Bebo is a popular social network in the UK, and has versions of the site in about a dozen countries in North America, Europe, Australia, and New Zealand. The site allows users (who are predominantly ages 16-24) to set up profiles through which they can share photos and interests in movies, music, and sports. Bebo users can find content based on what members of their social network are consuming. Bebo counts about 25 million users. Programmer Michael Birch co-founded Bebo with wife Xochi in 2005. Unable to attract more users in the US, in 2010 former parent company AOL sold Bebo to turnaround specialist Criterion Capital Partners. MySpace. Facebook. Bebo? Call it the triad of free online social networking sites.

GlobalSpec is the leading specialized vertical search, information services and e-publishing company serving the engineering, manufacturing and related scientific and technical market segments. The company provides its buy-side users with domain-expert search engines, a broad range of proprietary and aggregated Web-based content and over 60+ product and industry e-newsletters that help engineers and related professionals perform their key job tasks with the highest levels of accuracy and productivity. GlobalSpec provides its sell-side client base of companies seeking to reach the worldwide engineering audience with highly filtered sales leads, product promotion and brand advertising platforms and a wide range of e-media advertising and marketing services.GlobalSpec has BPA audited Web site traffic, and a global user base of more than 6,100,000 registered users; a user community that continues to grow by more than 80,000 new registrants each month. GlobalSpec is increasingly becoming "the place" where the engineering community gathers and conducts business.

HealthStream, Inc. provides Internet-based learning and research solutions for the training, information, and education needs of the healthcare industry in the United States. The company operates in two segments, HealthStream Learning and HealthStream Research. The HealthStream Learning segment, through its Internet-based platforms, the HealthStream Learning Center and HealthStream Express, provides training and education content with administrative and management tools. Its learning management system supports healthcare administrators in configuring training for various groups of employees, modifying training materials, and documenting completed training. This segment also provides training, implementation, and account management services for the adoption of its platform. In addition, it develops, manages, and distributes online, live, and print education and training activities for provider-based healthcare professionals and physicians, as well as provides online education and training services for sales representatives. The HealthStream Research segment provides the hospital-based customers with patient, physician, employee, and community surveys; data analyses of survey results; and other research-based measurement tools. The company sells its products and services primarily through its direct sales teams, consultants, and account relationship managers to healthcare organizations, pharmaceutical and medical device companies, and other entities in the healthcare industry. HealthStream, Inc. was founded in 1990 and is headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee.

Pipex Internet was a subsidiary of Tiscali, which sold the ISP business to The Carphone Warehouse Group in 2009. Pipex Internet Limited operates as part of Carphone Warehouse's TalkTalk Group. If you live in the UK, Pipex Internet (doing business as Bulldog Broadband) has a dogged desire to be your broadband provider. Pipex Internet Limited provides DSL-based broadband Internet access to residential and business customers in the UK. Pipex Internet Limited also offers basic dial-up, computer telephony, and digital television services.

OnAir wants travelers to remain online while they are off the ground. OnAir company provides a service that enables the use of wireless voice and broadband Internet connections on commercial airline flights. A joint venture of information technology and communication services provider SITA and aircraft manufacturer Airbus, OnAir company claims installation in more than 1,200 planes flown by 60 airlines. Its clients include Air France, British Airways, and Ryanair. OnAir's service is made possible through partnerships with wireless equipment and service providers including Inmarsat and Nokia Siemens Networks. OnAir operates from facilities in London, Montreal, Seattle, and Geneva.

AllBusiness.com is the world's largest online resource for small businesses, providing essential tools and resources to start, grow, and manage your business. AllBusiness.com brings you real-world expertise and practical advice from some of the best minds in small business: Our unique corp of 50 world-class bloggers bring you in-depth subject-matter knowledge in key topics from sales and marketing to human resources and technology. Our large and growing library of how-to articles offers quick, insightful tips to improve your business. Special Reports and weekly coverage on important trends and business leaders keep you up-to-date on the latest, most important news and events. Videos and podcasts bring business to life, adding important voices to your network of experts. The AllBusiness AllStar Franchise List ranks the country’s best new business pportunities.

EarthLink, Inc. provides Internet access and related value-added services to individual and business customers in the United States. EarthLink company operates in two segments, Consumer Services and Business Services. The Consumer Services segment offers narrowband access comprising premium dial-up Internet access and value dial-up Internet access; broadband access that provides high speed Internet connection using a modem across an existing home phone line or cable connection; voice-over-Internet protocol that offers voicemail, call waiting, caller ID, call forwarding, and E911 service under various plans; and value-added services that include products for protection, communication, and performance, such as security products, email, home networking, email storage, and Internet call waiting. The Business Services segment provides secure IP-based networks, including virtual private networks (VPN) and CPE-based VPNs; high-speed and dial-up Internet access for business customers; and wholesale services comprising network services to communications carriers. This segment also leases server space and provides Web hosting services that enable customers to build and maintain an online presence, including domain names, storage, mailboxes, software tools to build Web sites, e-commerce applications, and 24/7 customer support. In addition, the Business Services segment offers other services, such as installation programs, managed network services, remote access, and disaster recovery services. EarthLink primarily sells its products and services to telecommunications carriers and network resellers through direct sales force, telephone, Web sales groups, search engine marketing, affinity marketing partners, resellers, sales agents, referral partners, and marketing alliances. EarthLink company has strategic marketing alliance with Time Warner Cable Inc. and Bright House Networks. EarthLink was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.

The Gallery of History was incorporated in 1981. Founder, chairman, and CEO Todd Axelrod owns about 90% of the company. Those who don't know the Gallery of History are doomed to buy their memorabilia from another auction house. Gallery of History auctions autographs, memorabilia, and manuscripts from artists, authors, athletes, entertainers, politicians, and scientists, among other notable figures. Its inventory of about 190,000 items have included baseballs autographed by Hank Aaron, letters written by Albert Einstein, and signed photos from Cecil B. De Mille. Although the Internet is its primary sales channel, the Gallery of History also offers autographs and manuscripts through a retail gallery, located at its headquarters.

Zaio Corp. is the North American leader in developing and maintaining a site-verified database of photos, valuations and property information of virtually every residential property for entire cities, using a proprietary “GeoScore™” property rating system. Zaio and its network of premiere, local appraiser experts photograph and appraise entire cities, one building at a time from the street. Zaio is a public corporation that trades under the symbol "ZAO" on the TSX-V Exchange in Canada. Zaio was awarded “Venture-50” status by the stock exchange ranking it among the top 10 technology firms out of 2,000 public companies based on return on investment, revenues, market cap and trading volume. Additional information is available for US investors under the symbol "ZAOFF".

Everybody needs a good buddy on the road. Road New Media, through its RoadCompanion.ca and Compagnonderoute.ca Internet sites, offers consumers vehicle pricing information, VIN investigation reports, used-car analyses, and more. Road New Media partners with non-profit consumer organizations, companies, and other information providers to give its users one-stop shopping when they are researching vehicles and insurance. Road New Media revenue comes from user fees; Road New Media Corporation also sells advertising on its sites.

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