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Zik-Tok Talking News And Weather iPhone App
These days it seems like the WeatherBug API is really picking up interest on the mobile platforms available. In my latest example, we have an application that quite honestly, is unlike anything I have used before. The application is called Zik-Tok, it’s currently available for free on the Apple iPhone and here soon, it looks [...]
iDress For Weather Update To 2.0
In the past, I have shared news about one of my favorite apps for the iPhone called iDress. Utilizing WeatherBug’s own API weather data, the application allows its users to make appropriate clothing choices depending the weather outside. The audience is primarily aimed at those with disabilities that might make choosing clothing selections, challenging without some guidance. Here’s a list [...]
WeatherBug Data To Work With Smart Power Grid Technology
For users of WeatherBug software both in its mobile form and on the desktop, having access to current weather conditions and timely forecasts is practically second nature. But did you know that weather data can also be very useful for more than merely telling us what the weather is? Data gathered through WeatherBug weather stations is [...]
Channel 9 Chat With WeatherBug About Silverlight, Bing Maps And Windows 7
On July 1st, Microsoft’s Ashish Jaiman spoke with some of the WeatherBug software development team about how WeatherBug is using Silverlight and Bing Maps to further their end user experience to new heights. You can view the video for yourselves here. Bing Maps and Silverlight Right off the bat we hear from WeatherBug’s CTO, Chris [...]
Weather Syndication For Your Web Site
Weather on your Web site: what are your options and which is best for static sites vs. blogs? This is a question that has come up a few times in recent months. Based on this, I thought it might be worth putting together a blog post to explore what WeatherBug offers for those who wish [...]
Tweeteorology – Weather Event Reports For Twitter Users By Twitter Users
There have been a number of attempts to bring needed weather data to users over the Twitter social network. Most attempts have either been weak or just lacking any personal traction to provide any relevant value to the average Twitter user. Today, I am proud to present a project put together by Tweeteorology. Using the [...]
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 [...]
WeatherBug For The T-Mobile G1 Running Android
[kml_flashembed movie="http://www.youtube.com/v/odW3sJMW7ck" width="320" height="240" wmode="transparent" /] WeatherBug for Google’s Android is ready to roll for T-Mobile G1 users and as you can see from the video above, it was clearly created with the user in mind. The initial launch has been fantastic. As of this writing, WeatherBug is welcoming roughly 500 new users a day [...]
The Lastest WeatherBug API Example
Over the past month and a half or so, we have had some tremendous API submissions before the API contest came to an end. Some of the API apps created were designed for localized installation, while in other cases API submitters used server side solutions powered by such programming languages as PHP. Today, I would [...]
ProgrammableWeb Features API Contest Winners
Recently ProgrammableWeb featured the winners of the WeatherBug API contest. It’s great to the have ProgrammableWeb sharing the winners with their audience as we have with ours. As previously mentioned, each entry was well done and all of the participants did a fantastic job with their submissions. As we have mentioned previously, the winners of [...]
