A new collaborative report by Google and the National Association of Realtors (NAR) has uncovered some interesting trends and insights into the ways digital media is used in the home buying process. One of the most eye-catching statistics included in the report is that 90 percent of American homebuyers used online resources while searching for a new home. The data, collected by Google and the NAR through a variety of surveys conducted during 2011 and 2012, also pointed to some … Read More

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If you like embedding Tweets on your blog or website, here is great news for you. On Tuesday, the feature became easier to use.11 Zoom(s)

There’s plenty of mobile apps out there that help drivers find parking, but we haven’t seen one that helps them dodge tickets. Until now… Spot Agent is a parking app in Baltimore that uses real-time data from the city to calculate the risk of someone getting a ticket at any given location if they were to not put in any — or enough — money in the meter. AOL programmer Shea Frederick co-created the tool after convincing the City of Baltimore to … Read More

Ever sat pondering over what to do on a Friday night when drinking at the bar just seems like too much work? Podium, a new site created by former students of York and University of Waterloo, hopes to add a dash of education to your evening plans. Aggregating information from over 125 websites, Podium lists lectures/debates/talks happening all over the city. Browse by category (Technology, Entertainment, Design, History, Science, Global Issues, Arts & Culture) or get an overall view of what’s happening in the coming months.

As someone who often spends more time contemplating what to do on a given night than actually doing it, this site is a welcome addition to my google reader, letting me embrace my inner science nerd without too much legwork (and hey, it’s free).

Sitting through a 2 hour lecture might not be everyone’s jam, but for those of you who dig this sort of entertainment, Podium is worth checking out.

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Here is a quick roundup of some of the latest happenings in the social media world.14 Zoom(s)

Klout, PeerIndex, Kred… Influence scores have become an essential part of social media.

The problem with those scores is that the…10 Zoom(s)

Tired of the high cost of living in your current city? Looking for a new locale where your money will go further? Sounds like you’re ready to become an expat. Well, guess what? There’s a web app for that. Expatistan is a user-generated cost of living index that allows users to compare the cost of living between cities around the world. “Think of it as a Wikipedia for prices,” Expatistan creators explain on their website. “At the moment, there are … Read More

The world is waiting for the highly anticipated launch of the new BlackBerry10 mobile operating system at the end of this month. The excitement is mounting but Research In Motion (RIM) has already been trekking with protypes and beta testers getting…

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Here is a quick roundup of some of the latest happenings in the social media world.

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Ecommerce has provided an incredible platform for small designers and artisans to showcase their creations to new consumers around the world. Online stores like Etsy are a treasure trove for stylish and creative shoppers looking to support smaller crea…

Paleontologists routinely resurrect and sequence DNA from woolly mammoths and other long-extinct species. Future paleontologists, or librarians, may do much the same to pull up Shakespeare’s sonnets, listen to Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I have a dream” …

We’ve previously reported on Vitamin-C showers that allegedly improve your health, but Delta’s photon shower is a whole new Star Trek world. The airline company exhibited this jet lag-fighting, light-therapy chamber as a concept demo at this week’s TED Long Beach Conference. The inspiration for the photon shower came from Delta’s advertising agency Wieden + Kennedy New York, drawing upon neuroscience and sleep research by Professor Russell Foster of Oxford University. After Wieden + Kennedy pitched the idea to Delta, … Read More

Launching in Toronto today is a new online platform that’s designed to make community projects more easy to realize. For lack of a better analogy, the system resembles what you might get if you combined Kickstarter and SeeClickFix (but on a larger scal…

Once in a while I check out what up and coming products are in the works. I’ve come across a neat little website called Kickstarter.com that helps promote innovative products and services. People can go in (hey, mompreneurs!) and talk…

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