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More apps that can help you get through winter 0

We recently posted a link to a CNN Tech story from last year about apps that can help you get through the winter storms that keep raging every few days or so.

Well, the Midwest and New England are in the midst of yet another wintry event. With little relief in sight, we offer a few more apps here, available on iOs and Android and other devices, that could help people get through this cold mess:

WeatherBug_artWeatherBug (left)boasts slide navigation, interactive maps, severe weather alerts and other tools to help you prepare.

Available for Android and iOS operation systems as well as Windows and Blackberry, AccuWeather updates current weather conditions every 15 minutes or so.

EyeinSkyapp_artEye in the Sky (left) is a simple, yet effective and customizable app for reporting the weather in your location.

The Weather Channel’s app may be the most comprehensive: it’s available for iPhone, Android, Blackberry,  Windows phone devices, iPad and Kindle. You can get et weather information for any U.S. city or ZIP code via text message. Other alerts such as severe weather forecasts are also available.

 

 

 

Well, ‘G’ whiz: South Korea banking on 5G development 0

CNN Tech is reporting that South Korea is dropping $1.5 billion into upgrades to its wireless network that will substantially increase connectivity speed for its mobile communications there.

South Korea’s science ministry put its intentions this way:

“We helped fuel national growth with 2G services in the 1990s, 3G in the 2000s and 4G around 2010. Now it is time to take preemptive action to develop 5G … Countries in Europe, China and the US are making aggressive efforts to develop 5G technology … and we believe there will be fierce competition in this market in a few years.”

It’s the next tech step for a country that is the most wired in the world, where 82.7 percent of the population is on the Internet and 78.5 percent of South Koreans owns a smartphone. This is a country where almost everyone ages 18 to 24 — 97.7 percent — has a smartphone.

But don’t turn in your 4G mobile device yet. South Korea is taking its time, with a trial rollout for a 5G network planned for no earlier than 2017.

That’s a long time in tech years.