VendAsta Technologies just announced they have secured $3M in venture capital for MyFrontSteps.com. What is MyFrontSteps? From the press release (PDF file): MyFrontSteps connects people over social networks allowing them to share their home and home experiences with friends, family and the world – from…

MyBlogLog has integrated updates from Trulia and Zillow profile pages into their New With Me feed.

I am fortunate to live in an area of Chicago that is booming (we even got a new zip code last week!) and as such, many new real estate brokerages have opened up.  How do I know this?  Because I happen and see some balloons…

As the event gets closer, many are rushing to get flights, accommodations and tickets to Brad Inmans RE Connect in San Francisco next week. The event is scheduled for 3 days July 23rd – 25th. The REBlogCamp will be on Tuesday, July 22nd. Here are…

What does the Localism Real-Estate Revolution Mean? As of July 9th Active Rain opened up “The New Localism”, which has been in beta with ActiveRain for a while. The marketing for the site is that it will be a “revolution in real-estate”. In the past,…

Jon Washburn has publicly hinted at the fact that the new Localism site is coming soon. From seeing Jon’s blog post today and looking at the Localism homepage, it seems that day is July 9th. Any guesses as to what the focus of the new…

Google has released an iPhone specific version of its popular instant messaging client, GoogleTalk. I had a chance this evening to give it a try during a brief chat session with Drew Meyers and I must say it worked flawlessly. The speed is good and…

Google will be retiring the AdSense Referrals program during the last week of August. Are you a Google Affiliate or Publisher? Here are some alternative options they are asking users to consider before this version of AdSense goes away: The Google Affiliate Network as part…

Myspace’s DataAvailability functionality is live at developer.myspace.com. Here is a test application from TechCrunch that should give you a feel for what is possible. I’m not sure if there are legal or technical restrictions that would prevent this, but one possible use of DataAvailability could…

One of the big social bookmarking platforms has been Mixx.com; it is a very 2.0 platform allowing submission of articles, pictures and videos. They’ve taken the next step in branching out into becoming a full blown Social Media site by releasing their Mixx Communities. This…