Not that big a deal, since you can already get weather on other IM clients, but a bigger break for Weatherbug…People who download AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) 5.5 will have the option to download WeatherBug as well.
Later this year, the partnership will allow AIM users to share WeatherBug information with each other in their chat windows.
Reuters: AOL will receive royalties via users who also sign up for a paid version of WeatherBug without ads.
Update: BetaNews: Prior production releases of AIM drew criticism for forcibly installing Wild Tangent’s gaming technology, which some privacy advocates consider to be spyware.
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