Tag Archives | Android

Google to buy up real estate sites!

By on January 21, 2010 in Australia, International, New Zealand, Portals, Search, Technology, United Kingdom, United States

When Google ventured into real estate listings many of us thought it would signal the end of annual fee increases being charged by the likes of realestate.com.au and domain.com.au. I mentioned how it will eventually force these organisations to change their business models and build simpler, smarter platforms and I still do! Despite making it [...]

Android, Domain, Google, REA, Roost, Trulia

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Review: Android Powered HTC Magic Smart Phone

By on July 9, 2009 in Technology

For years there was a rumour that Google was going to release their own mobile phone but when the full truth came out reality was a little different. Instead of a Google Phone they had actually developed a mobile phone operating system called Android. The HTC Magic which has just launched in Australia uses this [...]

Acer, Android, Apple, Asustek, Garmin, Google, HTC Magic, Intel, iPhone, LG, Motorola, Nvidia, Samsung, smartphone, Sony Erricson, Texas Instruments, Toshiba

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Real estate on mobile phones? Layar becomes a playa!

By on June 17, 2009 in Media, Social Networking, What's New

I have seen so many mobile applications in the past few years come across my desk, all accompanied by grandiose claims on how it will revolutionise the way we search for property. However, maybe, just maybe, someone might be into something here. It is called Layar and it has been developed by an innovative team [...]

Android, Dutch, iPhone, Layar, mobile, SPRX

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