Meebo signing out June 6

Published May 31, 2013 5:15pm

Effective June 6, the Meebo Bar publishing tool will permanently sign out, as Google scraps it in favor of new initiatives such as the recently launched Google+ sign-in.

Meebo, which seeks to bring community, engagement, and revenue to publisher sites, said it can best serve mobile and desktop publishers "moving forward."

"(W)e have decided to focus our resources on initiatives like the recently launched Google+ Sign-In (which includes interactive posts and over-the-air app installs) and the Google+ plug-ins ... This means we will retire the Meebo Bar, effective June 6, 2013," it said (http://www.meebo.com/).

A separate article on tech site CNET said Google is retiring Meebo Bar in favor of Google+ Sign-In and plug-ins.

The Meebo Bar is a JavaScript plug-in that allows different social interaction and sharing features.

CNET also recommended that developers "remove the inactive Meebo code from their site as the Meebo Bar will stop loading on that date." — TJD, GMA News

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