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Tech tip: brand gmail and get rid of visual clutter

AGBeat — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 17:14:59 +0000

Ode to the early days of Gmail One of the biggest appeals to early Gmail (first offered in early 2000s) was how minimalistic it was compared to AOL and other junky email services of the late 90s, but as Google has grown, so has the visual clutter of the user interface. Most people have colorful themes and buttons and links [...]

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Realtor tech tip: Facebook hacks that help those frustrated with new changes

Lani Rosales — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 13:00:59 +0000

Given the sheer size of Facebook, any updates to functionality are likely to upset two camps- fans and those that don’t like change. The way images render has changed, ads are popping up in new places, hitting “enter” submits your update instead of hitting a submit button and privacy settings have changed over time. Product developers know that changes to [...]

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Google Chrome’s new logo points out style shift

AGBeat — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 12:30:07 +0000

Google Chrome has revealed their new logo which has the web developer bloggers yelping that the new logo is a big ugly number nine or that it’s boring. According to Google, “Chrome has improved significantly since it was first released in 2008. We’re working on refreshing the icon to better represent the speed and simplicity of the modern browser and [...]

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Don’t just track, actually forecast your finances

AGBeat — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 16:50:45 +0000

This morning, we shared a variety of Android and iPhone apps to help Realtors prepare for tax day and thought we should take it a little further by sharing a web tool that helps you forecast your finances. Real estate professionals are the consummate small business and predicting your finances is a responsible way of getting a leg up on [...]

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Will bootstrapping or big VCs win the RRM arms race?

Lani Rosales — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 14:00:13 +0000

We’re closely watching the rental relationship management (RRM) space as the rental market heats up given rising foreclosures and a growing segment of buyers opting for renting in uncertain economic times. Money is now being thrown at RRM companies but some funding announcements are dramatically larger than others. For example, RRM software company Kahoots.biz was established in Boston in 2006 [...]

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YouGotListings rental property software expanding across U.S.

Tara Steele — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 13:30:46 +0000

We’ve proclaimed our affinity for companies financially backed by Y Combinator as we continue to find them to be tools that simplify processes formerly made complicated. Today, we share with you Y Combinator backed YouGotListings.com which is a rental listings management software. Founders Gordon Chen and John Li went about the business of putting together a solution for brokers and [...]

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Real estate bloggers – upgrade video embeds for free

Lani Rosales — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 11:00:51 +0000

If you’re a blogger, you should check out a new tool called EmbedPlus which is a free tool that allows you to take a standard YouTube link and give your readers added functionality that can upgrade their experience and hopefully keep them on your site longer. It’s like YouTube on vitamins (or a healthy dose of Pixie Stix or Four [...]

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Realtors, back up your gmail- glitch wipes out 150,000 gmail accounts

Lani Rosales — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 16:57:12 +0000

Over the weekend, 150,000 Gmail users logged in to see their accounts completely wiped out- no emails, no chat logs, no contacts, just a blank Gmail account. Google says it is working to restore these users’ accounts. This news underscores the importance of backing up your life in the cloud, even on “reliable” networks like Google. We’ve shown you how [...]

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Real estate pros who still fax – do it from your browser

Lani Rosales — Sun, 27 Feb 2011 23:32:56 +0000

Recently launched HelloFax is a new YCombinator funded company which has set out to solve the simple problem of faxing, which real estate still heavily relies upon. E-signatures is one option, yet not all have caught on to the technology, so we’d like to introduce an alternative to the traditional fax. HelloFax is still free for the first twenty pages, [...]

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Samsung confirms high end Macbook Air competitor

Lani Rosales — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 06:28:55 +0000

Tonight in Korea, Samsung has confirmed the release of their new ultra-thin laptop Samsung 9 Series aiming at directly competing with Apple’s Macbook Air and staking their claim in the high end mobile computing market. This announcement comes as Apple announces their “special event” on March 2nd most likely to confirm the Apple iPad 2 release. Originally leaked at the [...]

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