Keyword: Tech
The real reason why Google chose Kansas City as its first fiber-networked city
Ultra high speed internet After much anticipation, and 1,1100 towns and cities applying, Google has signed a development agreement with Kansas City to build out a fiber-optic network bringing broadband speed of 1Gb/s which could be ready as soon as 2012. Google claims pricing will be comparable to currently available (yet much slower) options. Our first thought was, will people ...
HotPads launches their first generation iPad app – AG exclusive
HotPads on the iPad Today, real estate search site HotPads has launched a real estate search app for the iPad, complete with sale, rent and even hotel listings. The app gets right to the point and asks users to input the top few most common search options. The app relies on GPS to use your current location or allows you ...
Minimize efforts – automatically sync photos to Flickr, Facebook and more
Save time, save effort Sharing photos on the web is part of many companies’ marketing efforts and can create a lot of doubling up on effort. Uploading everything to Flickr, Picasa, Twitpic, Facebook, iPhoto and more can be tedious and time consuming. We get it, you’re called to be in multiple networks simultaneously, so let us show you some ways ...
New 2012 AGBeat media kit available now
- We know you want the most sophisticated audience, and here it is!
Concept bracelet phone from the future could change the mobile industry
Although still in the conceptual phase, the “Rollerphone” designed by Alexey Chugunnikov is more than a sexy futuristic bracelet watch, it works as a phone, media center and internet, much like smartphone, hello! The design features a retractable transparent screen at the bracelet base and is meant to be a more ergonomic design. The Rollerphone could change not just how ...
Acer Iconia dual screen tablet finally available in America
Finally in America The Acer Iconia dual screen tablet was released earlier this year in Europe and has had a chance to be product tested by consumers and today has landed in America and Canada. For $1200, it is like having two super thin 14″ tablets hinged together, one of which can act as a touch keyboard when not being ...
Why real estate pros shouldn’t be intimidated by the crowded internet
The internet is definitely intimidating Over lunch recently, I asked my Realtor friend why she still hadn’t pulled the trigger on starting her real estate blog. Over clanking plates and rushing servers, she listed excuses about how busy she is, something about her slow web developer, and about how she doesn’t know how to write. I jokingly told her that ...
Realtors, is Posterous more enticing with new notification features?
Posterous tells you to start your (marketing) engines Free blogging platform, Posterous.com started out as a simple alternative to the junky, cluttered blog platforms offered on the market. Although we typically advise owning your own web property, Posterous is a good alternative for people looking to get started that don’t want to be overwhelmed with options. The user interface is ...
Wait, that’s not a Real Estate CEO – Samsung busted for using actors
Real life consumers enjoying the Galaxy Tab Last week, Samsung filmed real life consumers testing out and comparing the Samsung Galaxy Tab (Android tablet) to the iPad 2 at the CTIA Wireless conference, raving about how the Samsung was thinner than the iPad 2. Some pointed to exaggerated claims during the comparison to which a company spokesperson didn’t confirm or ...
Reddit gets their independence, we’re not writing them off yet
Many Realtors don’t know what Reddit is, and even fewer use the site, but it has recently come under fire for server failure more eminent than Twitter circa spring 2007. Reddit’s hands were tied Condé Nast acquired, then “starved” the site, according to Alex Wilhelm. “The Condé Nast acquisition nearly killed the social site as its new parent refused to ...
Blogger, the ugly stepchild of the blogging world gets a makeover
Google staff at SXSWi today have noted they cannot reveal all of the makeover details, but Blogger is undergoing a major revamp to its outdated, clunky blog offering. Google is so far ahead of any other company in many aspects, but their blogging platform has appeared to be their ugly, forgotten stepchild. When Google launched the Google Web Toolkit, we ...
How do Realtors fit in to the group texting trend?
If you’re wondering why every January you get bombarded with shiny new devices and every March you get bombarded with shiny new applications, you can blame January on the Consumer Electronics Show and March on South by Southwest Interactive (SXSWi). This week, as SXSWi continues, we are seeing a disproportionate amount of good news for the texting world as numerous ...
Android app automatically transfers photos, videos wirelessly
Imagine you spend the day taking hundreds of pictures of your new listing with your Android phone and walking into your house and having them automatically transfer to your computer from your pocket? Welcome to the year 2011 where this is all possible for free. New Android app, Sweet Home! transfers your photos and videos from your Android device to ...
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