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Uber honour for Kimberley entrepreneur
Uber Weather, built by James Swansburg of Kimberley, is representing Canada in a global Google contest.
“This is a big deal. Uber Weather (UW) could change the world. UW is all ‘content,’ with no spam. UW is weather combined with the most powerful ‘Visual Search Engine’ (VSE) on the planet,” Swansburg stated.
Speaking to a Kimberley Chamber of Commerce audience Thursday, Dec. 13, Swansburg said UW is unique “and disruptive technology. It is simple, but not too simple. And you will not out grow it.”
The following is a letter that was sent to Swansburg from Google:
“Dear Challenge Supporters and Developers,
“Over the last several months, developers from 27 countries around the world have been working hard to create innovative applications using the Google Places API and municipal data sources to improve their communities. Now it’s time for you and your peers to select your favorite applications and cast your votes for the People’s Choice Award!
“Please visit the Google Places API Developer Challenge applications gallery to vote using the +1 buttons, and be sure to tell your friends about the gallery so that they can vote, too. Formal judging by our expert panel of judges will begin next week and we look forward to announcing the winners of all the exciting prizes in January.
“Over the coming weeks, we will blog about these applications and continue discussing Challenge news on our website so please check back regularly for key news and announcements.
Best regards, The Google Places API Developer Challenge Team.”
Swansburg said there is great potential for expansion and employment creation if UW should emerge victorious. “We are going to be very strong in tourism (ski) and real estate,” he said.
He is asking Kimberley and East Kootenay residents to vote for Uber Weather in the Google Places API Developer Challenge. Public voting began Dec. 12 and runs until Dec. 31.
Should UW be successful Swansburg will be able to showcase his Google Places API application at the annual Google I/O conference in San Francisco, with exposure a world-wide audience and investors.
“Get involved! Change the world! Say no to spam and useless noise cluttering the Internet,” he exclaims on his website.
For more: https://landmax.wordpress.com/ or https://googlemapsmania.blogspot.ca/2012/12/get-latest-weather-with-uber-weather.html
Ian Cobb/e-KNOW
