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Remodeling market index hits five year high
Sentiment on the rise According to the National Association of Home Builders’ (NAHB) Remodeling Market Index (RMI) for the fourth quarter of 2011, remodeling sentiment hit the highest level in five years. The RMI components measuring current market conditions and future indicators of remodeling business both rose in the final quarter of the year, indicating a positive sentiment in the ...
New home sales dip, 2011 worst sales year on record
New home sales drop The hardest hit sector of real estate has again been served bad news as the U.S. Commerce Department reported today that after three consecutive months of improvement, the sales of newly built, single-family homes dropped 2.2 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 307,000 units in December, officially marking the worst sales year on record ...
How to format your Facebook cover photo to be less fuzzy
The problem with Cover Photos – grainy images When we hacked our way into being able to use the new Facebook timeline features last fall, we experimented with various types of photos, sizes and resolutions and have seen most users attempt to use a very small image and stretch it for their cover photo which instantly makes it fuzzy and ...
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12 more tweaks Pinterest should make in 2012
Pinterest could be even better We introduced you to Pinterest last fall, not only showing how the sharing network functions but how it can be used in business, and recently we offered invitations to the private network as well as solid ideas for boards that professionals can create to earn influence on Pinterest, we have also named the company one of the 60 Genius Brands ...
Public safety alerts added to Google Maps search results
Helpful new Google Maps feature Google announced that they have launched a new alert system that adds public safety alerts to your Google Maps search results to help track severe weather, earthquakes or other warnings in the area you are searching. Now live, users who search for directions or a company in an area under any sort of watch or ...
Evernote quietly acquires handful of startups, more to come
Four quiet acquisitions In a fascinating interview with TechCrunch, Evernote CEO Phil Libin shed light on the inner workings of the three year old company, hinting that Evernote is more than just an app that helps with productivity, but very literally a platform with 20 million users and 9,000 apps built on the client, creating an “apps ecosystem,” revealing a ...
Fab.com hits 2 million members, no longer invitation-only
Fab.com is on fire It looks like the secret is out and Fab.com is on the verge of hitting 2 million members to the invitation-only flash sale site of daily curated design sales from trendy designers and we will no longer be the only ones finding hot deals on chevron-patterned wool throw pillows or tiny copper octopus earrings. To mark ...
Timewiki acquired by OverBlog to add timelines to platform
One timeline for RSS, Facebook and Twitter Last fall, we introduced you to timewiki which presents Twitter, Facebook and RSS (blog) entries chronologically with photos appearing naturally within the timeline which scrolls up and down similar to Facebook’s new Timeline feature. Timewiki says, “Startups, big companies and people have [a] life. Sometimes it’s not enough to just work hard, but also present ...
10 iPhone apps that are now free
$30 worth of apps now free Business-related apps for the iPhone are relatively fluid, as they come and go and the prices fluctuate often. Because there are so many changes when it comes to prices and availability of apps, it can be incredibly beneficial to stay on top of price drops, as they won’t stay around forever and you may ...
iPhone 5 rumored to launch this summer
Rumors are flying Although already being denied, reports that a “reliable” source at Foxconn has told 9to5mac.com that Apple is preparing to begin production of the iPhone 5, which is indicative of a mid-year launch. 9to5mac says their source revealed that various sample devices that vary from one another are floating around, making it impossible to decipher which will be the ...
The Pope urges social media users to listen to each other
Message to the people: listen Pope Benedict XVIth has released the text of his address to the 46th World Day of Social Communications on May 20th, choosing the theme of “Silence and Word: Path of Evangelization,” addressing social media directly which has some people surprised as many envision the Vatican to be unchanged since the 1700s. “Silence is a precious ...
New task unit takes aim at mortgage crimes as 50-state talks stall
New York Attorney General New York Attorney General, Eric Schneiderman was appointed this week by President Obama to a special investigative unit that will coordinate existing federal and state probes into foreclosure fraud prior to the financial crisis. Schneiderman said today that these efforts would “move aggressively.” Schneiderman is not popular on Wall Street and his appointment as lead of ...
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