Hyperlocal platforms — ones that cater to the needs of a specific location — have an understandably bad rap. They tend to magnify biases and can quickly devolve into chaos. Nextdoor, one of the most ...

A lot of websites and apps offer weather predictions, but what if you could get a much more detailed forecast? The Dark Sky app for iPhone and iPad, which got its start as a Kickstarter project back ...

In April, The Weather Channel released a new version of its Storm Radar app, introducing a customizable AI weather ...

Nextdoor, the hyper local social network, is seen on a computer screen in Washington, DC, on March 27, 2020. - There are offers to pick up groceries or medicine for neighbors, to share supplies, or ...

“We're reinventing how people discover and access local news by indexing and serving the news based on the user's current location,” explains Matt Larson, director of business development for Points ...

Last month, LA saw its first major fire of what’s expected to be a devastating season. That night, neighborhood watch app Citizen was blowing up users' phones with notifications about the blaze. As it ...

One is a free mobile app dubbed "Localicious" for searching some neighborhoods nationwide; the other is an online service that lets users look up who their neighbors are in a given area or building.