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Front Door/Scripts Network deploys Terabitz tool in multi-year deal

Terabitz ( http://terabitz.com), a technology company that helps real estate brokerages engage online homebuyers and sellers with innovative technologies, today announced that it has entered into a technology and content agreement with FrontDoor.com ( http://frontdoor.com), the real estate site powered by HGTV.

FrontDoor.com features over three million real estate listings, video features from HGTV experts and a comprehensive suite of tools, guides and content. The deal with FrontDoor.com centers on two Terabitz components: A beta version of the company's iPhone home search application and Neighborhood Explorer, which delivers rich local data in an elegant map interface.

FrontDoor's new iPhone application, which can be accessed at http://m.frontdoor.com, enables users to search for homes based on several criteria.

The Terabitz Neighborhood Explorer allows FrontDoor's iPhone users to view a wide array of services and amenities around any given home listing. Schools, places of worship, restaurants, banks, ATM machines, coffee houses, grocery stores and much more can be displayed with one click.

"FrontDoor delivers an experience that is richer and more compelling than that found on any other site in the real estate category, and we're proud to be part of it," said Terabitz CEO Ashfaq Munshi. "We believe online real estate is much more than just home search -- it's about finding a place to live, and FrontDoor gets that." "FrontDoor exists to give people deep home-related content when and how they want it, and the Terabitz Neighborhood Explorer and iPhone application fit the bill," said Vikki Neil, vice president of real estate for Scripps Networks, FrontDoor.com's parent company. "Our users with iPhones can now take the FrontDoor experience with them wherever they go, and every listing on the site is now placed in a context of comprehensive neighborhood information."

Terabitz has quickly emerged as a leading real estate technology provider since its launch last year. The company's technology has been adopted by leading real estate brokerages around the country, including Intero Real Estate Services (CA), Metro Brokers (CO), Russ Lyon Sotheby's International Realty (AZ), Century 21 Bowman (TX), Real Estate One (MI), Century 21 Abrams, Hutchinson and Associates (NJ), Tomlinson Real Estate (ID), RE/MAX Commonwealth (NC) and Century 21 Money World (NV). "This relationship means our content and tools and will reach millions of new users, and that's a great thing for Terabitz," concluded Terabitz' Munshi. "But the real winners here are the consumers seeking places to live and the real estate agents and brokers who have partnered with FrontDoor to make those aspirations a reality."

About Terabitz Terabitz is a Silicon Valley-based technology company. The venture-backed firm is led by a group of technology veterans with decades of executive level experience at Oracle, SGI, Applied Materials and other leading companies. For more information, please visit http://www.terabitz.com.

About FrontDoor FrontDoor.com ( http://www.frontdoor.com) is an online real estate listing service powered by HGTV, the No.1 source for home-related media content. The site currently offers more than 3 million listings of homes for sale and partners with other leaders in the home shelter category including Realogy Corporation, Prudential Real Estate and Leading Real Estate Companies of the World(TM). In addition to providing users with the latest real estate listings, FrontDoor houses expert HGTV advice and videos along with original Web series and a comprehensive library of engaging, interactive tools, guides and information. SOURCE Terabitz

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MLS Alliance unites REALTORS with listings throughout California

MLSAlliance demonstrates MLS industry's ongoing efforts to help real estate professionals succeed during housing market downturn.

Boca Raton, FL (PRWEB) July 9, 2008 -- Many Californians looking for signs of stability in the turbulent real estate market are encouraged by the growth and increasing use of the state's largest MLS data sharing service, the California MLSAlliance. The system connects MLS databases throughout the state to provide agents and brokers with a single source of real estate information.

Use of the California MLSAlliance reached an all-time record in May, with more than 50,000 unique agents and brokers using the system to search for California property listings. That is the highest monthly total since the system was founded in 2000, according to real estate technology provider eNeighborhoods, a division of Dominion Enterprises, which developed and manages the California MLSAlliance.

California MLSAlliance contains 4 million active listings and off-market properties, covering more than 35 counties throughout the state. eNeighborhoods has provided the MLSAlliance enterprise data-sharing platform, connecting multiple MLS organizations, since 2000.

Three additional real estate associations--South Tahoe Association of Realtors, Coastal Mendocino Association of Realtors, and Lake County Association of Realtors--have joined the data-sharing system since April, bringing the total number of participating MLS organizations to 15. The California MLSAlliance system is now available to more than 190,000 brokers and agents.

"The system helps brokers and agents conduct business throughout the state, often across traditional MLS boundaries," said Andy Woolley, vice president of eNeighborhoods. Brokers and agents who belong to one of the 53 local real estate associations serviced by the 15 participating MLSs can search one system for all California listings. The agreement between the MLS organizations provides opportunities for compensation and cooperation to all California MLSAlliance authorized users.

"The increased usage and growth is encouraging, and we think it demonstrates the MLS industry's ongoing efforts to help real estate professionals succeed during housing market slowdowns," said Woolley. "The organizations participating in the California MLSAlliance are delivering to their customers the largest compilation of MLS data anywhere in the world. That spirit of cooperation and willingness to share resources benefits California's real estate industry professionals in all types of market conditions."

John L Scott offers mobile access to website

J. Lennox Scott, chairman and CEO of John L. Scott Real Estate, recently announced the launch of a mobile version of his company's award-winning website, www.JohnLScott.com. Now, consumers in Washington, Oregon, and Idaho can search for nearby properties and look up comprehensive listing information on their cellular phone by going to M.JohnLScott.com. The launch of John L. Scott's mobile website is the first step towards a larger scale launch with technology partner, Microsoft. Later this year, John L. Scott will be the first real estate company in the nation to roll out Microsoft's newest Silverlight technology.

Silverlight is a browser-based application that integrates Microsoft's Virtual Earth mapping platform with Windows Media and GPS tracking that can pinpoint the consumer's exact location and then display homes for sale around that point. Through Silverlight technology, users will have access to detailed search parameters, content rich property information, photos, videos, driving directions, and other interactive features that are not currently available to real estate consumers through a mobile platform.

"The launch of Silverlight will signal the next big step in real estate technology, bringing together the power of Virtual Earth, video, GPS, and real time real estate information to create a highly interactive mobile platform for consumers," said Scott. Scott added that Microsoft continues to feed John L. Scott's aggressive appetite for technology, resulting in a mutually beneficial partnership for both companies.

Phase one of John L. Scott's mobile platform will launch on July 9 followed by the launch of the integrated Microsoft Silverlight technology later this year.

Steps to updating your old iphone to 2.0

This is really off topic for our blog, but so many of our twitter firends are having trouble upgrading their itunes and iphone to version 2.0

Steps to upgrading to iPhone Firmware version 2.0 (w/App Store)

1. Go to Apple Menu -----> Then "Software Update..." and install iTunes 7.7.

2. Go here and It should autcoatiallcy start the download for the new firmware.

3. Once it is finished make sure the file ends in ".ipsw" if you find it ends in ".zip" just erase the .zip from the extension

4. With your iPhone connected to your computer, go to iTunes where is says, "Check for Update" or "Restore". Your going to want to hold the Option key and cick on "Check for Update".

5. This will bring you to a finder window where you can select the .ipsw file that you downloaded earlier.

6. From here iTunes pretty much just does its thing and when its finished you should have the App Store on your iPhone