After having shut down hacked iPhones, it turns out Apple is focused on creating an open platform for the iPhone afterall — Third Party Applications on the iPhone Let me just say it: We want native third party applications on the iPhone, and we plan…

Today’s launch of Zolve.com has generated some buzz across the real estate blogiverse, and beyond. I haven’t come across a post yet though from someone who actually “joined” the Zolve network. What I’ve seen is bloggers looking at the site from the outside, or discussing…

Google has added additional street views in 6 cities today — Chicago, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Portland and Tucson. There’s no real real estate tie-in yet, but I’m guessing Google is thinking about integrating it into Google Base as a way to provide buyers a way…

Fellow GeekEstate Blog contributor Brian Wilson’s start-up, Zolve.com, is set to be up and running for everyone as of tomorrow morning. I was going to hold this until tomorrow morning, but given that TechCrunch already covered the site, I figured I would too. What opportunity…

Congratulations to the Zillow Team, your stock option net worth just had a significant emotional experience today. 🙂 $87 million is spectacular and Zillow must have some pretty amazing plans since some very intelligent investors have partnered with them. However, this news struck a sour…

As I mentioned this weekend, Realius’ new Price Me Now was shown off at TechCrunch40 on Monday. They were ranked a 2.2 out of 4 in their “demopit” as part of TechCrunch40, though I think that’s a bit low (but to be fair, I didn’t…

A new entrant in the RE.net’s social media category recently launched (in beta of course). Propertyqube describes itself as “A social community which enhances your PropertyLife relationships and experiences.” Nicole Rufuku, one of PropertyQube’s co-founders took the time to answer a few questions about the company,…

Realius, which is building a suite of fantasy real estate games, announced that they are unveiling their 1st game — Price Me Now — at the TechCrunch 40 conference. The basic concept of the Price Me Now is to allow people to guess the price…

MyDealBook is another new site that is focused on tapping into the “wisdom of the crowds”, though it is geared towards the commercial (rather than residential) real estate market. In order to learn more about the company, I decided to do a short e-mail Q&A…

Recently Realtor.com announced a free blogging platform is now available for their 1.4 millionish members. LOS ANGELES, Aug. 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — REALTOR.com, the most comprehensive real estate listings Web site, today announces the introduction of Featured Blog and “Let’s Talk Real Estate!,” a new blogging…