Denver, CO and San Francisco, CA — August 27, 2002 — Jabber, Inc., a leading developer of software for extensible instant messaging (IM), whose investors include Webb Interactive Services, Inc. (OTCBB: WEBB) and France Telecom (NYSE: FTE) today announced a partnership with Custom Weather, a leading provider of syndicated global weather data, that will integrate personalized weather information for more than 58,000 locations worldwide into Jabber instant messaging products. 

According to the agreement, Jabber will deliver CustomWeather’s comprehensive weather content to its enterprise customers as part of the Jabber Extensible IM solution. The inclusion of a CustomWeather tab on Jabber clients demonstrates the ability to build XML and Web content into the user’s IM experience. Using Jabber’s extensible platform, enterprise and service provider customers will build similar tabs for streaming corporate content as well. 

“Integrating CustomWeather’s content into the Jabber platform for instant messaging gives our customers another outstanding feature to choose from, but more importantly it demonstrates the vast potential of our extensible platform,” said Don Bergal, VP of Marketing at Jabber, Inc. 

Capabilities of the CustomWeather tab in Jabber clients include access to some of the most comprehensive global weather available today – weather for more than 58,000 locations can be accessed via the CustomWeather tab. Weather provided includes 48-hour detailed forecasts, extended forecasts, severe weather alerts, maps, climate data and more. 

”Working with Jabber, a leader in the IM industry, has been a terrific experience,” said Geoff Flint, CEO of CustomWeather, whose clients include clients include Vodafone, Lycos and Discovery.com. “Combining desktop access to relevant weather information with something as real-time as instant messaging is a natural fit.”

Webb Interactive Services, Inc. (OTCBB: WEBB) is the parent company of Jabber, Inc. Please visit our web site at www.webb.net.

CustomWeather, headquartered in San Francisco, is the leading supplier of custom weather content, services and applications that are designed to be fully integrated and private-labeled by wireless and online information providers such as Galileo Travel, Go2, and VoltDelta. CustomWeather’s geo-coded data feeds are offered in formats such as XML, ASCII and WML. CustomWeather generates weather reports and alerts for over 58,000 unique forecasts worldwide, establishing it as the leader for global location-based coverage. CustomWeather’s products can be viewed on its weather web site, www.MyForecast.com .

Contacts

Geoff Flint

415. 777 3945

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Laura Hardin 

Director of Marketing

(303) 308-3195

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