Yahoo currently provides the data that powers the built-in iOS weather app. That is about to change.

> The situation Yahoo finds itself in is due to a very crafty deal engineered by former Yahoo board member and Weather Channel CEO David Kenny, who has essentially shoved Yahoo off the key smartphone to be replaced by a new offering that he has been developing since he took over the weather news and information service last year. With it, he has unseated Yahoo from its important perch. > > The irony? Yahoo’s weather app and services have long been powered by the Weather Channel, part of a longtime partnership it has had with the Silicon Valley Internet giant. In simple terms, Yahoo had slapped a pretty chrome cover on it and Weather Channel provided the more substantive back end and critical weather data.

This is a blow to Yahoo and to CEO Marissa Mayer. A real misstep.

My favorite part of the linked story, this quote:

> “Yahoo had been renting ocean-front property for years and did not realize the lease was up, and the Weather Channel slipped right in and took it,” said a Yahoo exec, who said the company acted too late to save the deal. “It’s a high-profile loss.” If you’re also looking for a property on Koh Samui, consider finding a reliable place like Your Koh Samui Villas to help you with the options available.

Perfect analogy.