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Samsung’s smart window technology coming to a home near you?

I happened across a video that was shot at the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, which showcases Samsung’s Smart Window technology. It’s amazing! As a window, it does everything that you might expect, allowing light into the home and keeping the weather out. At it’s core, it’s so much more. The transparent touchscreen [...]

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Microsoft’s Bing moves mapping beyond simple directions and street views

One of the most exciting on-going developments in technology has to be mapping. Today, maps are moving to new levels that go far beyond simple directions and street views. Data that is location specific and appropriately tagged with geo-coordinates is flowing onto the web at a rapid pace finding its way onto maps, and changing [...]

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Google Street View now available for Saskatoon and on our home search tool

Google began rolling out its “Street View” functionality for Canada earlier this year but Saskatoon wasn’t included in the initial release. Well, today we got caught up with other major Canadian cities and Street View for Saskatoon is now functional. You’ll probably want to start by checking out your own haunts to see if you [...]

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Our Saskatoon homes search tool gets some nice updates

MyRealPage, the people who provide us with the ability to deliver MLS listings through our website are some of the industry’s best. They deliver a smooth and effective search product with regular updates to enhance the home search experience. Today, they added some nice improvements to the search functionality that I think make a huge [...]

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Search Saskatoon MLS listings the way you want to search

I suppose I’m a little biased. After all, I did choose it, but I have to say that this website now has the slickest MLS listings search tool available to Saskatoon home buyers. If you haven’t checked it out yet, please do. I’d love to hear what you think. Located under the “Saskatoon Homes” button [...]

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Find & view all Saskatoon MLS listings within 1KM of your iPhone or Android

If you’re a real estate geek with an iPhone or an Android device you’re going to flip over this terrific little application. It uses your device’s GPS to position you on a map and it plots all Saskatoon MLS listings within one kilometer of your current location. Have you ever driven by a real estate [...]

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You could actually know more about Saskatoon real estate, faster.

Maybe I’m getting old, but I’m not sure I get the “Twitter” thing. I first signed up to use this “social media” tool a little more than a year ago. I think I gave it a fair shot (96 tweets and a lot of listening) but it just doesn’t seem to work for me. I’m [...]

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Free wireless hot spots coming soon to Saskatoon

The Calvert government announced another election year carrot yesterday unveiling its plan to create the “largest free wireless Internet network in Canada.” The province will invest approximately $1.3 million dollars to install wireless transmitters in various “hot spots” through Saskatoon, Regina, Moose Jaw and Prince Albert. They’ll also foot the bill for the service costs [...]

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A compelling case for more photos on your home listing

Saskatoon real estate agents have known for years that home buyers who are shopping for homes online are very interested in viewing photos. As far as they’re concerned, the more photos an online ad offers the better. Survey after survey places photos at the very top of the “what’s important to you” list. It makes [...]

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Saskatoon earns designation as a smart city

I’m sure you’ve heard it before. Saskatoon is rapidly becoming a force to be reckoned with when it comes to leading edge work in natural and applied science fields. There’s the National Research Council’s Plant Biotechnology Institute, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s research centre, Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization, and of course, the Canadian Light Source. [...]