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Peter Toner 23 Mar 2011 | 9:44 am Have you seen your website on an iPad? This is important because the site you spent a ton of money on may suck really badly on an iPad. (… only kidding about stealing!) I just got an iPad2, I actually waited for 6 months for the much anticipated updated version I am absolutely thrilled with it – BUT and there is a big B U T – I hadn’t realized how much of an impact the lack of flash support would affect my browsing. This is a well documented problem that may or may not be fixed by Apple in the future. This came to be a problem when I was researching vacation options. Peter Toner 21 Mar 2011 | 11:44 am There are dozens of companies that provide IDX search capabilities … … for Real Estate In The Usa agent and broker web sites. Some are better than others, some come with lots of options, some are expensive and some are even free! However, there are uncomfortably few companies offering home search capabilities for your Facebook Business Page. You see most search screens are optimized for wider spaces than the 520 pixels that Facebook allows you to embed. Actually, I’m not so sure that MLS rules have caught up with authorising these sorts of Apps for Realtors either So that said, I did a… Peter Toner 16 Mar 2011 | 1:41 pm Facebook just made it easier to add custom pages to Business Pages! First lets take a quick look at the background: In early February Facebook announced: “On March 11, 2011, you will no longer be able to create new FBML apps and Pages will no longer be able to add the Static FBML app. While all existing apps on Pages using FBML or the Static FBML app will continue to work, we strongly recommend that these apps transition to iframes as soon as possible.” If you have ambitions to add your own custom pages to your Facebook business page there are now a number of credible options. Why… Peter Toner 9 Mar 2011 | 11:34 am Gary’s long awaited new book “The Thank You Economy” is now available. As soon as it arrived yesterday I got stuck straight into it! Gary makes the strong case that our culture has reverted back to a similar relationship oriented society that our grandparents would recognize – one of politeness, civility and caring. A society where there is nowhere to hide if you upset a customer or a client … or in very recent case of a law suit brought over Real Estate In The Usa zebra stripes, how our society can quickly take sidesbecoming an ad hoc judge and jury. Examples from… Peter Toner 1 Mar 2011 | 2:32 pm On March 8th this Oscar winning documentary is available to purchase on DVD. If you didn’t see it in cinemas now is your chance to find out just how crooked all the players were in the financial meltdown that continues to unravel every time a home is foreclosed on or sold short. It seems incredulous, as Director Charles Ferguson commented when he received the award, that not a single banker has gone to jail. Probably the most high profile individual was Angelo Mozilo, the former CEO of Countrywide Financial, toward the end Countrywide was processing 1 in 4 of all loans in the US. He…