Mountain View, Calif. - Confirming earlier reports, Web-based messaging and chat service Meebo announced on Thursday that it has raised $25 million in new financing, led by JAFCO Ventures.

Mountain View, Calif. - Meebo, the provider of a Web-based instant messaging service that allows cross-messaging between AIM, Yahoo and other services, is looking to raise $25-$30 million in new venture capital financing, VentureBeat reports.

Dulles, Va. - AOL (NYSE: TWX) has announced the launch of Open AIM 2.0, a new incarnation allowing developers greater access to its AIM instant messaging network and giving them freedom to integrate the technology into their websites. Web-based messaging providers meebo and eBuddy were the first to sign on to the new program. It also will give participants a way to generate income through AIM Money, a new advertising revenue sharing platform expected to debut in April. Since launching its original Open AIM program in 2006, AOL said that more than 235,000 third-party developers have signed on to create everything from plug-ins that allow users to send money, to bots that send users notifications when their friends post new pictures and videos.

Mountain View, Calif. - Meebo, a provider of instant messaging services, announced on Tuesday a partnership with streaming TV service Joost, to power chat rooms across Joost's platform. Joost users will now be able to enter chat rooms with other viewers of its more than 15,000 shows.

Mountain View, Calif. - meebo, a website for users of instant messaging platforms, said this week that 20 music industry partners have launched rooms on its site where users can chat and view media live with IM buddies. Since launching the feature on May 15, over 75,000 such rooms have been created by labels including Capitol, Jive, Island Def Jam, Nettwerk Music Group and Virgin Records.

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Mountain View, Calif. - Hoping to capitalize on the fervor surrounding Super Bowl XLI but unwilling and unable to shell out millions of dollars for network TV commercials, several Bay Area tech companies have decided to shoot their own low-budget ads and post them on YouTube, the video sharing site owned by Google.

Mountain View, Calif. - Meebo, a provider of a Web-based instant messaging service, announced on Thursday that it has raised $9 million in its second round of venture capital financing, led by new investor Draper Fisher Jurvetson and existing shareholder Sequoia Capital.