Small-screen success

The mobile phone is already considered indispensable in the modern world. As the device becomes increasingly powerful and complex, techno-evangelists are hailing it as the next frontier in digital communications The humble mobile has become the focus of huge amounts of attention over the last four years, as companies ponder ways to turn it into [...]

Cool tools for your real estate website

Blog: Bernice Ross Agents today face numerous challenges when it comes to technology. Which solutions really work? How can I convert more leads from the web? What do I need to do to motivate visitors to return to my site repeatedly? For the last two years, blogging has been at the forefront as a solution [...]

Fast times at Realtor High

Much of what used to be done from an office window or in the local paper has moved onto the web, and from there onto mobile phones – a trend presenting the real estate industry with enormous challenges In a world of remorseless change, it’s not only new technologies, but also new techniques, working practices [...]

Making it real

3D technology is being hailed by experts as one of the possible answers to the credit crunch, as web designers look for that extra wow factor to give their sites the edge in the economic downturn Having already been the victim of one false dawn eight years ago, 3D technology is beginning to emerge from [...]

Peppering the targets

While most technology aimed at real estate is focusing on moving to the internet, one California-based direct marketing company is insisting that there is still a need for the human touch SendPepper, a company that combines web marketing with direct mail, is finding success by offering the direct mail campaigns used by large companies like [...]

Brokering a reputation

The glut of properties on the market due to the property slump has put power squarely in the hands of the customer, a change that has been seized on by the commercial real estate broker Choyce Peterson The firm has launched a radical new website that offers free advice to companies on how to renegotiate [...]

3D phone home

Researchers working for 3M have announced that they have perfected the technology to produce a 3D mobile phone The system, which uses autostereoscopic display technology, will be the first time that 3D technology has made it to a mobile for commercial use, and is capable of full resolution, according to Bill Bryan, technical manager of [...]

Reality check – making 3D relevant

Blog: Kresten Thomsen When the word ‘3D’ appears in the headlines it is, almost    invariably, supported by crappy images that look like crappy imitations of real life. We have all seen these lame ducks, either in the news or in computer games. But what if you could take photographic images without the use of a [...]

Man with a plan

Messaging that incorporates 3D as a means to demonstrate a complex problem or share views of properties and infrastructure projects is about to become standard internet practice, says industry insider Harry Vitelli One of the features of United Lane’s pioneering Go CreateTM technology, 3D internet emailing has already been successfully developed for use with high-end [...]

Class action

US educational software giant Knowledge Adventure is proving 3D technology’s worth as an aid to learning with its theme park website for children and the development of virtual classrooms ‘The feedback that we were getting from the children using our games showed that the demand now is for 3D, which is why we have focussed [...]