Month: September 2008

05 Sep Virtual Tours on Microsoft's Photosynth

Posted at 09:38h in Impression Advertising, Marketing, Photography by Andrew Mattie

I haven't had much time lately to keep up with my real estate tech news readings, so maybe I missed this announcement on another site. Either way, Microsoft's absolutely incredible Photosynth technology has been released to the public for a bit over two weeks...

04 Sep Should you Require Registration to View Listings on Your Web Site? A Vote from the Google Consumer

Posted at 14:42h in IDX, Websites by Drew Meyers

I know there are two sides to the debate as to whether or not agents and brokers should require registration in order to browse listings on your web site (Geek Estate coverage from February). The reason I am bringing it up again is that I...

03 Sep The Curbed Marketplace is Now OFFICIAL

Posted at 14:49h in Company News & Analysis by Drew Meyers

If you saw my post a couple weeks ago (or the Inman version), you know that Curbed is entering the listings game with their own marketplace for the New York area. This morning, the Curbed Marketplace was "officially" introduced....

02 Sep MyTechOpinion VLog Contest Finalists

Posted at 17:21h in Links for Geeks by Drew Meyers

For those of you who missed the submission deadline for the Vlogging Contest on MyTechOpinion, you haven't missed everything -- check out the 12 Finalists for the Vlog Contest over at MyTechOpinion. Here are some early reactions from Lani (one of the 4 judges). MTO Judging...

02 Sep Who's Gonna be on Top this Time? Careful, It's Rated!

Posted at 13:39h in General, Zillow by Brad Andersohn

TechVibes Global announced yesterday that the Seattle Startup Index "ratings" were in for September 2008. It's great to be on top in more ways than one might imagine. Alexa is the WEB Information Company, a site that provides information regarding : Traffic, Movers and Shakers...

02 Sep A Shiny New Google Project: Chrome

Posted at 08:20h in Google by Michael Price

Google has the world abuzz again today with the announcement of their latest project, Chrome. Chrome is Google's answer to the browser battle. Why create a new browser? Simple, if you're entire business model is based upon the future of the browser being the single...