The world’s most popular social networking can be a great place to stay up with your friends, meet new friends and even find new clients for your business. But, that same popularity also means that it is an attractive and fertile hunting ground for scammers, spammers and other people who want to take advantage of…
A couple of months ago I installed an app on my phone, fully intending to try it out, but then promptly forgot about it. (Ever done that?) It was one of those apps that seemed cool, and I thought that it might make a good subject for a post here on RealtyTechBytes. Once I installed…
It’s not often that you’ll read anything on this blog that is even remotely favorable to Microsoft. In fact, most who know me would say that I delight in bashing Microsoft. And they would be correct. After 20 years of using and supporting Microsoft products, I switched to Macs back in 2007 and haven’t regretted…
Ever lost a key, or been locked out? Me too. I recently ran across KeyMe, a New York City based startup that offers a unique way to solve the “lost key” and “locked out” problem. They offer a free iPhone app that allows you to scan your key and digitally store it in their secure…
Have you ever needed to come up with a floor plan in a hurry? Or, maybe you needed to come up with a room’s dimensions. If that’s the case, then you’ll appreciate what European startup Locometric has done for the iPhone. It’s called RoomScan and is only available for iOS devices. By simply starting the…
With all the online choices that consumers have today it’s difficult to get them to pay attention to our web offerings. So, having a tool that doubles as an online business card, brochure, social sharing device and much more seems like a good idea. Especially when such a tool is free! Please check out http://www.SavvyCard.com…
Have you ever wanted to take an image and add some text to it? Or use cool filters like Black & white, blur, sepia, or sunrise? If so, I found a great free tool to help you do that. It’s a Chrome browser extension that let’s you take any image from your computer, or a…
You know that mobile is the current must have technology right? If you don’t, you might want to read some of the posts that I have written about it in the past, and get yourself up to speed. (Click here to see a list of articles about mobile marketing for real estate agents) What I…
Who doesn’t like free stuff! Certainly not me, especially when it is free tech stuff! (I’m also down for free food, Starbucks, Amazon, airfare, hotel stays and gasoline in case you were wondering!) A few days ago Box, the online cloud storage service, announced that Mac and/or iPhone/iPad users could get 50 gigabytes of free…
It’s hard to imagine how we would do business these days without PDF files. The humble PDF file format is the basis for electronic documents that can be opened by Macs, PCs, iPads, iPhones, Android phones, windows based phones and probably extraterrestrials! Just kidding about that last one, but you get the idea. The PDF…
