Tag: met office
Tech Digest daily round up: NASA instrument produces Oxygen from Mars
An instrument aboard Nasa’s latest Mars rover has produced oxygen from some of the Red Planet’s thin carbon dioxide rich atmosphere, an advance that could lead to new ways for future […]
The Digest: Samaritans app flags worrying tweets… and 5 other things people are talking about today
[nextpage title=”Next”] Samaritans app monitors Twitter feeds for suicide warnings | The BBC “Samaritans Radar uses an algorithm to identify key words and phrases which indicate distress. They include ‘tired […]
APP OF THE DAY: Met Office Weather Application (Android)
Already available on iOS devices for a good while now, the Met Office (the UK's most veritable source of weather information) have now released an app for Android phones too. The Met Office Weather Application offers up five-day forecasts and…
Met Office now on mobile – though you could try looking up at the sky
Given the Met Office's frankly lamentable performance predicting the weather recently you have to question what's the point in launching a mobile version of their weather service. Frankly, you would probably get a better prediction looking up rather than down…
iPhone App Round-up: Valentine's room, Riddim Ribbon, Postman Pat and more!
This week's trip to Apple's app store finds the shop in a romantic mood. Opening the doors to their Valentine's room reveals a wealth of loved-up e-cards and love poems, as well as apps to make sure you get your…
Met Office launch iPhone app that would have been useful a snow-stricken month ago
While it may have been a tad more useful a month or so ago, the Met Office have today launched their official iPhone app. It features five-day forecasts, national severe weather alerts, national and regional weather maps and a UK…
