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What Do You Love? Real Estate.

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What Do You Love is a project by Google that presents search results in a unique way while showcasing all of the services they offer, and they offer a lot. When you go to WDYL.com, you are greeted with a simple search box where the search button is a heart. It returns search results for [...]

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Thrutu Lets You Share Contacts, Photos & More During A Phone Call [Android App]

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Have you ever had problems giving your contact information to someone over the phone, having to repeat your email or web address? While there are numerous apps, including regular text messages, that can share your contact information, Thrutu is aiming to simplify the process. Thrutu is an Android app that extends the functionality of traditional [...]

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Card.io. Why Swipe A Credit Card When You Can Take A Picture Of It?

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Real estate appraisers, home inspectors, and real estate photographers all might need to accept credit card payments while out of the office. There are numerous ways to accept credit cards with your Smartphone; Square, Intuit’s GoPayment system, and Sage Mobile Payments. But all of these require a card reader that attaches to your smartphone. Card.io brings [...]

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Google Docs Now Supports Pivot Tables. Crunching Data For Real Estate Appraisals Just Got Easier.

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Real estate appraisers crunch a lot of numbers including analyzing market trends. It can be difficult to create good looking trend graphs if you have a large data set. That is where Google Docs can help. Google Docs now supports pivot tables. Pivot tables allow you easily look at large sets of data from different [...]

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Panasonic New Rugged Android Tablet Can Handle Anything Appraisers Throw At It

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Real estate appraisal software is slowing becoming mobile. a la mode, inc. has an iPhone, iPad, and Android App, PhoenixMobile has an iPhone app, and SFREP is working an their mobile app. But real estate appraisers are tough on their gear, appraising homes in the heat, rain, and snow. You won’t have to worry about [...]

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Zillow Launches iPhone App To Shop Mortgage Rates

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Zillow has launched an iPhone app that gives real time mortgage rates, lets you estimate your mortgage payments, and calculate how much home you can afford. Click HERE if you can not see the embedded video above. Imagine stepping through the door of that perfect home for sale – it’s easy to get caught up [...]

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