THE WALL STREET JOURNAL, September 23rd, 2011 – Smartphones are turning today’s house hunters into smarter buyers. Bostonites Lindsey Boxer and her fiancée, David Berlin, are among them. The couple had less than a week to find a home after Berlin accepted a job in Boulder, Colo. Neither had been there before. Before they left…
READAre there any among us, that don’t glance the iconic Sotheby’s International Realty ads displaying high-end, homes throughout the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) and New York Times (NYT)? I find myself scanning the rows of pictures checking out what it costs to own a luxury home in an exclusive community, an outdoor retreat in the…
READTechCrunch: Smarter Agent, a company that creates a software to help real estate agents go mobile, has raised $6 million in new funding, bringing the company’s total funding $18 million. Smarter Agent offers a mobile Platform as a Service (PaaS) that allows real estate agents to create mobile apps for the iPhone, Android, BlackBerry, Palm,…
READRISMEDIA, March 22, 2011—Smarter Agent recently announced that it will create a personalized mobile app for any Multiple Listing Service that wants to promote its listings and brand through a location-aware app that works on smart phones and feature phones. According to the company, the app is branded with the MLS’s name and logo, is…
READPhiladelphia Business Journal – by Peter Key Date: Tuesday, March 8, 2011, 12:14pm EST Reporter: Peter Key As you may have heard by now, Philadelphia has the lowest rate of entrepreneurial activity among the nation’s 15 largest metropolitan areas with only 150 businesses started per 100,000 adults last year. Having lived in the Philadelphia area for most…
READAs the use of smartphones grows, developers are increasingly flooding the market with a variety of mobile applications that can be downloaded onto the devices. But while the promise of mobile technology seems boundless, its execution can be more problematic, noted panelists at the recent BizTech@Wharton Conference. For one, there is the issue of protecting…
READRISMEDIA, March 8, 2011 — Smarter Agent, a leading mobile real estate network, announced the acquisition of Toor.me, combining Toor.me’s QR code product with Smarter Agent’s existing suite of mobile real estate apps that can be branded to agents, brokers, realty franchisors, media and finance companies. Toor.me provides the real estate industry with mobile, desktop…
READPARSIPPANY, N.J., (Dec. 15, 2010) – Sotheby’s International Realty Affiliates LLC today announced the launch of SIR Mobile, a free Sotheby’s International Realty® mobile application that works on standard cell phones and smart phones across all mobile carriers, allowing consumers to view luxury homes for sale in a given market. The app is available via…
READSmarter Agent started the 2010 REALTORS® EXPO off with a bang when the team stole the show in the Fast Pitch Innovation competition. Twenty start-up companies took to the stage Friday night at the Morial Convention Center in New Orleans to deliver their 60 second pitch for a chance to win a booth at next…
READRE/MAX of New Jersey is the first real estate brokerage in the nation to provide each of its 3,000 brokers and agents with individually-branded mobile real estate apps – from BlackBerry to iPhone to Android to any feature phone available in the market today. (Moorestown, NJ) – Today, RE/MAX of New Jersey announced…
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