CRETECH March 05, 2012

We've all conducted office space tours with 10 different company officers in tow: the COO, the IT guy, the head of HR and the lunch lady. (Why is she here?? Ooohh, she's the CEO's mother-in-law's niece.) Everyone likes different buildings for different reasons.

The COO wants covered parking, IT is looking for a bunker with raised floors, HR is scoping out the file cabinet space potential...

CRETECH February 27, 2012

Over the last week or two, I've read several articles on how Apple is angling to go head-to-head with DropBox with such vigor that DropBox risks never seeing another Apple user sign up for its service. Pandodaily's Farhad Majoo, Steve Jobs was right: Dropbox is a feature, not a pr...

CRETECH February 16, 2012

Real Capital Analytics recently released an iPhone app. It's an invaluable app to have for in-office meetings or while conducting a market tour.  Drive by a building and want to know when it last sold and for how much? More than likely, you can find the comp with this app. From the developer:

Real Capital Analytics is the only g...

CRETECH February 13, 2012

Ever feel like you resend the same email over and over all week when you get a new listing? Want to know if your email was read or a link was clicked? Tout coordinates and streamlines your emails with templates and allows you to schedule and track them, too.

From the developer's AppStore description:

ToutApp lets you:

Crea...
CRETECH February 10, 2012

Taking notes on a yellow note-pad is so 1990s. No more fumbling through multiple notebooks to find a note you took last week, or thumbing through a notepad like you’re making a flipbook animation. It’s time to take advantage of the cloud, multi-device syncing and digital searching. Introducing Evernote.

Evernote elimina...

CRETECH February 10, 2012

Don’t think because you don’t have an iPhone 4s that you can’t have a virtual assistant of your own. Vlingo, a voice to text application, is available for all major cell ...

CRETECH February 07, 2012

We are starting to see QR Codes on flyers, business cards, and any other possible marketing material.  How do you scan them and what are they?

A QR Code or a Quick Response Code is a trademark for a type of matrix barcode that was first designed for the automotive industry.  Anyone can create QR Codes from websites just by searching “QR Code ...

CRETECH February 06, 2012

After getting schooled by Nate on the Photosynth app, I started to wonder, "if Microsoft has something this cool, what else is out there?..." Minutes later, I found TourWrist: this pano app just took home a "

CRETECH February 02, 2012

CRE Apps recently posted a review on 360 Panorama by Occipital which got a lot of interest. With my curiosity piqued, I set out to look for similar apps. Low and behold, there is a one for the the iPhone called Photosynth. It is made by...

CRETECH February 02, 2012

I recently stumbled upon Geo Measure, an iPhone app which allows you to measure distances and land area on your phone. The developer's app description:

A simple to use area and distance measurement tool for maps. Have you ever wondered “How much acreage is that farm?” or “What is the distance between your house and the subway station?”. Are you curious to find out who has the mos...