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Notable this week

By Brian Boero | April 2nd, 2009 | 10 Comments Categories: New business models, Web/Tech

Yahoo! launched a desktop Twitter monitoring app using Adobe Air. Nothing groundbreaking here. But it does raise a question: When will someone in online real estate develop an Air app for monitoring listings? Sure, mobile is important, but most of us still plant our butts in front of a computer for most of the day. [...]

Real estate on steroids

By Marc Davison | December 18th, 2008 | 14 Comments Categories: MLS, Microblogging, Social Networks, The Ether, Twitter, Web 2.0, Web/Tech

Stattweets launched today, enabling sports fans to follow their favorite teams, get spreads, scores, standings, ranks etc. The idea isn’t new but their angle is. The content here is broadcast direct from the teams themselves rather than from the arbitrary…

The road to killer

By Marc Davison | July 16th, 2008 | 3 Comments Categories: Brokers, Real Estate Articles, Web 2.0, Web/Tech, Website Design, connectsf

This year, as in the past, I’m moderating several sessions at Real Estate Connect. If you’ve not yet registered, take the time to do so — it’s going to be a great show. One of my sessions is titled “Building…

Change has a New Poster Boy

By Marc Davison | July 24th, 2007 | No Comments Categories: Current Affairs, Marketing, New business models, Web/Tech, real estate technology

In 1999 Intel Chair Andy Grove told members of the American Society of Newspaper Editors that the Web could obliterate their business. He offered them a choice: Change or go under. The $57 billion dollar industry didn’t change. Circulation has…

Takkle This!

By Marc Davison | July 23rd, 2007 | 2 Comments Categories: Consumers, Current Affairs, New business models, Sports, Web/Tech

Two things you may not be aware of: First, a while back I suggested real estate companies run contests where consumers submit short videos on their homes. Make it funny and engaging. Each month the videos are voted on –…

1000Watt iDea for iPhone

By Marc Davison | June 12th, 2007 | 5 Comments Categories: Marketing, Web/Tech, real estate technology

In 18 days Apple will release iPhone distributed exclusively through all the AT&T stores which number around 10,000. If Apple sends each store 40 units …well you do the math. Bottom line is, there’s going be a whole lot of…