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Brands Buy Real-Time Mobile Ads Based on the Weather Ace Hardware, Taco Bell, Seamless

This past winter, Ace Hardware tested location-based mobile ads before and after snowstorms to pitch items like shovels and de-icers. Buoyed by the results—and underscoring how brands have begun using…

April 8, 2013, 10:08 PM EDT

Southern Comfort's Comfortable Speedo Guy Is Now Your Personal Weatherman Wherever you are, there he is

Southern Comfort's Speedo-wearing, Southern Comfort-drinking beach bum, who we had always assumed was underemployed, actually has quite the important and extensive job—giving weather reports to people in every city everywhere.…

January 15, 2013, 3:49 PM EST

Who Gets to Name Storms? Weather Channel, NWS have very serious argument

The Weather Channel and the National Weather Service are having a spat over who gets to name what storm, and when, and they insist that you stop laughing right this…

November 7, 2012, 3:31 PM EST

Video Gallery: Live From Hurricane Sandy TV news reporters get a little 'swept away' in coverage of fierce storm

TV news reporters—especially those of the meteorological persuasion—are the first to admit they live to cover severe weather. Flying into action nearly as fast as police, fire and emergency services…

October 30, 2012, 2:11 PM EDT

An Ad Tech Firm That's Actually Making Money Retargeter plotting IPO, says president

The ad tech landscape is littered with companies promising to bolster Web publishers’ shrinking bottom lines. Few truly deliver on that promise, and fewer still turn a profit. However, retargeting…

July 24, 2012, 10:47 AM EDT

The Weather Channel Launches Redesigned Site For its 30th birthday, the network's digital arm gets a face-lift

The Weather Channel, long known for its local weather on the 8s and soothing elevator music, turns 30 today. To celebrate, the company is giving Weather.com a major face-lift centered…

May 2, 2012, 11:02 AM EDT

An App for That For all the talk about games and social, the utilities most users can't live without are weather related

People use their phones to entertain themselves and stay connected, but most of all, they put them to practical use. According to Forrester Research, weather-related apps were downloaded by 51…

February 10, 2012, 5:56 PM EST

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