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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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Apple’s iOS 5: Top 6 Features For Real Estate

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Apple officially unveiled iOS 5 yesterday at its Worldwide Developers Conference. While there are over 200 new features coming to iOS devices (iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch), we are going to highlight the top 6 that are especially useful to the real estate industry. 1. Notifications iOS 5 includes a new Notification Center that will [...]

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SyncDocs Lets You Backup And Sync Google Docs With Your Computer

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Google Docs is a great set of productivity programs that lets you share, collaborate, and edits your files from anywhere. However, just because your files are stored with Google doesn’t mean you shouldn’t have a backup copy. That is one way SyncDocs can help. SyncDocs automatically synchronizes the files in your Google Docs account to [...]

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CameraSim Is A Free Web App That Helps You Master Your Digital SLR Camera [Real Estate Photography]

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A DSLR camera can be a little overwhelming if you have never used one before. You can change the ISO, aperture, shutter speed, focal length, lighting, and distance. Read the manual as many times as you want but it is hard to imagine what the photograph will look like until you actually try it. CameraSim [...]

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olloclip Is An All In One Wide-Angle, Fisheye, & Macro Lens For Your iPhone

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The olloclip is a quick-connect lens for the iPhone 4 that includes a fisheye, wide-angle and macro lenses. The lens slides onto the corner of your iPhone. It will automatically align itself over the camera and your phone will auto focus as normal. Just flip the lens over to switch from one lens to another. It’s that easy. [...]

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Android @ Home Can Connect To Every Electrical Device In Your House. [Household Tech]

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Have you ever wanted to turn on your lights with your smartphone or turn off the A/C after you had already walked out the door? Google is making home automation a lot easier with Android @ Home, which was introduced at its I/O conference. Google describes your home as a network of accessories and Android [...]

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Google Goggles For Android Gets Improved Business Card Recognition

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Google Goggles is a visual search application that lets you search the web by taking a photo. Launch the app, take a picture of an object, a book cover for example, and Google will return with search results for the book, all without typing. Google Goggles for Android received an update that brings new features [...]

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