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IBM selling The Weather Channel and the rest of its weather business (www.cnbc.com)
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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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[–] ironcrotch@aussie.zone 53 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I used to love Weather Underground but stopped using it once The Weather Channel took over but crazy that IBM own that, what an odd acquisition.

[–] Ejh3k@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I still use it, mostly because I've been using them for nearly two decades and they've been the most consistently accurate in forecasting for my area.

But since the IBM acquisition, the app has been so slow to load.

[–] Patches@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

Just use the National Weather Service. It is where they get all of their data. They just bundle it up and sell it.

https://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?CityName=Gainesville&state=FL&site=JAX&lat=29.6742&lon=-82.3363

[–] vanontom@geddit.social 1 points 1 year ago

I used to love the WU app, it was beautiful and accurate. A few years ago I started noticing more and more puzzling changes, before I realized IBM had purchased them. They ruined an incredible app. Seems like they just outsourced development to lowest international bidder.