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WeatherBug (a former client) has unleashed some cool goodies. They include Yahoo and OSX widgets, a Firefox extension, plus this neat mashup that combines MSN Virtual Earth, Google Maps and their local data. As of this writing, I can't get the latter to work consistently just yet, however.
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"cool goodies"
"can't get the latter to work "
Why promote it then?
Posted by:Jon | Thursday, February 09, 2006 at 08:18 AM
MORE Blog
http://videobuzz.blogspot.com/
http://ezbuzz.blogspot.com/
http://haixiu.blogspot.com/
Posted by:hai | Thursday, February 09, 2006 at 08:31 AM
Weatherbug has always been synonymous with adware and spyware. The last time I installed it (admittedly years ago) I ended up having to reformat my hard drive. Does the latest version have Uninstall that truly uninstalls? And it's claim that the program only gathers information to provide a better service, is that something you stand behind? If you google weatherbug, many of the links are not at all happy with it.
Posted by:Eric | Thursday, February 09, 2006 at 11:24 AM
Weatherbug = spyware. The pure mention of that program makes me shudder. You have no idea how many computers i've cleaned in the years with that miserable program being attached like..a bug to the victim's computers. =\
Posted by:Jon Olson | Thursday, February 09, 2006 at 08:34 PM
Eric just saved me a long post. Weatherbug won't come into this house.
Posted by:Russell Limprecht | Thursday, February 09, 2006 at 08:36 PM
Yeah, I hear you. They have an image issue so I understand your reservations.
Posted by:Steve Rubel | Thursday, February 09, 2006 at 09:20 PM
Steve, I enjoy reading your blog and and I am happy to see you talking about our our new Labs products! We have dedicated Tuesdays to “innovation” with our engineering team and we have come up with some great stuff… and more to come!
I do want to address some of the concerns of your readers:
I understand that some of you may have not had a good experience with our desktop application in the past and when you search Google on WeatherBug see some links that don’t tell the best story about us.
These issues are very old, years old. We have addressed all of these old issues and we continue to have open lines of communications for your feedback. I am personally involved with monitoring and gathering feedback from our customers and will do my best to provide a great user experience.
If you take a close look at what WeatherBug, I think you will see that we have unique information that you cannot get anywhere else. Most of all, we have good people here and we are a brand that will work hard to earn your trust and listen to your feedback.
You can give us feedback at http://forums.weatherbug.com/
Posted by:Chris Sloop | Friday, February 10, 2006 at 04:45 PM