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IBM Deep Thunder and WeatherBug Analyze Irene
By now, most of you living here in the US have been alerted to the weather event known simply as Hurricane Irene. What you may not know, however, is which technology is being used to model the likely urban path for this hurricane. As reported here by MSNBC, Hurricane Irene is being simulated carefully by IBM’s own [...]
WeatherBug Temps Provide For Macy’s Coat Prices
How many times a week do we see commercials sharing the value of setting your own price on a travel getaway or other related ideas? Daily, I suspect. But what about allowing the temperature outside to dictate the price of apparel products being sold? Sound unlikely? The event actually happened and it happened using WeatherBug weather data. Recently Macy’s [...]
WeatherBug Elite In Laptop Magazine – Best Forecasts
Anyone who has ever tried WeatherBug Elite for the iPhone is likely already aware of what a full featured, rich in functionality program it truly is. That being said, it’s still nice to see others in the media give WeatherBug’s hardworking developers the props they deserve. Recently Laptop Magazine did a print piece in which [...]
WeatherBug Accuracy Win Over TWC – The Numbers Tell All
Ever since the initial release of the very first WeatherBug iPhone application, there has been some question as to what exactly makes us “different” from the other guys on this platform. After all, we’re just “reporting the weather”, right? How could one company provide a better experience with regard to the weather more so than [...]
WeatherBug For The iPhone – Brand New Release!
As those of you who follow this blog might already know, WeatherBug is all about ongoing releases and updates to the WeatherBug iPhone app. This month, WeatherBug has launched not only an update to their existing application, but also a new version that has added functionality not found in the free application. In the video [...]
Weather Emergency Operations And Preparedness
As weather emergency preparedness technology progresses forward, so does the available data that is derived from this progress for students to learn from. WeatherBug’s own Eric Weller, director of GIS and data services, recently gave a talk at 22nd Annual Geographic Information Sciences Conference. In his talk, he explained accessing data from GIS platforms translates [...]
WeatherBug Protect Goes Live On Verizon Wireless
WeatherBug has been no stranger to providing some fantastic bleeding edge applications throughout the mobile space. Two of the most popular would have to be the WeatherBug for the iPhone and WeatherBug for the T-Mobile G1 running Google Android. Despite this, the fact is WeatherBug Protect for the Verizon Network will blow the doors off [...]
WeatherBug Total Lightning Network Is Live
The idea of lightening detection has been tossed around for years. However now thanks to WeatherBug, IntraCloud and Cloud-to-Ground lightening detection provided in a real world network has become a reality. Why lightening detection is important? Outside of the obvious, why is there so much interest in being able to detect lightening as it is [...]
WeatherBug Brings Live Streaming Weather Data To Second Life
First brought to public light during the WeatherBug API contest, Cranial Tap Inc. has officially released their latest concept into the wilds of the virtual world known as Second Life. Enter the WeatherBug powered weather panel for Second Life! [kml_flashembed movie="http://www.youtube.com/v/0qDILwBc15U" width="320" height="240" wmode="transparent" /] The motivation for Cranial Tap to develop a weather panel [...]
Canadian Schools Keeping Kids Safe From Extreme Weather
Last week, I had an opportunity to highlight what Canadian farmers are using to keep an eye on the ever-changing weather conditions of their perspective farms. Today, we will be following up with a look at how schools in Canada utilize WeatherBug’s one of a kind weather reporting technology. Now, one of the most frustrating [...]
