Strong organic growth across all business lines Integrated Financial Solutions increases 9.0% Enterprise Solutions increases 3.7% International increases 25.5% Pro forma free cash flow of $118 million JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Oct. 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Fidelity National Information Services, Inc. (NYSE: FIS), a leading global provider of technology services to financial institutions, today announced consolidated financial results for the third quarter of 2008. Consolidated revenue increased 25.4% to $893.8 million, including approximately $142.8 million in revenue from eFunds, which FIS acquired in September 2007. Excluding eFunds, organic revenue increased 9.4% over the comparable 2007 quarter. GAAP net earnings from continuing operations totaled [...]

I must say that I am underwhelmed.  Thankfully I have an iphone as my primary and a blackberry as my first backup.  I was hoping for brilliance from google.  Ho Humm. My 5 year old just got her first phone, i guess. Set up was totally great.  I did not need to connect my device to a computer!  I just logged in using my gmail account - all of my contacts and calendar were there (thanks to free backup from Google). So I just turned it on, put in my gmail account name and address, 4 minutes later I was [...]

I was socialzing with friends of mine who operate 10 Cenutry 21 offices along the Central Coast of California.  Thier spirts where high, which impressed me given the challenges facing brokers and agents today.  Fortunately for us, all is not lost in this unique corner of our Nation. I asked them about being a Century 21 Franchise, and how that helps them.  They responded in unison with acclaim “Tom Kunz just gave us a great idea!” And went on to explain: “Buyers are looking at houses, but not making offers.  Tom suggested that we sit down with our sellers and make the [...]

Contact: Stephen Schweickart / Realty Video USA / 866.720.0204 / Stephen@RealtyVideoUSA.com LeadingRE Launches Cutting-Edge Video Program Video content tool helps LeadingREs 700 firms tap into the power of Internet Video CHICAGO (10/09/08) Enabling their members to take advantage of the rapidly growing trend in real estate video, Leading Real Estate Companies of the World® (LeadingRE), a global real estate network, has named Realty Video USA™ as its newest vendor associate for its Leading Real Estate Solutions™ division, which endorses leading edge real estate products and services for the networks 700 member firms. Realty Video USA™ has just released a turnkey [...]

“Evolution from Talk to Text” read the headline today in the New York Times today. Yesterday there was an announcement on TechCrunch about Verizon raising their SMS fees 15% According to Nielsen Mobile, the typical subscriber sent or received 357 text messages compared to 204 phone calls. Here are some more Nielson Stats from Q2, 2008: 43 Million US mobile subscribers use mobile internet 33 Million receive text alerts 32 Million use instant messaging 4 Million subscriber to mobile video   CALL TO ACTION Mobile Search in real estate is lagging behind consumer demand…..again. MLS and Brokers should strongly consider [...]