Category: hyperlocal

Android users can get Dark Sky weather updates for one more month

Post author By Randall
Post date July 2, 2020
Categories In acquisition, Android, Apple, dark sky, gear, hyperlocal, News, Tech, weather, weather app

[ad_1] Apple purchased one of the best weather apps in the business this spring, and unfortunately that meant Dark Sky pulled its Android app. If you haven’t already installed it, it’s gone from the Google Play Store, and the company initially informed subscribers they would lose access as of July 1st. However, there is one […]

Google shutters Bulletin, its hyperlocal news experiment

Post author By Randall
Post date September 26, 2019
Categories In app, bulletin, business, closing, gear, Google, google news initiative, hyperlocal, Internet, journalism, local news, News, pilot, reporting, shutting down, Tech

[ad_1] Google is ending its hyperlocal news experiment Bulletin. Similar to Nextdoor, Bulletin was a blog-like service that allowed users to post stories with video and photo content to the app. People nearby could see those posts, and they could appear in Google Search. The service launched as a pilot in 2018, and now, Google […]