You cannot ask Alfred about the weather like you can ask Siri.
The current, beta version of Siri can talk to you in an uncannily human-like way about the weather or where to get dinner, but if you ask it about anything in the news, the best it can do is refer you to Google.
Unfortunately for anyone considering this as an alternative to a kitchen computer, there's no full-fledged web browser, calendar apps, or the like, but it will at least give you weather updates, and could well be further improved by some of the promised firmware updates.
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If you worry about things like food spills, cuts, inclement weather and meltdowns, by all means do some schlepping.
In addition, in light of the growing economic uncertainty facing American families, we should consider ways to let workers access a portion of their savings to weather difficult times, like an illness or an accident that has affected you.
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You have undoubtedly some weather impact in the establishment survey, particularly in industries like construction and transportation, where one might easily presume that weather would affect the numbers coming out of that survey.
Thus far, as you can tell, the weather has not been as cooperative as we'd like on this front.
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Meteorologists can tell you, about five days out, with fair certainty what the weather will be like in your city or town.
Of course, you can also do some slightly more practical things like tailor your coffee exactly the way you like using the massive touchscreen, and even check up on the weather and news while you wait.
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When you have something that you're dealing with, standing out there for 18 innings, like cold weather, is going to bring it out.
You cannot trade weather, so the next best thing is to trade something that behaves very like it: gas (as it happens, gas prices, which according to Enron are closely correlated with temperature).
Like most of you, I yearn for shorter winters, more shirt-sleeve weather, less lashing from frigid winds.
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Like WeatherMob, the mPING Android and iOS apps want you to share information about weather around you.
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