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"Bebo is not in the social networking spotlight as often as MySpace and Facebook, but it's doing a darn good job at always breathing down their necks. A couple of weeks ago Bebo launched its API (compatible with Facebook's application platform), and as Programmable Web's data shows, the number of Bebo applications has since been growing in a steep curve. \n\nWith a little over 900 applications Bebo is still far from Facebook's 14,000+ apps, but Facebook's API has been around much longer. If you look at sheer growth, Bebo is growing at about half the rate of Facebook, which is still a very good result if you consider that Facebook's API has been a stellar success (although some might argue *cough* me *cough* that most, if not all, apps on the platform are completely useless.) \n\nThe entire picture will be much clearer when LinkedIn and MySpace's app platforms go live, but judging by these results, Bebo might not be the last to cross the finish line here.  \n[graphs courtesy of Programmable Web]"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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