Gmail in the Office

Remember life before Gmail? Exchange servers, outlook, thunderbird, *IT* departments, IMAP, POP3, SMTP… *ugh*. Then don’t be evil Google came along with a beta project called Gmail in 2004 which changed the way we did email. Its ease of use and powerful features won most of us over for our personal accounts. But what about our work email? What many don’t know is that you can set up your corporate CRE email with Google Apps Gmail so you can ditch that rusty old email software. Check out this …

New to LeaseMatrix: Rotating Street Views

LeaseMatrix recently updated their Property Level lease analysis reports to include a rotating Street View image. The question is: being that this is really a financial analysis report, id this feature beneficial, or is it just a distraction? Check it out for yourself  by clicking the “Street View” button in the upper right hand side of the navigation bar, as circled in the photo above. Then, let us know what you think in the comments below. *Several contributors to CRE Apps are also members of…

Technology and real estate… at the tipping point or tip toeing at the bottom?

Your own camera crew for only $49

As View The Space continues to expand their coverage, one hurdle some owners and brokers may still have is cost to have a camera crew come in and shoot professional video of their space. One solution may soon be MeCam. According to AndroidCommunity.com, MeCam is essentially a mini helicopter they’re calling a Nano-Copter complete with video recording and streaming capabilities. The MeCam is designed to follow you around and record every moment. You can stream that video right to your Android ph…

Yahoo COO says the future of the web will be….

Automated Follow-ups with CallFlakes

What do you usually do after you make a phone call?  Make a note or create an appointment?  Follow-up with an email?  Or is there just too much tapping and selecting involved to bother? If you’re an Android user, you can automate after call activities with CallFlakes.  The app immediately pops up after each call (including missed calls) giving you six options: Text Reminder Email Call Appointment Share One tap launches any of those functions so you can make notes, schedule appointments/calls …

Honest Buildings: A Social Network for Building Data

Honest Buildings helps real estate professionals discover building information, uncover the companies for a wide variety of industry-related needs and highlights the service providers and organizations. Speaking at a recent VERGE event, Riggs Kubiak, CEO with Honest Buildings, sees a massive opportunity to connect buildings owners through a hyper-connected network to make for sustainable cities. Riggs starts to talk about Honest Buildings specifically beginning 7:43 into the above video. At abou…

Stop paying $1000s for aerials, there’s an app for that…

As flight technology becomes more advanced and affordable, it will begin to put a dent in the pockets of the aerial photographers I used to pay $1000s to shoot custom aerials. You can actually control an AR.Drone from any Android or iPhone device. Here is the app’s description on iTunes: Discover and pilot the Parrot AR.Drone and AR.Drone 2.0 from Parrot using the new application, AR.FreeFlight 2.2. INTUITIVE – Download AR.FreeFlight 2.2, the free control application, and you are ready to fly! …

When did media get to be such a pain in the ass?

A Case for Panoramic CRE Space Tours

This post was originally a comment I submitted on CREvation and Startups, in response to a post titled, “Virtual Tours – Good or Bad Idea? — The CRE App Review has regularly posted reviews on mobile pano apps like TourWrist, iPhone’s iSight, Android’s Photo Sphere and Microsoft’s Photosynth and truly believe that it this type of media is the next step in CRE photography. I am going to make the infamous comparison of residential vs. commercial real estate technology adoption…. Surprise! Resident…