Tinbu To Launch Multilingual Interactive Global Weather Module with CustomWeather, Inc.
Tuesday, June 19, 2007 posted 01:22 PM EDT
Tinbu, the world's leading provider of multilingual interactive lottery and horoscope data for web and wireless use, is pleased
to announce they have entered into an exclusive 5-year partnership with CustomWeather, to build a multilingual interactive
global weather module. The interactive weather module will allow visitors to media web sites to get real time updated weather
information from virtually any location in the world. Tinbu plans on making the global weather module available in various
languages, including English, Spanish, German, French, Russian, Chinese and Italian. Tinbu's patent pending technology allows
for seamless integration of interactive data modules into web sites. The interactive components of Tinbu's technology have
proved to drive substantial amounts of page views, user satisfaction, and revenue generation for web site operators.
"Tinbu's patent pending technology has allowed us to develop interactive products that are being used by many leading online
media groups around the world," said John Brier, Tinbu's CEO. "Our partnership with CustomWeather will allow us to bring
to market an interactive global weather module that will be beneficial to millions of consumers on a daily basis. In today's
world the weather very important to most people, and the ability to track the weather in real time around the world, access
advanced services such as hurricane and storm tracking, and use weather information for travel planning is good for consumers.
We are confident our multilingual interactive weather module will be widely embraced by online media groups and individual
consumers alike."
The interactive weather module will allow consumers to access advanced weather data by country, state, city, zip code, or
latitude and longitude, and to find the current and forecasted weather for almost any area in the world. It will also allow
people to set up customized weather reporting functions and to track weather in various areas of interest to them. Historical
weather related information will also be available, as will other interesting weather related features pertaining to average
high and low temperatures around the world, average rain falls, storm tracking, ski reports, and customized consumer weather
alerts.
"CustomWeather has a long history of providing innovative and differentiated weather products to clients around the world
in the media, energy, transportation, and weather derivatives markets", said Jeffrey Logan, CustomWeather's CTO. "Nearly
one-third of the U.S. economy alone, an estimate 3.5 trillion dollars, is now affected by the weather. In addition to the
5% of the world's population already using CustomWeather content every day, the interactive weather module represents a unique
and integrated offering of great value for new clients in today's economy who aim to actively manage their business based
on short and long-term weather risk and forecasting.
Tinbu anticipates a formal launch of the interactive global weather module later this summer.
About Tinbu, LLC:
Tinbu, LLC, and their wholly owned subsidiaries Gaming Solutions International, LLC, and CyberIntegrations, LLC, use patent
pending technology to provide interactive data products to leading online and wireless companies worldwide. Tinbu's clients
include AOL, AOL Latino, AOL Canada, Telemundo, MSN, MSN Espanol, MSNBC, USA TODAY, Bell South, ATT, Media General, Clear
Channel Television, NBC Television, CBS Television, ABC Television, Fox Television, CBS Radio, Quepasa, Boston Herald, Tribune,
Toronto Star, CBC New Media, My Red Fish, Local Solutions Networks, mFoundry, Motricity, uClick, St. Louis Post Dispatch,
Hello Metro, and many others. For more information on Tinbu visit them online at www.Tinbu.com.
About Custom Weather, Inc.:
CustomWeather, Inc. is a San Francisco based provider of syndicated weather content that combines the worlds of technology
and weather. CustomWeather generates local weather forecasts for over 240 countries worldwide, establishing it as the industry
leader for global location-based coverage at both the US and International levels. CustomWeather provides sophisticated weather
products to leading companies in a variety of industries including media, energy, travel, wireless, and the web. For more
information visit www.customweather.com
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