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Earth Networks Climate Intelligence Services and Technologies
Recently Earth Networks, owner of the WeatherBug brand, partnered up with Borrasca Iniciativas Atmosféricas S.L. (BIA). The goal behind this new business partnership is to provide the best climate data available to Spain, Portugal, and Latin America. By combining the resources of Earth Networks with the expertise already in motion with BIA, everyone involved is expected to benefit with the [...]
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 [...]
Closer Look At WeatherBug On The Samsung LCD Refrigerator
Unless you’ve been living under a rock lately, chances are good that you’ve heard about Samsung’s new “App Fridge” featuring some great applications such as WeatherBug. The refrigerator offers eight apps in total, but I think it’s the WeatherBug app specifically that will prove most useful over time. How weather can help you with food [...]
Importance Behind Mobile Weather Apps
Right now there is a lot of buzz around the weather that has been hitting many parts of the country, much of this weather serving up a devastating aftermath. So each of us is faced with extreme weather, it’s critical to understand the importance of having a mobile phone with you that’s capable of providing [...]
WeatherBug Launches Lightning Alerts For Schools
WeatherBug provider Earth Networks is working to protect Spring through Fall sports goers from severe weather concerns. Most recently WeatherBug has launched their Outdoor Alerting System for schools, colleges and universities. This allows schools to utilize WeatherBug’s in-cloud (IC) and cloud-to-ground (CG) lightning detection technology. Some of the benefits provided include: A Professional-grade WeatherBug Weather Station and [...]
WeatherBug Launches Greenhouse Gas Monitoring Network
When you think of WeatherBug, you likely picture either the Windows application or perhaps one of the mobile apps for the various smart phones out there? However you’ve used WeatherBug in the past for weather, I’d like to take a moment to introduce you to something brand new. Introducing Earth Networks‘ Greenhouse Gas Network. Much [...]
Weather On Samsung Refrigerator At CES
Internet supported refrigerators. Not too many years ago, the very idea of such a contraption would have been dismissed as speculative fantasy. Today it’s not only a reality, we actually have CES showcasing one fridge that not only is able to keep your food fresh, but also doubles as a widget portal. [kml_flashembed movie="http://www.youtube.com/v/n22S6gpoy_c" width="320" height="240" wmode="transparent" /] With [...]
Weather Doodle
I’m really excited about this latest iPhone application to take advantage of WeatherBug’s API. Weather Doodle demonstrates in a very true form that the sky is the limit when it comes to utilizing WeatherBug’s API in any given application, especially for those wanting to harness the best in timely, accurate weather information. So what does the app actually look [...]
Introducing WeatherBug EcoConnect
Weather and day to day energy usage. Most of us tend to take our usage of home energy for granted, either turning on the A/C or heat as needed. Yet what most of us completely forget about is how the daily weather can have a huge impact in how we use the energy in our [...]
WeatherBug For Windows Phone 7
It’s an application we’ve been waiting for with anxious enthusiasm. Windows Phone 7, with all of its promise, needed something to complete the user experience. I believe that the missing component wasn’t so much functionality afterthoughts as it was a reliable weather app with the most timely data available. Luckily WeatherBug and their interest in embracing [...]
