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CoalBit

Power banks are no longer an innovation, but a Latvia-based firm designed a new device it hopes will differentiate itself from the rest. Draugiem Grupa came up with CoalBit, a 23-gram, 2×1.4-inch coal-shaped portable power bank which features a 560mAh battery, enough to juice your smartphone with three hours of talk-time, two hours of surfing […]

05 / 18 / 16

Supersized Smart Home

When smart home technology integrates with our lives outside of the home, there is potential for greater innovation. Lennar Urban recently obtained the green light to develop 750 acres of a former military shipyard in San Francisco. Once completed, the mixed-use Shipyard Communities project will be like a single, expansive smart home for residents and […]

05 / 17 / 16

Voice Search

Voice search is growing at an incredible pace. As we write content, we need to adapt to its unique format and language. Search Engine Land reports that voice search has risen significantly in the past year. Nearly 42 percent of users adopted voice search in the last six months alone. During our recent Open Café […]

05 / 16 / 16

Multifamily Investment

This week, Yardi’s Jeff Adler (Vice President of Matrix) and Jack Kern (Director of Research/Publisher of MHN, CPE) presented a biannual webinar on the health and welfare of the U.S. multifamily investment sector. In an hour-long presentation, Adler and Kern summarized the various forces that impact investment, including job growth, oil prices, rent growth and […]

Google Local Pack

Do you want your listings to appear at the top of Google search results? Of course you do. Capitalizing upon your Google Business Listing is the first step towards a higher ranking. During our recent Open Café session, we polled 100 users from across the U.S. to learn if they maximize the potential of their […]

05 / 13 / 16

Sony Xperia

With Sony's new trio of Xperia products – the Eye, the Projector and the Agent – consumers may soon be able to track, record, store all the minutia of their daily lives.

05 / 13 / 16

SubTropolis

SubTropolis is the “World’s Largest Underground Business Complex,” developed by Kansas City Chiefs owner and real estate developer Lamar Hunt. The excavated mine, located in Kansas City, Mo., is approximately the size of 140 football fields. The underground city, 160 feet beneath the earth, was created through the mining of a 270-million-year-old limestone deposit which […]

05 / 12 / 16

Retirement Benefits

A new Australian study reveals this recent generation of retirees are becoming healthier and more active once they transition out of the workforce.

05 / 11 / 16

Behind the Music

Three years ago, Yardi caught up with Amy Williams, Director of Education and Community Engagement at Santa Barbara Youth Symphony. The program has grown a lot since then, reaching even more of the city’s youth with interdisciplinary art and the fun of a kid-centered community. “We’ve seen a huge increase in participation,” says Williams. “Three […]

05 / 10 / 16

Scene-iors on Stage

Over the years, Tuesdays with Matthew has recreated iconic scenes from famous Hollywood films, all with the help of his troop of senior thespians.

05 / 09 / 16

Touching base: 4 critical times to follow up with renters

Optimize your follow-up strategy by checking in with prospects and residents at these four critical times.

05 / 09 / 16

Bridging Generations

Homes That Fit invites Finnish millennials to cohabitate with Helsinki senior citizens as part of a pilot program run by City of Helsinki's Youth Department

05 / 05 / 16

AIM Insights

Huntington Beach, Calif. — With the multifamily industry still enjoying rising rents and high occupancy rates in most markets, it’s no wonder this year’s Apartment Internet Marketing Conference had an air of successful complacency, as most apartment marketers have been enjoying smooth sailing lately. That doesn’t mean there isn’t room for improvement, and several hundred industry insiders […]

05 / 04 / 16

Myth Busting

Yardi client Avison Young recently released “Five generations: Is the need for new workplace structures myth or reality?” The white paper explores the perceived need to overhaul workplace layouts in order to accommodate multi-generational employees. Generations have replaced one another in the workplace since, well, the dawn of the workplace. Yet the introduction of Millennials […]

05 / 04 / 16

Healthcare Hackers

Thethreat of ransomware continues to grow, and hospitals in particular, are in the crosshairs.

05 / 03 / 16