And now for some technology humor ... you may have seen the story last week about a futuristic product Google is working on officially called "Project Glass." Basically, it's not unreasonable to think of the (unofficially termed) "Google Glasses" as a wearable computer. Would people wear these? Not sure, but here is Jimmy Kimmel's comedic take on them.
http://gizmodo.com/5899770/jimmy-kimmel-joins-the-google-glasses-mockery-parade?tag=Google-Glasses
Information on the Flashback Trojan Virus affecting some Mac computers and what you can do about it:
If you have more than 500 Facebook fans, you cannot find out everyone who likes your business page. Article also covers how to see who your fans are if you have less than 500 fans:
There's usually no shortage of pundits attempting to call a bottom in the housing market, often incorrectly, seeing as this bottom calling exercise has been going on for a few years now. Zillow's recent survey of economists found that a majority of economists do not believe the bottom in housing is at hand. Specifically, economists surveyed believe that home prices may fall another 0.7% in 2012, increasing from a 0.2% anticipated decline in the previous Zillow survey from December. On a more positive note, economists believe home prices will appreciate 1.39% in 2013. The question here becomes whether the economists who Zillow surveys are any better predicting the future than anyone else; that remains to be seen. Maybe the most realistic thing to say is that no one really knows exactly when housing will bottom!
The KCM Blog discusses a number of things which make this year's spring a bit different than the average springtime in the real estate market. Some of the factors include:
- the warmer winter and favorable weather early in the spring have encouraged buyers to get started on finding a home earlier than they usually do
- sellers finally beginning to grasp the importance of pricing a home to sell, irregardless of what was paid for it
- interest rates starting to move up off recent lows
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