Ameba (website)

Ameba
Type of businessPublic subsidiary
Type of site
Social networking service
Available inJapanese (Blogging Platform, Virtual Community, Social Games)
Headquarters,
Japan
Area servedJapan
Key peopleSusumu Fujita, CEO & President
ParentCyberAgent
URLwww.ameba.jp
Current statusActive (Mobile browser Pigg), Active (Pigg Party mobile app), Active (Pigg Life mobile app), Closed (Pigg PC Version), Closed (Pico)

Ameba (Japanese pronunciation: アメーバ, Amēba) is a Japanese blogging and social networking website.

In December 2009, Ameba launched Ameba Now, a micro-blogging platform competing with Twitter.[1] In March 2009 Ameba launched Ameba Pico, a Facebook app for the English market based on the virtual community Ameba Pigg.