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15 SEP 09
UDR Launches Augmented Reality Layer SAVE
UDR this week went live with its Pedestrian Apartment Navigation Search (PANS) AR layer, powered by Layar. PANS allows prospective apartment residents to view digital, interactive information about apartment communities in their immediate surroundings. The information is overlaid on real-time images prospects view through their Android-powered phones. From the NAA APTly Spoken blog.TAGS
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03 SEP 09
RentShout Launches Apartment Community Web Pages to Increase Renter Leads SAVE
Apartment community pages feature available units, photos, Google maps and more, making online multifamily rental advertising more effective.TAGS
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03 JUN 09
Verizon to FCC: Stop cable exclusives on sports nets SAVE
Verizon has asked the FCC to prevent cable operators from holding back from competitors the right to carry regional sports networks that the cable companies own. If the FCC goes along with this, it may help to increase competition among providers in multifamily buildings. From Multichannel NewsTAGS
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02 JUN 09
Court upholds ruling: No exclusive cable rights in apartments SAVE
Cable companies cannot have exclusive rights to provide service in apartment buildings that they wire, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday. The decision upholds a FCC ruling that banned the exclusive agreements as anticompetitive. From USATODAY.comTAGS
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12 MAY 09
In Search of Renters, Multifamily Goes Mobile SAVE
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Developments in mobile phone applications for apartment marketing could make traditional multifamily Web platforms passé. From Multifamily ExecutiveTAGS
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05 MAY 09
MDU Owners Debate Virtues, Vices of ONTs SAVE
At the Broadband Properties conference in Dallas, speakers weighed the pros and cons of laying fiber all the way to individual apartments in multifamily buildings. From Communications TechnologyTAGS
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18 MAR 09
Verizon Unveils Their Vision for the Web-Connected TV SAVE
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Verizon FiOS customers will soon receive an update to their set-top boxes that will connect their TVs to the web in an entirely new way. The company is preparing a major upgrade to their TV widgets platform and will open that platform up to third-party developers like Facebook and Twitter. Will property management software providers take advantage? From ReadWriteWebTAGS
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23 JAN 09
University Links Twitter, Facebook with Notification System SAVE
Oregon's Pacific University has integrated its emergency notification system with the popular social networking sites Facebook and Twitter. The move allows the school to send emergency messages to students via e-mail, RSS feed, or text message to mobile phones, Blackberries, wireless PDAs, pagers, and smart or satellite phones--and now Twitter or Facebook. From Campus TechnologyTAGS
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11 JAN 09
Delaying Push for TVs to Switch to Digital Signals Good for Multifamily SAVE
As President-elect Barack Obama and Congress consider delaying the February 17 deadline for the nation’s television stations to switch to digital signals, some in the multifamily industry agree that the move would prevent some residents from losing service. From Multi-Housing NewsTAGS
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24 OCT 08
Stick a fork in it: A broadband over powerline post mortem SAVE
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Broadband over powerline won't be able to keep up with fiber-to-the-home or even newer cable systems, but there are still benefits to a "smart grid." From Ars TechnicaTAGS