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IBM selling The Weather Channel and the rest of its weather business::IBM will sell The Weather Company to Francisco Partners, a tech-focused private equity firm, for an undisclosed sum, it announced Tuesday.

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[-] finickydesert@lemmy.ml 12 points 2 years ago

Does anyone know of a great alternative weather app?

[-] CluckN@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago
[-] ggppjj@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago

Doesn't help me see what the weather will be like in a few hours or days from now, which is the whole point of forecasting.

[-] CluckN@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

Pshh, my uncle could feel a storm coming with just a feeling in his bad knee.

[-] ggppjj@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago
[-] CluckN@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

His hearing goes when a hurricane approaches so I’d send him a Fax

[-] CoderKat@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago

I've recently switched to Weawow and it's great! Really high quality widgets and a really powerful notification area feature.

[-] sit_up_straight 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

i found SimpleWeather recently https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.thewizrd.simpleweather and like it a lot, though i had to change the default weather provider to get accurate data for my area

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