They will be able to zoom in and out, virtually steer the camera from side to side, rewind, and fast forward as they check out areas and things of interest on Earth.

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Local supermarkets could check the contents of customers' refrigerators, compiling a shopping list as they run out of supplies of butter, cheese or milk.

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"When we started developing the app, we set out to take our users on a journey throughout their day as they check their hourly, daily, and future forecasts, " said Pascal Racheneur, Vice President of Interactive Media for AccuWeather.

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And when police arrived to check out the premises, they probably wouldn't have been nearly as ready to believe the worst about the occupant of a home who clearly wasn't engaged in a criminal act.

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So as people, they're starting to grow things and become bigger gardeners, that they should probably check out what not to use so that the bees can continue to produce the honey and foods that we eat.

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