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MapQuest Android App Now Available. Will It Replace Google Maps On Your Android?

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MapQuest has unveiled a free Android app that includes turn-by-turn directions. MapQuest for the iPhone is our favorite iPhone map app here at REbliss because of its ability to create a route with multiple designations.  MapQuest’s iPhone app is far superior to Google Maps on the iPhone. Unlike the iPhone, Google Maps for Android includes [...]

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Pentax WG-1 GPS Camera. The Ultimate Real Estate Appraisal Camera?

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The Pentax WG-1 GPS is a rugged, waterproof, shockproof, crushproof camera that geotags photos, has a 5X optical zoom, and takes 14 megapixel photos and 720p movies. The WG-1 GPS might be the only camera real estate appraisers will need.  Appraisers inspect properties in the rain, snow, and heat.  They can get pretty dirty, not [...]

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Scan Real Estate Documents With Your iPhone Using Genius Scan

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Have you ever needed to email a document, create a PDF, or create a multiple page document but don’t have a scanner nearby?  Genius Scan allows you to do all of this with your iPhone camera and the best part is that the app is FREE! Genius Scan turns your iPhone into a pocket scanner. [...]

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Beginners Guide To The Chrome Webstore And Web Apps

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Google has launched the Chrome Webstore, an open marketplace for web apps.  It is kind of like the iPhone app store, but for web apps optimized fro the Google Chrome. What is a Web App? A web application is any application that uses a web browser as a client.  Sounds great right?  But what does [...]

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GOOG-411 Dies With The Rise Of The Social Consumer

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Directory assistance is going extinct like the phone book.  How we search for businesses has changed dramatically in the past few years as consumers are becoming more social. GOOG-411 shut down on November 12th.  It was a free, voice-activated directory-assistance service. Call the number and say the business name or category along with the city and [...]

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Square For The iPhone. Easily Accept Credit Card Payments With Your Phone

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Square is an application that allows anyone to easily accept credit card payments.  Square works with the iPhone, iPad, and Android phones. Quickly and securely accept card and cash payments for your business, service, charity – even to sell your couch. A free Square card reader makes payments even faster. Generate email receipts. With Square [...]

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Google Voice iPhone App vs HTML5 Web App

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Apple has approved the Google Voice iPhone app.  This is great news for iPhone users because you can now receive push notifications for text and voicemail messages. Apple had previously rejected the iPhone app becuase they said is was too similar to the functionality of the iPhone’s built in calling system.  That didn’t stop Google [...]

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