WeatherBug’s Not a Bug, Really

Desktop weather info and software firm WeatherBug has created what it’s calling a “bill of rights” for consumer and business users who download desktop applications. A PR move to distance itself away from the adware label that most commercial desktop apps are burdened with…

By publishing a list of guidelines, WeatherBug is following in the footsteps of Google, which posted a similar list with regard to spyware in May at http://www.google.com/corporate/software_principles.html. The move is also in line with FTC Commissioner Mozelle Thompson’s charge to the industry to devise best practices for quelling the adware and spyware problems.

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