Technology
Foxtons looks to Nokia for Windows
Foxtons has handed out 900 Microsoft-powered Nokia Lumia 820 phones to staff across its 37 offices to use as their business smartphones. No news on what colour yet.
PropertyLive lives (for three months): NFoPP invites expressions of interest
The NFoPP has issued an open invitation for interested parties to submit business proposals to take over the angst-ridden property portal PropertyLive.
Chilled Out Entertainer
Samsung launched its first ever 'smart fridge' at the CES exhibition in January - and it's pretty darn cool in every sense.
Tweets Ahead: Pryor’s top agency tweeters
Property pundit, buying agent and Twitter evangelist Henry Pryor has compiled a list of the top 500 sales and lettings estate agency Twitterati in Britain.
Helvar lights up 375 Kensington High St
High-end property developer, St Edward, has chosen Helvar to provide the lighting controls for its new apartments and penthouses at 375 Kensington High Street.
Nest: the next generation thermostat
Whilst a thermostat might not necessarily generate a lot of excitement, bear with us, because the Nest is no ordinary home heating control.
Government property search portal launches
The Government has launched a new property portal - pithily called "Find Me Some Government Space" - that allows developers, investors and prospective tenants to search for publicly-owned buildings and/or…
Most househunters use only one property portal
Househunters don't mix their property portals, according to some new stats from independent website monitoring company Nielsen.
Portal pitches punchy prices
Scott Green
New kid on the portal block, needaproperty.com, is throwing its resources into taking on the big boys with the launch of a new user platform next month.
Savills maps-out house price forecasts
Savills have come up with a nifty way of getting their property forecasts out there, launching an interactive "Five Year Forecast Tool" that can be used either straight from the Savills website, or be…
Futurewealth #1: the digital world of the Futurewealthy
In the first of four in-depth reports, wealth gurus Scorpio Partnership explore how the world’s wealthy are engaging with new technologies and how they spend their time online, asking what role they…
New website and offices for Winkworth
A mighty start to the year from Winkworth, who has launched a shiny new website modelled more on a property portal than anything else, and has two new offices slated to open over the next couple of weeks.