Realty World Northern California & Nevada

Google Voice and Gmail

Tei Baishiki — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 14:51:45 +0000

Google announced on Wednesday of an integration with Google Voice into Gmail. What exactly does this mean? First it’s important that everyone be familiar with Google Voice and it’s features. Google Voice launched over a year ago as a beta program which was only available on an invitation only basis. On June 22, 2010 Google [...]

Facebook Launches “Places”

Tei Baishiki — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 00:16:36 +0000

Facebook joins the so-called “location war” with the launch of Facebook Places. Places is currently available for Apple iPhone users (with the newest version of the Facebook App) and mobile users accessing touch.facebook.com and allows users to “check in” using their mobile phones to inform friends of where they are. In addition to checking in [...]

“Print Screen” and “Screen Shot”

Tei Baishiki — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 15:40:40 +0000

On a PC there is a key sometimes labeled “Print Scrn,” “Prt Src,” “Prt Scn,” “Prt Sc” or “Prtsc” and is usually located on the upper right hand side of the keyboard. Regardless to the various abbreviations PC manufacturers use, they all stand for “Print Screen.” The two most common questions or comments about print [...]

Resizing of images the EASY way!

Tei Baishiki — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 17:47:46 +0000

Over the years, the cost for digital cameras have come down and the quality of digital cameras have gone up. An almost ideal scenario. I say “almost” because for those of you who have purchased a reasonably priced digital camera in the last year or two probably have a digital camera that takes nice pictures [...]

Droid 2 is Available

Tei Baishiki — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 04:43:14 +0000

Verizon Wireless’ Droid 2 officially launches August 12th. It is currently available for pre-order today. This is a very exciting time for the cell phone market and especially for Droid fans out there. The Droid 2 ships out with Android 2.2, nicknamed “Froyo,” and comes with a rather large performance upgrade from the original Droid. [...]

Multiple computers? Synchronize your documents with ease.

Tei Baishiki — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 15:04:32 +0000

If you have more thane one computer (including a smartphone) keeping track of all files can be a hassle with having to copy files across from one computer to another using any combination of USB flash drives, portable backup drives, burning data DVDs, iTunes, etc. Dropbox is a single secure place for all of your [...]

Google Places

Tei Baishiki — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 21:22:05 +0000

We’ve all done our own Google searches and seen the mini-bubble that pops up with the “more info” link. After clicking on it you see just what you would want to see. Hours of operation, local transit, menus of restaurants, Street View previews, online reviews, etc. But how does this all get there? Google Place [...]

Apple Magic Trackpad

Tei Baishiki — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 17:42:07 +0000

Apple released the Magic Trackpad which is utilizing a very similar design, shape, styling and technology as the new MacBook Pro trackpad. It uses the same Multi-Touch technology which supports a full set of gestures allowing more flexibility with interaction with of what is on your screen and swiping across the trackpad for picture, page, [...]

Inman Real Estate Connect Digested

Jason Bramell — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 16:55:53 +0000

In the wake of attending the Inman Real Estate Connect conference in San Francisco this month, I have digested the wealth of discussions concerning the latest technologies, and the future expectation of the real estate industry. The overall theme of the event focus was based on innovation, hyper-localism, and market recovery. With the newest buzz [...]

Low Mortgage Rates Draw Buyers, but Banks Throw Up Roadblocks

James Dwiggins — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 16:30:59 +0000

RISMEDIA, July 26, 2010—(MCT)—David Kosowski has a full-time job, a sky-high credit score, a solid debt-to-income ratio and enough cash stashed away to put a 20% down payment on the three-bedroom, two-bath home he’s had his eye on since spring. But when he applied for a mortgage to cover 80% of the $495,000 purchase price [...]