AIM + Bebo: A Great Idea, Five Years Ago

AOL has announced that they’ve completed the purchase of Bebo, and as such, formed a new business unit called “People Networks” that combines the social network with AIM, ICQ, and other recently acquired businesses including Yedda and Goowy. Integration plans aren’t overly specific at the moment, but include “[letting] users merge AIM and Bebo profiles so they can use common screen names without re-registering.” For AOL, this marks attempt #3 (or #4 or #5 if you go back to when AOL was the d