8 posts and columns on housing

Apple Grabs Yahoo Exec in Charge of Shine, Women’s Lifestyles and Health Content

in Media on April 29 at 12:00 pm PT

Yahoo loses Jessica Jensen, who was in charge of its critical women’s audience.
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Exclusive: Houzz Brings Home $11.6 Million in Series B Funding

in News on December 19, 2011 at 11:02 am PT

Houzz, an online community for homeowners and home renovation professionals, has landed a fresh round of financing as it continues to expand amid an improving renovation market.
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IBM Brings the Cloud to New York City

in Enterprise on January 31, 2011 at 6:30 am PT

Big Blue will consolidate the data center operations of 14 agencies in the first phase of a plan the city hopes will save $100 million over five years.

Trulia's Pete Flint Chats About Everything (Except Google Interest!)

in News on January 6, 2010 at 12:38 am PT

Last night, Trulia sent me a small pile of information about the fast-growth year the real estate search and information site had in 2009, despite the near-complete collapse of the U.S. housing market. You can read all the stats below in Trulia’s press release after the jump–62.3 million unique monthly visitors, visits up 45 percent, page views up 105 percent and one million inquiries sent by home buyers to real estate agents via the San Francisco start-up, which was founded in 2005 by CEO Pete Flint and COO Sami Inkinen. BoomTown also had a short chit-chat with Flint about where Trulia is headed.
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Open House? Google Has Also Been Eying Trulia in Real Estate Search Play.

in News on December 18, 2009 at 4:51 pm PT

According to sources close to the situation, along with its pending bid for Yelp, Google has been in on-again, off-again acquisition talks with Trulia, the real estate search engine. It is unclear what price Google would pay, but sources estimate that Trulia’s valuation ranges between $150 million and $200 million, although there could be a big premium on that. Rumors about Google’s interest in the real estate search market–and specifically in Trulia–have been rebounding around Silicon Valley for the last year as the search giant focuses on the local arena.
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Rumor Site Announces iPhone 4D; the "D" Stands for Disappointment

in News on May 12, 2009 at 7:49 am PT

If/when Apple uncrates its next-generation iPhone at its Worldwide Developers Conference in June, it will be identical to its predecessor in physical design and boast only a few modest upgrades. This according to the latest rumor making the rounds, which describes the new device as a near “repeat” of the iPhone 3G.
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Rumor Site Announces iPhone 4D; the “D” Stands for Disappointment

in News on May 12, 2009 at 7:49 am PT

If/when Apple uncrates its next-generation iPhone at its Worldwide Developers Conference in June, it will be identical to its predecessor in physical design and boast only a few modest upgrades. This according to the latest rumor making the rounds, which describes the new device as a near “repeat” of the iPhone 3G.
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