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Meet The Geeks At Weather Geeks!
There has been quite a bit of new activity recently due to hurricane season over at Weather Geeks. Created by WeatherBug on the new “Geeks” network to keep weather fans in the know, the site also acts as a looking glass into real world reactions to the weather as it happens. Recently at Weather Geeks, [...]
Mobile Alerts And Living In Severe Weather Regions
In the past, I have shared my own personal experiences with how WeatherBug alerts have ensured that I was kept safe during what could have been a serious weather related event. And as we begin to see the hard reality behind severe weather taking place in the southeast this year, I cannot help but wonder [...]
WeatherBuggin With Steve Prinzivalli
WeatherBug is certainly no stranger to providing video reports on the latest weather conditions. But did you know that they are all about education as well? It’s true and it is not just limited to their WeatherBug Achieve program, either. Recently WeatherBug’s own Steve Prinzivalli sharing quizzing his co-workers at WeatherBug headquarters and more recently, [...]
WeatherTrac – WeatherBug API Entry
As programming languages go, Perl is for me at least, is one of the great ones. And it is in this spirit that I was thrilled to see that we we have a Perl entry to the WeatherBug API contest. This bundle of Perl programs is known as WeatherTrac. WeatherTrac is at its heart, a [...]
WeatherBug For the iPhone – One Of The Top Free iPhone Applications
As mentioned in the AppleInsider, WeatherBug’s release of their application for the iPhone was a big success. Landing them in the ranks of the Top Ten Free iPhone Apps, so will want to check this out. The WeatherBug iPhone application included the following features: Your current weather, at the neighborhood level as to provide maximum [...]
The Weather On Your Dash
[kml_flashembed movie="http://www.youtube.com/v/wlMpmecVKuU" width="325" height="250" wmode="transparent" /] First it was the Magellan Maestro(TM) Elite 5340+GPRS, now Dash Express has jumped on the bandwagon with their inclusion and access to WeatherBug data for their brand of next-gen GPS unit. Thanks to the MyDash portal, Dash users will be able to discover and add-on new applications to further [...]
The Tech Behind Weather Alerts
After reading Chris’ post on preparing yourself for severe weather, I thought I might go ahead and chime in with some thoughts of my own regarding the tech behind keeping yourself prepared. Using a NOAA Weather radio with S.A.M.E. technology. I have to agree with this point, as staying alert is critical. And when you [...]
WeatherBug Application Wraps Rock
One of the most sought after features for WeatherBug Plus users has been more control over the appearance of their WeatherBug Plus desktop application. Up until now, there have been options for changing what is known as the ‘application wrap’ that surrounds the paid Windows app, but WeatherBug Plus users were quite clear about wanting [...]
Weather For Your BlackBerry
As I have highlighted in the past, weather when you are on the go is critical these days. You may be aware that WeatherBug has a weather application for Windows Mobile, but I am willing to bet that you did not know that they also provide BlackBerry users with a WeatherBug application as well? As [...]
Best Weather Gadget For Microsoft Live
With the release of Microsoft Windows Vista came the ability to add various sidebar gadgets onto a user’s desktop. The idea behind these gadgets is to create a hybrid between the now dated “Windows Active Desktop” and Mac OS X’s own dashboard widgets. Speaking of OS X widgets, WeatherBug is one of the top 25 [...]
