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August 24, 2007 - STATE COLLEGE, PA — AccuWeather.com announced that it has released two new Spanish-language versions of popular weather widgets, including Spanish-text versions of the AccuWeather.com Toolbar for Internet Explorer and netWeather® dynamic forecasts for web sites. AccuWeather.com produces more Spanish-language forecasts each day than any other weather provider in the U.S., with clients including major Spanish media outlets as Telemundo, Univision, and Grupo Televisa.
The Toolbar for Internet Explorer gives Spanish-speaking audiences access to the most commonly sought weather information while surfing online, including current conditions and forecasts for the current day/night, next day forecasts, and local radar. The toolbar also delivers automatic alerts for severe and winter weather warnings.
The new Spanish-language netWeather allows users to add free, flexible weather in a wide range of sizes, colors, and styles that meet the needs of any blog, web site, and MySpace page.
"AccuWeather.com is proud to lead the way in serving the weather needs of one of the fastest growing demographics online and in the U.S.," said Jim Candor, Senior Vice President of New Media for AccuWeather.com. "Our goal is to make weather information available to everyone and offering bilingual products is an important part of that goal.”
The Spanish-text versions of AccuWeather.com Toolbar for Internet Explorer and netWeather are available for immediate download. A number of other English-language downloads are available through the AccuWeather.com Download Center. All registrations for downloads and services are quick, simple, and free.
About AccuWeather, Inc.
AccuWeather, The World’s Weather Authority®, presents accurate, localized, branded forecasts and severe weather bulletins to over 106 million Americans each day via the Internet, mobile devices and IPTV, through the airwaves, and in print. The 113 meteorologists at AccuWeather deliver a portfolio of customized products and services to media, business, government, and institutions, and inform millions of visitors worldwide through the free AccuWeather.com website.
AccuWeather also provides content onto more than 20,000 third-party Internet sites, including CNN Interactive, ABC’s owned and operated stations, The Washington Post and The New York Times. Visit www.accuweather.com for more information.
