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Facebook rumored to buy facial recognition startup, Face.com

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The San Diego Association of Realtors has teamed up with Google to bring nearly eight Realtor and Google signups to one dashboard, saving agents up to two hours per day.
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NeedTo.com founder goes door to door introducing his startup

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TheSquareFoot: disruptive commercial real estate startup

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Does the MLS own the copyright to real estate photos, tours?

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The real estate industry is not new to having to protect their copyrights, particularly photos, but many may not know that their MLS retains the copyright to all images once uploaded.
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Mozilla project seeks to build a generation of webmakers

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