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Stargazing apps aren’t all the same. Some are bloated, some are brilliant, and some are only good if you know exactly what you're looking for. Here's a rundown of the ones we think are actually worth ...

Four-year-old mobile weather app Dark Sky is mostly known for two things: its beautifully rendered radar maps and startlingly accurate hyperlocal weather predictions. The latter was Dark Sky's killer ...

If you use Dark Sky as your weather app of choice---or just happen to enjoy gloriously rendered maps of weather movement---you should be both gladdened and a little surprised to learn that it’s now ...

Apple has delayed the shut-down of popular weather service Dark Sky, though both the iPhone app and the API used by third-party developers are still on borrowed time. The Cupertino firm acquired Dark ...

Apple made a small, but important acquisition on Tuesday that could change how Android users access weather on their devices. Apple bought Dark Sky, one of the best and most popular weather apps on ...

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One of the most popular mobile weather apps will share its last forecast next week. On January 1st, 2023, Dark Sky on iOS will no longer provide weather data, as the team that made the app announced ...

Apple has acquired weather app Dark Sky, Dark Sky's developers announced today. Dark Sky is one of the most popular weather apps on the App Store, known for its accuracy and storm warnings. Our goal ...

The Dark Sky weather app that's owned by Apple is no longer available for download in the U.S. App Store, suggesting that it has been removed ahead of schedule. Dark Sky remained available for ...

After Apple acquired Dark Sky in March of 2020, we all knew the super-granular weather app was probably headed for shutdown. But while the company announced that the Android app would go dark in July ...