• Tonight @ 9pm PT Flixster launches its Meebo Community IM integration, the service which adds instant messaginging functionality to any website (19 partners for now
• It would have seemed like a smart move for Facebook Connect to rush into this market as an added bonus for partners.

TechCrunch

• Meebo has announced 11 more sites that will integrate its chat platform: Bleacher Report, Dhingana, Fanpop, GlobalGrind, IBeatYou, OrangeShark, PerfSpot, UGAME.net, Yaari, Zinch, and Zorpia.
• Previously announced partners: DanceJam, Flixster, myYearbook, Nickelodeon/MTVN Kids and Family Group’s AddictingGames, Piczo, SparkArt, Sugar Publishing and Tagged.
• Meebo chat hasn’t actually launched on the above sites, with Flixster to be the first within a few weeks.

Short of really slick integration on a few sites, such as drag-and-drop Flickr photo support shown in the demo, what would make you use this over your existing IM client?

TC

• AOL just released its AIM for Mac Beta 1.0 service.
• This is a questionable release as Mac users have become used to third party applications like iChat.
• AOL claims that “AIM for Mac is one of the most requested applications from our users, and the “buzz” has been increasing with the successful launch of AIM for iPhone™.”

Anyone even remotely excited about this?

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• Bebo IM was announced just a little over month ago.
• Consensus among the Bebo user base was not exactly positive.
• The service was taken down on maintenance based issues 9 days ago and has yet to be reinstated.
• Here’s a good example of user opinion:

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