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Weather Channel Interactive Debuts Global Warming Broadband Channel

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on October 4, 2006 - 11:56am.
Atlanta - The Weather Channel Interactive on Wednesday announced the launch of its first broadband channel, "One Degree," which focuses on creating a national dialogue on global warming. The site will offer a combination of original and network content, including regular guest blogs from influential scientists, authors and educators.
tags: Internet | Video | TV | Broadband | IPTV | Global Warming | Weather | Weather Channel |

California Heat Wave Knocks MySpace Temporarily Offline

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on July 24, 2006 - 6:23pm.
Los Angeles - The heat wave hitting the state of California was responsible for shutting down the MySpace social networking site for nearly 12 hours this weekend, CNET News.com reported.
tags: Internet | Tech | Social Networking | MySpace | California | Weather | Outages |

WeatherBug to Offer Mobile Forecasts on BlackBerry Devices

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on July 17, 2006 - 12:49pm.
Germantown, Md. - WeatherBug, a provider of live, neighborhood-level weather information services, said on Monday that it has partnered with mobile content provider Handango to deliver the WeatherBug Mobile service to users of BlackBerry wireless devices.
tags: Pricing | Mobile | Mobile Pricing | BlackBerry | WeatherBug | Weather | RIM | Mobile Services |

WeatherBug Launches Location-based Mobile Weather Alerts

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on June 13, 2006 - 1:35pm.
Germantown, Md. - WeatherBug, a provider of the local weather information services, and Send Word Now, an emergency notification service provider, have announced the launch of a new location-based service.
tags: Mobile | Internet | Online Publishing | WeatherBug | Weather | Location-based Services | Send Word Now |

TiVo Lets Subscribers Buy Movie Tickets, Access Web Radio, Photos, Weather

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on December 1, 2005 - 11:25am.
Alviso, Calif. - TiVo announced on Thursday a host of new features for its digital video recorder service that let subscribers access local movie listings and purchase tickets, listen to online radio and podcasts, and view shared photos and local traffic and weather information. The company partnered with Fandango to enable viewers to view local showtimes and purchase advance tickets from their televisions. Internet radio network Live365 will provide hundreds of streaming station choices, while Yahoo will enable TiVo users to browse their own and friends' shared photos, and offer its local weather and traffic data. Subscribers with a broadband-enabled TiVo Series2 set-top will have access to the new features free of charge.
tags: Subscribers | TiVo | Photos | Weather | Movie Tickets | Access Web Radio |

Study: E-mail, Weather, Search Sites Preferred by Mobile Users

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on September 8, 2005 - 4:39am.
San Francisco -- E-mail, weather and search web sites are the most popular among consumers logging online through their mobile phones, according to a new study by San Francisco-based Telephia. The company said that 4.8% of the 191 million U.S. wireless users accessed web email sites in June. Weather0related sites (3.9%) and search sites (2.9) weren't far behind, followed by sites featuring sports and news and politics. The most popular sites among mobile users included The Weather Channel, Yahoo Mail, MSN Hotmail, Google Search and ESPN. "For people on the go, accessing the Internet through their mobile devices is an extension of their Internet use on their PC," said Kanishka Agarwal, Telephia's vice president of new products. "It is not surprising top mobile Internet categories mirror Internet content categories accessed via a computer."
tags: Weather | Study | E-Mail | Preferred | Search Sites | Mobile Users |