Your cell phone may be killing you, and eggs are bad for you. Or not. Not sure if you heard the news (and if you heard it from your cell phone, you’re really not going to like this), but it turns out that cell phones may cause brain tumors. Or not. The truth is, nobody [...]
Tag Archives: technology
From Scrolls to Scroll Bars
Does less paper equal less environmental damage? Before you answer “of course!”, think about it, because context is important. As mentioned Wednesday, Amazon.com recently celebrated its 15th anniversary of selling everything from Tolstoy to trombones. Obviously, the retail giant has changed the way we buy goods, but with e-books now outselling traditional paper books, it’s [...]
Crammed Cells
With summer vacation in full swing, many of you no doubt have seen the station wagons and SUVs driving down the highways, bursting with suitcases and various pool toys. You may have even seen Clark Griswold driving his family to Wally World. As you pass him by, though don’t blame an over-stuffed trunk for the [...]
Windows™ Shopping
You might be able to buy a belated birthday card in case you missed Amazon.com‘s 15th birthday last Friday. Of course, make sure you buy it over the Internet. As Time reported last week, the online shopping giant fundamentally changed retail shopping all with a click of a mouse. Interestingly enough, one of the first [...]
Duh Dot Com
Quick, what year was the U.S. Constitution adopted? Difficulty: No Google allowed. Do you remember this from high school? Or were you crafty enough to split hairs and use Bing to find the answer? If you had to hunt for the answer on anything that required a computer chip, chances are you may agree with [...]
Disguise Phone
Stuck waiting on someone the other day, I started fidgeting with my phone. I have a “dumb” phone; what the industry calls a “candy bar” phone. It’s a bare-minimum, calling and texting machine. It doesn’t even have a camera. What it does have, much to my surprise, is a pixelated pinball game. I spent a [...]
Spare Change
It’s trite, but true: the only constant is change. Or lack thereof. Take parking meters, for instance. As NPR reported yesterday, drivers in Washington, D.C. will soon be able to pay for their parking without having to hunt for quarters or break a dollar. The district’s pilot program, which allows customers to pay for their [...]
Is a PC No Longer PC?
In California this week, the All Things Digital D8 Conference has been in full swing, with the red chairs on stage seating everyone from FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski to Avatar director James Cameron with their takes on the present and future of technology and digital media. On Tuesday, Steve Jobs went so far as to [...]
Internet Killed the TV Star?
A sample of the old business trip packing list: Cell phone Files Briefcase Portable CD player CD case Planner Contact list Floppy disks Of course, now we have a new, easier way to pack: Smartphone Sure, you now have to take your shoes off before entering the plane, and volcanic ash may prevent you from [...]
Google vs. Microsoft: Cloud Clash
In February, while holed up in a wintry landscape, I touched upon cloud computing; specifically, Google Docs‘ ability to transform anything I write into a Word Document without ever having to upload any software. So, fearing the wrath of Google (or so it appears), Microsoft announced this week that it’s releasing a free version Office [...]
Technology: Tool or Distraction?
Behind all of the pixels, popping graphics, and usability of DotLoop lies a tool. Our website is to agents what a microscope is to a microbiologist or a level is to a contractor – a tool to help get the job done. Our tool just happens to use the power of the Internet to do [...]
A “Kin”dred Spirit For Agents?
Today’s Wall Street Journal has an article on a fascinating new device coming out next week from Microsoft. It’s called the Kin, a phone that doubles as a social media device. As I reviewed the details on the site (kin.com), I couldn’t help but think of how useful this device could be for tech-savvy agents. [...]
Friday Farewell – The Future Is Simple
It’s been one heck of a busy Friday here at DotLoop. This afternoon, Austin Allison was in a featured interview on the Harris Real Estate University Blog. I myself attended a luncheon this afternoon at Xavier University’s Cintas Center sponsored by the American Marketing Association entitled “Memo from 2015: What the Future Wants from a [...]
LOLs & Triple Word Scores
I want to get one thing clear here: I hate text messaging. Absolutely loathe it. So, when I wrote yesterday’s blog post about texting, I had to ask myself: do I really believe this? The answer, of course, is yes, even if I don’t like it myself. Why? The numbers speak for themselves. Eighty-eight percent [...]
“We Have A Commitment to Serving the Industry”
Austin Allison had the pleasure to talk with Ann Foster, Georgia Association of REALTORS Partnership Chairwoman at the 2010 REtechSouth Convention in Atlanta late last month. You can check it out here. dotloop.com
Get Yourself Connected
Pop quiz: What type of phone does your client have? How about this: How many times will that future prospect interview you to be their agent? And finally: If you don’t know what your clients are thinking, how can you ever hope to gain their business? We’ve already discussed smart phones and their meteoric rise [...]
iPadding Your Wallet?
Saturday will be known as Holy Saturday for some of us, and I’m not referring to Easter Weekend. This Saturday, the iPad will finally go on sale, and Apple fanatics the country over will be hammering for the holy grail of computing. But as a real estate professional, should you be in line, too? Many [...]
Apps In The Cradle
DotLoop‘s Chief Technology Officer, Matt Vorst, handed me his copy of Fast Company this morning and thought I might be interested in the cover article about the smart phone revolution. The article discusses how kids are becoming more and more in-tuned with technology and starts by detailing the smart phone habits of Eliana and Gemma [...]
What Happened To Our Broadband?
On Monday, the FCC announced its new broadband initiative for the next decade. That got me to thinking, because didn’t we have a broadband initiative back in the 90s? I could have sworn I remember seeing pictures of then-Vice President Al Gore installing fiber optic cables in schools when I was in middle school. Telecom [...]
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