Tuesday, March 26, 2013

Dark Sky developers launch Forecast, aim to bring weather predictions to your favorite app

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The developers of Dark Sky — the short-term weather app that tells you exactly when it's going to rain — have released a new, more powerful version of the service called Forecast. Initially released as a web app, the company also wants to have Forecast's data powering a slew of other developers' weather apps as well. Forecast offers improved short-term predictions, seven day forecasts, and reports on up to 100 years of a location's weather history. The free web app works on all desktops, tablets, and smartphones, and it's more capable than Dark Sky in most areas. "We've gone to inhuman extremes to make Forecast.io feel like a native app," developer Adam Grossman told The Verge.


For now, Forecast only lacks Dark Sky's ability to...


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