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Photo by: Jennifer Marr Usually we talk about some cool new text messaging company or system, but today we’ve caught wind of an interesting new trend with Generation X. Baby names inspired by texting and web 2.0. Yep, you read that right, a study by McCrindle Research on the top 10 baby names in...
04/15/2008
By: Chris Brubaker Put simply, no. Property tax law varies from state to state, but general assumptions can be made throughout the nation. As property values fall, some homeowners might assume their taxes will go down with it. This is generally not the case, while your taxes may go down a little,...
04/09/2008
By: Chris BrubakerFinishing our two part series on Texting Gone Wrong is scams. Last week we talked about spamming and the negative affects it has on the texting industry (Text Spam). This week we're focusing on texting scams and shady business practices.Premium TextingWhat does text messaging co...
03/20/2008
By: Chris BrubakerWifi, WiMax, Bluetooth, GSM, our world is becoming ever increasingly wireless. At the end of 2007, experts estimated there were 3 Billion people with mobile phones, and predicted by 2009 that number would reach 4 Billion. Being wireless and having access to information on the go...
03/19/2008
By: Chris Brubaker This isn’t the longest list we’ve ever had but none the less it’s Monday and it’s time for some celeb real estate news, enjoy this week’s Hot Properties. Gilbert Adler You may not have heard of Glibert Alder specifically but I’m sure you’ve seen his work. Alder has produced a g...
03/17/2008
By: Chris Brubaker Have you ever wondered how much information is on the WWW? Well a study by IDC tried to answer that question, using a complex formula they put together an estimation as to how much information is on the Internet. What they came up with is that in 2007 there were 281 Billion gig...
03/14/2008
By: Chris BrubakerIn this two part series, I’m going to talk about two key problems in the SMS (text messaging) industry affecting growth and innovation; spam and shady business practices. Spam Let’s first start out with some numbers. In 2006, 800 million spam text messages were sent, in 2007 tha...
03/13/2008
By: Chris Brubaker Charlie Sheen, Katey Sagal, Kristie Alley’s Home for Sale No, they aren’t all living under one roof but it’s almost like they were, with all three of these celebrities at one point owning this mansion. Kristie Alley lived in the home in 1997 when she sold it to Katey Sagal, who...
03/11/2008
By: Chris BrubakerBack in September 2007, HouseFront announced an initiative to become the real estate industries first moon property search and valuation tool, changing our name to MoonFront (name change still pending). We also announced a competition that is set to run through 2025, where the f...
02/28/2008
By: Chris BrubakerSearching the Internet, we all do it every day. Whether you're looking for real estate or a Betty Crocker cookie recipe, the best (only) way to find things on the Internet is to search... Who wants to type in www anyways? I use Firefox as my default browser, and love using the b...
02/26/2008