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  • Schwarzenegger-backed startup takes on Tesla with new battery tech

    Inhabitat – Phoenix

    Tesla may be the best-known electric vehicle (EV) manufacturer, but its grip on the industry isn't certain. The Elon Musk-founded company has plenty of competition, including the Austrian startup Kreisel Electric GmbH – backed by former California governor Arnold Schwarzeneggar and his nephew. Having experienced sweeping success in the past two years, Kreisel is moving into a $12 million research center and battery assembly facility where it will test new battery technology. Since 2014, Kre…

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  • Take Back Your Weekends with Key Please

    CRETECH

    Finding and onboarding new tenants is a huge headache. The process devours time: answering the prospect queries, coordinating showing appointments, and driving to-and-from the property. And after all that work, half of the potential tenants won’t show up for their appointment! Win your days back with Keybot, the intelligent leasing robot designed by Key Please.What is Keybot?The Keybot system helps owners or managers market, show, and lease rental properties from their mobile devices. The automa…

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  • You can now link dotloop to ‘Zip Your Flyer’ (because manual entry sucks)

    Phoenix Association of Realtors

    Real estate technology companies are looking for every possible avenue to access new customers. One way is by connecting with colleagues who already have a lot of them … Inman

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  • Don’t Make These 3 Lead Nurture Mistakes (And How to Avoid Them)

    ProspectNow

    Don’t Make These 3 Lead Nurture Mistakes (And How to Avoid Them) September 20, 2017 · Steve Wayne Lead nurturing is important to gain new clients. It takes effort and strategic planning to determine how to interact with a lead enough, but not too much that it feels overwhelming for them. According to research by Gleanster Research, 50% of qualified leads aren’t ready to buy, which means lead nurturing is crucial to help move these 50% of leads through the sales cycle to make them prepared to mak…

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  • Robots Are Coming Online to Change Construction Forever

    The Commercial Observer – Commercial Real Estate

    SAM is the construction worker who never takes a break. SAM never gets sick. SAM can lay approximately 100,000 bricks in a single month. Just don’t ask SAM to do corners. Earlier this year, SAM—or a “semi-automated mason”—showed up at the construction site of Shenandoah University’s new 80,000-square-foot James R. Wilkins Jr. Athletics & Events Center in Winchester, Va. “It was interesting,” said Donnie Werdebaugh, a 40-year construction vet of the Virginia-based general contractor Howard Sh…

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  • Virtual reality: the next hot retail technology

    The Broker List Blog

    It seems like a new use for virtual reality is introduced every day. Now, you can safely swim with sharks. You can virtually design your home. Medical students can experience symptoms and practice on virtual patients. With new opportunities, and the limitless potential of virtual reality’s impact on our day-to-day, purchases of premium virtual reality equipment are expected to triple among consumers in 2017. And as VR becomes more ingrained in everyday life, it’ll be part of all experiences, inc…

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  • Colliers: Two tech firms ink leases in Fairfield

    Real Estate NJ

    Highpoint Corporate Center at 695 Route 46 — Courtesy: Colliers International By Joshua Burd Two new tenants have committed at Highpoint Corporate Center in Fairfield, leasing a combined 21,500 square feet at the 162,000-square-foot office complex on Route 46. In a news release, agents with Colliers International said Fusion Telecommunications International signed a 15,000-square-foot lease at the property at 695 Route 46. The tenant, which offers cloud solutions for small, midsized and large bu…

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  • Toys R Us joins bankruptcy list as Amazon exerts influence

    Seattle Post Intelligencer – Business News

    NEW YORK (AP) — In filing for bankruptcy, Toys R Us joins a list of dozens of store chains that have done so already this year as online leader Amazon increasingly exerts its influence over a huge part of the retailing world. The toy chain, hobbled by $5 billion in debt and more intense competition, filed for protection from its creditors ahead of the key holiday season. Like so many retailers that find it harder to co-exist with Amazon, analysts say Toys R Us needs to improve its online service…

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  • CRE Opinion: How Virtual Reality Is Changing Architecture and Real Estate

    FrontBurner

    Commercial Real Estate CRE Opinion: How Virtual Reality Is Changing Architecture and Real Estate Technology is allowing architects to communicate design like never before. By Daniel Creekmore Published in Commercial Real Estate September 19, 2017 4:17 pm SMS Daniel Creekmore of Perkins+Will Visualizing a future building has always been a challenge, especially if it’s not your area of expertise. If you’ve ever been part of a new building or renovation project, you’re probably familiar with the st…

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  • Walmart will allow EBT customers to order their groceries online

    TechCrunch – All Stories

    This summer, Amazon debuted a new program that made it easier for those on government assistance programs to join Prime at a reduced cost. Today, rival Walmart is announcing a change that will benefit that same demographic of low income shoppers. The retailer says it will allow customers using EBT benefits to use its Online Grocery Pickup service to pay for their groceries with their government benefits. An EBT card is used to disburse funds for a number of government assistance programs in the …

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