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Google NOW

Mon, 13 May 2013 03:47:57 CDT

Should I bring an umbrella to work today? Is there a good pizza place nearby? Is there a gas station on the way to Poughkeepsie, or should I fill up now? These are questions you’ll now longer have to answer on your own.

Google’s fantastic personal assistant app, Google Now, just rolled out for the iPhone. Here’s what it does: it gives you answers without making you search. How amazing is that!?

This happens by integrating with your Google account, pulling calendar entries, restaurant directions, sports scores, and more into a tidy at-a-glance package.

And, according to Hugo Barra, director of product management for Android "Google Now is probably the first example of a new generation of intelligent software."

Windsor Welcomes Social Scale!

Wed, 03 Apr 2013 01:23:17 CDT

What better way to get to the forefront of new technology than with an old fashion road trip?

We’re currently en route to Caesar’s Palace Windsor, Ontario, where we’ll attend Online Revealed, Canada’s biggest online marketing conferences for the travel and tourism industry welcoming professionals from all over the world.

Every year, attendance grows and we’re looking forward to meeting and mingling with over some attendees this year!

For the 2nd year in a row, we’ve been partnering with the creators of Online Revealed to bring Social Scale to the annual event....

Concierge Plus Goes West!

Thu, 28 Feb 2013 01:17:34 CST

We’ve just returned from Vancouver where we were exhibiting at the annual BUILDEX Vancouver; one of Canada's largest tradeshows and conferences with over 13,000 Design, Construction and Real Estate Management professionals!

The Concierge Plus team met and mingled with property and strata management, construction and Condo and Strata industry folk.

It was such a thrill to see over 600 exhibitors under one roof and a great experience for us to get out and see not just how many condos there are in Vancouver, but apartment complexes as well. Vancouver is booming!