tnow share audio content offline, communicate anonymously through their phones and create\r\t\tinstant group texts and calls whenever and wherever they are.\"\r\t
\r\t\r\tBoth Music Call and BuzzText widgets are available for immediate usage within Bebo's environment.
\r\r\tAbout Kadoink
\r\t\r\tKadoink is a powerful web-telephony platform that seamlessly integrates SMS,\r\tIM and voice into a single hosted system compatible with any carrier or handset. \r\tThrough its patented technology, Kadoink provides a suite of communication widgets and\r\tservices such as phonecasting, audioblogging, microblogging, instant and large scale group\r\tcommunication (calling & texting) as well as mobile advertising (SMS and audio interstitials).\r\tKadoink un-tethers users from their computers and instantly expands their current mobile phone\r\tcapabilities, giving them a fun, always-present, easy-to-use tool to anonymously connect with an\r\texpansive network of family, friends and online communities without ever having to disclose their\r\tactual phone numbers. The company is based in San Francisco, California and was formed in September 2006.\r\tFor more information and to sign up for Kadoink please visit\r\twww.kadoink.com.\r
\r\r\tAbout Bebo
\r\t\r\t\tBebo is the world's leading global Social Media Network. Building on the notion of traditional\r\t\tsocial networking websites, Bebo combines community, self-expression and entertainment to enable\r\t\tits users to consume, create, discover and share professional and user-generated content through\r\t\tthe Bebo website. Bebo has more than 40 million worldwide. Bebo also ranks as the UK's most\r\t\tengaging website with the most page views per usage day amongst the top 100 most popular sites *.\r\t
\r\t\r\tBebo was founded in 2005 by Michael and Xochi Birch.
www.bebo.com
*Source: comScore World Metrix
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\r\tKadoink Contacts:
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Bret Ingraham
\rmPRm Public Relations for Kadoink
\r323.933.3399
\rbingraham@mprm.com