EBuddy

eBuddy
Type of businessPrivate
Available inMultilingual
HeadquartersAmsterdam, Netherlands
Founder(s)Paulo Taylor
Jan-Joost Rueb
Onno Bakker
ServicesInstant messaging
URLwww.ebuddy.com
RegistrationOptional
Launched2003; 21 years ago (2003)
Current statusActive

eBuddy is a privately held Dutch software company that offers instant messaging services. As of 2011, eBuddy reported 100 million downloads.[1] The company's flagship service is XMS, a proprietary cross-platform instant messaging service.[2] After some changes of ownership, the company is now again owned by its original founders, Onno Bakker and Jan-Joost Rueb.

  1. ^ "EBuddy XMS now available for BlackBerry and hoping to win you over". 14 September 2011.
  2. ^ "SMS on Steroids – eBuddy Debuts Realtime, Cross-Platform Messaging App". 17 March 2011.