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Google Weather Service And GMail Improvements

Posted by Zonk on from the good-money-after-good dept.

Philipp Lenssen writes "Google has added US-only weather forecasts to their web search. Type e.g. "weather palo alto, ca" (zip codes work too) and you get a small illustrated weather forecast on top of the search result. (Yahoo has been providing a similar service for quite a while.) You can also send your query as SMS to 46645 (GOOGL), as the official Google blog reports." Relatedly, Shachaf writes "Looking at my GMail account, I see that Google has added two new features: integration with Picasa and plain HTML support. Now you can 'Log in to Gmail directly from Picasa and send the photos from your Gmail account', and view your email from any web-browser."

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  1. You misunderstand Google Weather by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Google isn't forecasting the weather, they're controlling it.

    1. Re:You misunderstand Google Weather by game+kid · · Score: 5, Funny

      I wouldn't mind that, as long as they have a cache of good weather during storms. Or at least alert GMail users.

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  2. Coverage of New Gmail Feature by sammykrupa · · Score: 5, Informative
    Here is a link to screenshots and coverage of the new plain-html-only-view Gmail has gotten:

    http://www.theplaceforitall.com/2005/03/report-on- gmails-basic-html-view.html

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  3. Looks nice by nefele · · Score: 5, Interesting

    But does anyone know how to make it display the temperature in Celsius degrees? Not everyone in the US knows how to interpret this horrible abomination that is the Fahrenheit scale...

    1. Re:Looks nice by WhatAmIDoingHere · · Score: 5, Informative

      Yes, use google "Convert (degrees)F to C) and it converts it.

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  4. Microsoft also have one in beta test... by sandstorming · · Score: 5, Funny

    My area is currently blue in the satellite photo... with a combo box error shaped cloud passing over me.

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  5. yes but it pales in comparision to NOAA by bsdpanix · · Score: 5, Informative

    The National Weather Service at noaa.gov is excellent. Detailed local forecasts with NO ads.