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Santa Clara, California (PRWEB) November 11, 2013

Theres no doubt that the use of social media has exploded in the past decade. Facebook now has nearly one billion users and, according to Social Media Today, YouTube is accessed by more adults than any cable TV network. The latest development in this fast-moving world sees one app embracing the concept of social networking to take weather forecasting and temperature planning to the next level.

MoWeather, which is on the brink of releasing its highly anticipated version 2.0, offers on-the-spot weather forecasts for wherever life may take you, providing real weather in real pictures. The app works by offering immersive animation to let users look at local weather conditions wherever they may be headed. Combined with a detailed 15-day forecasting feature, MoWeather allows both personal and business users to plan ahead through the application of crowd-sourced images and social networking.

The uses are quickly apparent. Planning itineraries for holidays and outdoor activities has never been easier. From sharing with friends, to background animation, to a graphic display of temperature trends, MoWeather version 2.0 makes everyday life a whole lot more simple.

The easy to use app includes optimized gestures for a smooth user experience, and this functionality has been carried over and improved upon for the new version. MoWeather 2.0 will also include a key new feature real view weather pictures, which users upload and link with their geographic location, providing some of the most up to date and reliable weather reporting available on the planet.

This innovative use of social media has already resulted in an incredible 100,000 photographs being uploaded daily by users of the Chinese version of the MoWeather platform. Li Jin, CEO of Moji Fengyun, the leading development company that is the brains behind the app, explains the ethos:

Since we founded our company four years ago, our mission has been to provide better weather forecast services to users around the world. The result of our hard work is the MoWeather app and Im really excited about the release of version 2.0. Weve pulled together the latest and best of everything for this version, so we combine elements of photography, crowd-sourcing and social networking to provide a really incredible app.

With users liking, commenting on and sharing images, and compatible with all mainstream operating systems, including Android, iOS, Symbian and WP8, the new version of MoWeather is well positioned to take the app world by storm. Version 1.1 has already demonstrated that personal and business users alike very quickly find that this is one app they cannot do without. Now, the new and improved version 2.0 is set to take weather forecasting and temperature planning to a whole new level.

For more information, contact MoWeather on http://www.moweather.com or download the latest version from the app store.

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Family First NZ says that the moral of the story from events over the past week is that parents mustmonitor their children when they are on Facebook and on social network sites in general.

"Those with dangerous motives have found Facebook a virtual playground. Because of the availability, affordability, and especially the anonymity of social networking, this has placed young people at risk. Facebook simply cannot be relied upon to put the protective measures in place, so its essential that parents do," says Bob McCoskrie, National Director of Family First NZ.

"Sometimes parents need to be the meanies in order to protect their children. Parents would check out any adult before they allow them to speak freely to their child. They would not allow their children to wander the streets without restriction to talk to people. Yet Facebook and other social networking sites can allow unidentified people access to children and often confidential information related to that child."

"Parents should also be aware of studies highlighting the harm of excess exposure to Facebook and other social networking activity. A 2010 meta-analysis of 72 studies between 1979-2009 by the University of Michigan found that because there was no eye contact, users failed to develop important social skills, there was a decrease in empathy, and it allowed users to develop a fictitious life. There was a link with obesity, sleep disorders, less brain activity, attention problems, and learning difficulties. The report said that "College kids today are about 40 percent lower in empathy than their counterparts of 20 or 30 years ago".

A Microsoft study in 2010 in Australia found that 2/3rds of parents took no precautions, and only 58% had the computer in a public area. A NZ Herald poll of 500 in 2010 found that 30% of parents didnt, and 14% couldnt (because of passwords), check their childs social networking sites.

A Victoria University study found that 38% of youth had online friends theyd never met. And Stanford University found that time spent using the Internet is negatively associated with time spent with family, with time spent with friends."

Family First is recommending the following safety precautions at a minimum:

1) parents will know the password and have access to their pages.

2) settings customised to make profile safer (privacy, visibility, etc).

3) parents must be a "friend"

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