qeep is a German social network for mobile phones. A license-free application, qeep was first released in beta in 2006. Though qeep was originally only available in German, its parent company released an English version in January 2008.
Blue Lion mobile, qeep’s parent company, was founded in the summer of 2006 for the specific purpose of developing and marketing qeep. In June 2007, Blue Lion received a seven-figure Series-A funding package from B...
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qeep is a German social network for mobile phones. A license-free application, qeep was first released in beta in 2006. Though qeep was originally only available in German, its parent company released an English version in January 2008.
Blue Lion mobile, qeep’s parent company, was founded in the summer of 2006 for the specific purpose of developing and marketing qeep. In June 2007, Blue Lion received a seven-figure Series-A funding package from Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments to further develop and distribute the product. Funding was also earmarked for increasing the number of handsets on which the program functions and to launch in additional key European markets. Bertelsmann’s support of qeep is an example of their recent efforts to compete with social networking giants, such as News Corp’s MySpace.
As of December 2008, qeep has a membership of over 750,000 users.
Qeep essentially operates as a self-contained software bundle of interactive features.
The qeep messaging service...
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