AIM Users Can Now See Where Their Buddies Are!

AOL has launched a new plug-in for AIM users which will help them see the physical location of the people on their buddy list.

This plug-in is available free for downloading and once installed, it creates a new Group in AIM buddy list named "Near Me". This group shows the location for people who are using a Wi-Fi enabled computer and choose to share their location. The people who do not have Wi-Fi enabled computers can enter their location manually.

The plug-in has been developed by Skykook wireless which tracks the location of a system through Wi-Fi transmitters and Wi-Fi enabled computers. Currently, it is only available for use on a computer and not mobile version of AIM.

Marcien Jenckes, who heads the AIM business, has commented that it is first of the location based services to be launched during this year.

New AOL Email

AOL has launched a new version of email which was earlier codenamed as Cayman. The new service merely seems to be an Ajaxified version of old email. The features do not compete anywhere with other competitors like Gmail, Yahoo or Hotmail.

You can read more about the features of new version here

I am sure none of us will leave our email service providers to sign for new AOL email; however, they should be able to make the current users happy with the new version.