We generally talk about Search Engine Optimization how to’s and best practices, but today I wanted to mention the new trends and technologies of Search Engines. There are many up and coming search engines, and each one is focused on making a better search. This is being implemented in many ways, from faster and real time results to personalized searches, interfaces for results and clustered results for easier browsing.
CNN recently wrote and article about these new search engines, “Instead of trying to be Google killers, these sites have more humble aspirations: to be alternatives to the industry giants. ” (more…)
One of the newer applications on Facebook that was just pointed out to me comes from eListit. This new app comes at a cost of course…but you can try it free for 14 days. We always talk about the benefits of social networking, and we are generally talking about networking with people and creating relationships. But here is a practical application for social networking. Overall I think it is just one more way social networking can help add to your business. Is anyone already using this Facebook app?
This should bring a smile to every female’s face…the ever popular shopping website Zappos.com has an interactive map where you can watch people shop for shoes!
That’s right- “You’re watching orders placed on the Zappos.com website, from all over the United States, coming in and being mapped to the location the order is being shipped to, in real time.” Check it out here Zappos Map. (more…)
This ‘SixthSense’ comes from Pranav Minstry of the Fluid Interfaces Group at the MIT Media Lab, and is undoubtedly the future of technology. In mass production it will cost the same as your cell phone today, yet offer a completely interactive world!
TED recently posted this talk from Pattie Maes & Pranav Mistry’s “Unveiling the ‘SixthSense,’ game changing wearable tech”. The product of discussions, the ”SixthSense is a wearable gestural interface that augments the physical world around us with digital information and lets us use natural hand gestures to interact with that information.”
Watch the demonstration:
How cool would it be to drive down a street where a home has a for sale sign, then walk up to that sign and get all the information about the house on the sign itself? Or in the palm of your hand. Agents would never have to worry about running out of fliers!
While playing around on the Internet I came across some cool technology that is being developed by Hitachi. They have created a TV that is gesture controlled. That’s right - no need for a remote any more! Just wave your hands and control your TV. They recently showed it off in January at a the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. I found this video on YouTube of a demonstrator showing off the capabilities of this development. Take a look below:
Say we apply it to Real Estate - maybe something like this could be used in a boardroom to view and show properties to a potential home buyer? You could simply flip through potential houses and be able to pull up pictures, watch videos and more.
What do you think? Would you use this technology or does it simply take technology too far?
