Vinod Nair Cuts Losses And Doubles Down On Winners

We just got news from Vinod Nair, CEO of The Real Group, the company behind HomeSpace and RentSpace, that the two web properties will be taken down on the 1st of June. The other members of the team who helped make HomeSpace and RentSpace happen are Jarrold Ong, Zhuo Weifeng, Staelen Yew and Timothy Kua.

However, Vinod still has SmartLoans and Textuate to play with. We understand from him that they were unable to generate enough traction with HomeSpace and RentSpace while SmartLoans is doing “pretty well”, and Textuate only recently launched so its progress remains to be seen. Read more

SMS Marketing Made Easy With Textuate

If you want to go into SMS marketing or want to experiment with a new vendor, you might want to try out Textuate. Textuate is a simple Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) for sending bulk SMS messages. Brought to you by the same man behind HomeSpace, RentSpace and SmartLoans, you can be assured of the same nice, friendly user-interface that has become the hallmark of Vinod Nair’s work. Read more