junk mail

What We’re Reading: April 27 – May 3

On May 3, 2013, in What We're Reading, by Dave

One way your email gets on spammers lists, financial spring cleaning, and stolen mobile phones

Find out how Move Inc. is fighting scraping of their listings. Real estate listings are a valuable commodity because of the individual information and information gathered from a multitude of listings. Hedge funds, banks, other financial institutions and related real estate services find the listing information valuable to gather statistics and create mailing lists. Move.Inc looks for suspicious scraping activity of real time queries during a hold period and can block the scraper’s IP address, and discover if the information is ending up online. Please note that NAR never shares, trades, or sells email addresses.

Spring cleaning isn’t just about dusting and putting away the winter clothes. It also applies to your finances. Spring is a great time to review budgets, look at savings, debt, and prune your receipts. Time has 10 ideas for a financial spring cleaning.

Someone swiped your cellphone? Too bad, so sad, according to The New York Times. You may have filed a police report and your cell phone company, but not much can be done. The FCC’s database of stolen phone information can inactivate the phone’s individual tracking number, but most stolen phone end up overseas, where the database does not work.

Scientists at IBM have nothing better to do than make stop-motion animated movies by moving individual atoms…

A new use for those stress balls everyone gets at convention trade shows: memory aids.

Henry Gribbohm says he lost his life savings on a carnival game and all he has to show for it is a stuffed banana with dreadlocks.

What We’re Reading: June 25 – July 1

On July 1, 2011, in What We're Reading, by Dave

Share|

Poll confirms value of homeownership

For the roughly four million homeowners who have fallen behind on their mortgage payments, the federal government is offering yet another remedy: free money to catch up on their loans. Smart Money has info on the Emergency Homeowners Loan Program.

The latest New York Times/CBS News Poll confirms what others have said: Owning a house remains central to Americans’ sense of well-being, even as many doubt their home is a good investment after a punishing recession. Here’s a link to graphical results.

Swimming is a great way to spend time together as a family and it’s a perfect way to beat the heat. Precautions and care should be taken, however, to ensure all parties stay safe. Realty Times discusses pool safety.

An up and coming social media authority, Klout provides analysis and review of your social media accounts, assigning an influence score and much more.

With all the talk of belt-tightening and debt ceilings, NPR had an interesting story on the growing piles of $1 coins that are piling up in the Federal Reserve. No one wants the coins, now valued at over $1 billion.

Does your foot go numb on a stairmaster? Do you get uncontrollable shivers? Wonder if it’s a sign of something more serious? Shine discusses some unusual symptoms and what they might mean.

NPR‘s blog answers the age-old question of why your fingers wrinkle in the rain or when they get wet. And the answer is cooler than you think. Isn’t the body amazing?

Junk mail is a continual battle. Wisebread has some info on weapons you can add to your arsenal against the continuous stream of unwanted mail.

The world’s first tickle spa opens in Madrid. Well, they say laughter is the best medicine…

Happy Fourth of July everyone! We’re back on Tuesday.

Tagged with: coins • foreclosure • funny stuff • government affairs • health • homeownership • junk mail • mortgage • safety • social media • symptoms

What We’re Reading: April 27 – May 3

Subscribe to Updates

Information Central on Twitter

All NAR Blogs

Looking for something?

Archives

Visit our friends!

Information Central

Pages

Stay In Touch

More