Tag Archives: Geo-Location

Here I Am! (Facebook Places)

Here I Am! (Facebook Places)

Posted on 25. Aug, 2010 by Wendy Forsythe.

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I’ve been a Foursquare user for a while. I’ll admit at first I didn’t get it and it seemed a little creepy to be broadcasting to the world exactly where I was. Soon enough,  the hesitation faded and the addiction set in. So you can imagine that I was a kid in a candy store [...]

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The REport

The REport

Posted on 24. Aug, 2010 by Sherry Chris.

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Further evidence of how we are all so tightly connected is how quickly the recall of 550 million (and counting) eggs from two Iowa processing plants has spread. Here’s hoping the eggs are located rapidly and no one else gets sick. Locating of another sort has technology and social media enthusiasts talking about Places, Facebook’s [...]

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Are Location-Based Services in Real Estate All Hype or The Next Big Thing? (Part 1)

Are Location-Based Services in Real Estate All Hype or The Next Big Thing? (Part 1)

Posted on 23. Aug, 2010 by Josh Ferris.

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Location-based services are what’s hot in social networking right now and for good reason. By using a simple app on your smartphone you can share where you are and what you’re up to with others in your network (updates can be automatically sent to your Facebook and Twitter accounts) which fosters more frequent communication and [...]

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The REport

The REport

Posted on 28. Jul, 2010 by Sherry Chris.

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The amplitude of the Internet was proven once again last weekend when WikiLeaks released approximately 92,000 classified documents on the war in Afghanistan.  White House officials are no doubt revisiting their handling of classified documents in light of this.  What is your policy on protecting important business files from ending up on the Internet? What [...]

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There’s a BHGRE App for that! (and it ‘s not just another real estate app)

There’s a BHGRE App for that! (and it ‘s not just another real estate app)

Posted on 04. Nov, 2009 by Camilla Sullivan.

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Happy day.  The first edition of our Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate iPhone app is live today (actually ,11.59pm last night.)  But it’s not a ‘real estate’ app in the traditional sense, ie: pushing listings to your iPhone.  It’s a buyer centric app designed to solve a few pronounced challenges faced during the physical [...]

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