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| Jul 6, 2011 | Finance startup Yodlee hits 34M users, looks to a “FinApps” future | Yodlee, a company that powers personal financial management (PFM) solutions for major banks and finance portals, now has 34 million registered users worldwide, it told VentureBeat.
And it doesn’t look like Yodlee’s growth is going to slow d... |
| May 11, 2011 | Billshrink Upgrades Its Statement Rewards With Rewards Discovery, Geolocation And Social Features | BillShrink, a service that wants to provide consumers with the best deals on their common purchases like a phone bill, credit card bill or TV service, is announcing the addition of four new features to its Statement Rewards product, which i... |
| Apr 26, 2011 | Consumer Reports Integrates BillShrink's Savings Recommendations Into Reviews | Cost-cutting search engine BillShrink has landed a new deal today—integration with Consumer Reports reviews. ConsumerReports.org subscribers and site visitors will have access to BillShrink’s savings recommendations through links on Consume... |
| Apr 5, 2011 | Own A Massive Company? Xigo Wants To Be Your Billshrink | If you’re a family of 3 or 4 people, it’s pretty easy to figure out if you’re spending too much on your phone bill. Pop into something like Billshrink, plug in your credentials, and away you go.
If you’re a company with 20,000 employee phon... |
| Oct 12, 2010 | Sponsor Post: Vertical Search, Consumer Surplus and Adverse Selection | Editor’s note: We offer our long-term sponsors the opportunity to write posts and tell their story. These posts are clearly marked as written by sponsors, but we also want them to be useful and interesting to our readers. We hope you like t... |
| Sep 28, 2010 | Credit Sesame Wants To Demystify And Help Manage Your Personal Credit | If navigating the murky waters of credit scores and debt leaves you scratching your head and wishing someone would just tell you what to do, you’re in luck. Credit Sesame is a new startup launching in private beta today at TechCrunch Disrup... |
| May 28, 2010 | BillShrink CEO Peter Pham Leaves To Become An EIR At Trinity Ventures | Peter Pham, CEO of BillShrink, has just Tweeted that he’s leaving the startup to become an entrepreneur-in-residence at VC firm Trinity Ventures. According to a blog post, Pham says he is “moving on to pursue new entrepreneurial opportuniti... |
| May 28, 2010 | BillShrink CEO Peter Pham leaves for Trinity Ventures | BillShrink chief executive Peter Pham just announced that he’s leaving the startup for Trinity Ventures, where he will serve as an entrepreneur in residence.
The Redwood City, Calif. company helps users save money by looking at their usage ... |
| May 28, 2010 | What Will Peter Pham Do Next? | Peter Pham was the 5th employee hired at photo sharing site Photobucket. 18 months later the then giant site was acquired by Fox Interactive Media for a reported $300 million. Then Pham joined the Boards of Advisors of a number of high-prof... |
| May 26, 2010 | BillShrink takes its money-saving approach into TV | BillShrink, a startup that aims to help users cut through the clutter of complicated bills and payments, is moving into a new market today. It’s launching a service to help users choose the best cable or satellite television plan.
As with B... |
| May 26, 2010 | BillShrink Tackles TV, Makes Ordering Cable & Satellite Services Less Of A Headache | When it comes to billing headaches, there are few industries that can rival the cable companies: from the dizzying array of channel packages to actually figuring out which services you can get at your house, ordering cable or satellite serv... |
| May 14, 2010 | BillShrink Helps Walmart Customers Shrink Their Phone Bills | BillShrink, the startup that looks to help users save money across verticals including cell phones, credit cards, and savings accounts, has scored a deal with giant retailer Walmart to have its cost-saving tool endorsed via the Walmart.com ... |
| Jan 21, 2010 | BillShrink Now Helps Businesses Improve Their Bottom Line | With the previous turmoil in the economy, small businesses are facing a tougher credit market as lending stalls and credit is tight. BillShrink, the startup that looks to help consumers save money across verticals including cell phones, cre... |
| Jan 18, 2010 | INFOGRAPHIC: With New Mobile Rates, There Are Now 10 Million Ways to Pay for a Cell Phone | After AT&T and Verizon announced new mobile rates this past weekend, many users were happy to hear that the cost of voice calls would be reduced for two major American carriers.
Today, the restructured mobile plans and packages went int... |
| Jan 5, 2010 | Nexus One, Droid, or iPhone — which should you buy? | Don’t have time to read through the thousands of long, gadget-nerdy posts about Google’s new Nexus One phone flooding the Internet today?
We’ve made you a cheat sheet that compares the top three status-phones: Nexus, Droid and iPhone. We’ll... |
| Jan 5, 2010 | Nexus One, Droid, or iPhone — which should you buy? | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Don’t have time to read through the thousands of long, gadget-nerdy posts about Google’s new Nexus One phone flooding the Internet toda... |
| Jan 5, 2010 | 24 Month Ownership Cost of iPhone Nearly 50% Higher Than Nexus One | Billshrink has put together one of their handy charts comparing the total cost of the Google Nexus One, including the device cost plus carrier fees. The verdict? On the high end the Nexus One costs $2,580 over 24 months. The iPhone weighs i... |
| Nov 30, 2009 | BillShrink: Now Cutting Costs For 1 Million Users | BillShrink, the startup that looks to help users save money across verticals including cell phones, credit cards, and savings accounts, has just announced that it has grown to 1 million members since its launch in April 2008. Alongside the ... |
| Nov 4, 2009 | Credit Karma Raises $2.5 Million To Take The Mystery Out Of Credit Scores | Credit Karma, a site that looks to help consumers understand, track, and improve their credit scores, has raised a $2.5 million Series A funding round led by QED Investors, with participation from SV Angel, Aydin Senkut, and Founders Fund, ... |
| Oct 30, 2009 | BillShrink shows us that the Droid is as expensive as the iPhone 3GS | Not amazing news but interesting nonetheless: Billshrink, a site dedicated to “saving you money” compared the total cost of ownership in the 3GS, the Pre, the MyTouch 3G, and the Droid. They found that TCO for an unlimited rate plan costs $... |
| Oct 29, 2009 | Google Tackles Mortgage Market With New Comparison Ads | Google has just debuted a new form of advertising called AdWords Comparison Ads — a special kind of ad that will prompt users to view a list of sponsored products in a structured format. To get started, Google is running the ads for queries... |
| Oct 13, 2009 | BillShrink: FCC should make cell phone plans less confusing | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Cell phone plans can be pretty tough to figure out, with all the different charges and fine print. In fact, the Federal Communications ... |
| Oct 13, 2009 | BillShrink: FCC should make cell phone plans less confusing | Cell phone plans can be pretty tough to figure out, with all the different charges and fine print. In fact, the Federal Communications Commission is investigating ways to make things simpler — and a startup called BillShrink has some ideas.... |
| Sep 29, 2009 | BillShrink’s new recommendation engine tells you where to stash your savings | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
BillShrink, a startup that advises its users on h... |
| Sep 29, 2009 | BillShrink’s new recommendation engine tells you where to stash your savings | BillShrink, a startup that advises its users on how to reduce their monthly bill payments, today launched a new savings tool that recommends the best savings and CD accounts for conserving cash. Calling itself a decision engine, the Menlo P... |
| Sep 29, 2009 | It's Money In The Bank: BillShrink Now Helps Choose Your Ideal Savings Account | We all like the idea of setting aside a nice chunk of money in a savings account and putting it to work for us, but it’s a bit easier said than done — if you want the best rates, you have to choose from one of hundreds of CDs and savings ac... |
| Sep 29, 2009 | Financial Startups Demo Their Dashboards At Finovate | The following guest post is written by Larry Chiang, a co-founder of Duck9 who also regularly blogs for BusinessWeek. Today he is reporting from the Finovate startup conference.
At the FinovateStartup conference in New York City today, it i... |
| Aug 25, 2009 | Financial planning site Green Sherpa launches, tries to nip at Mint's heels | Green Sherpa, a personal finance site, launched its paid service publicly today to help consumers manage their cash flow and spending habits.
Like competitor Mint, the Santa Barbara-based company syncs data from different bank accounts to g... |
| Aug 5, 2009 | Review: T-Mobile’s myTouch Android phone is a good iPhone competitor | T-Mobile’s myTouch 3G with Google cell phone went on sale in the U.S. today, kicking off a new generation of competition with Apple’s iPhone.
The Android-based phone is available in T-Mobile stores around the country. The phone company kick... |
| Aug 5, 2009 | Review: T-Mobile’s myTouch Android phone is a good iPhone competitor | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
T-Mobile’s myTouch 3G with Google cell phone went on sale in the U.S. today, kicking off a new generation of competition with Apple’s i... |
| Jun 10, 2009 | BillShrink: iPhone 3G S vs Palm Pre vs T-Mobile G1 | As always, BillShrink breaks it all down for us. Anyone want to guess how much cheaper the Pre is compared to the upcoming 3G S? Hit the jump to find out.
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| May 20, 2009 | BillShrink Gets Major Marketing Love From T-Mobile. Here's Why. | |
| May 20, 2009 | T-Mobile Lets Consumers Put Its Pricing To The Test, Courtesy Of BillShrink | T-Mobile USA announced today a new campaign dedicated to helping people save money on their wireless service, and the carrier is not only using the lovely Catherine Zeta-Jones as the face of the campaign again, they’re also giving a huge vo... |
| Apr 2, 2009 | PhoneBook Arranges Your iPhone Contacts For You | PhoneBook (iTunes Link) is a new iPhone application looking to make it as easy as possible to call your most important contacts. The application plugs into your AT&T account, allowing it to dynamically rearrange your list of contacts de... |
| Mar 24, 2009 | BillShrink Brings Its Cost-Cutting Engine To The Gas Pump | Most drivers are familiar with the never-ending dance that goes on at the gasoline pump, where fuel can fluctuate in price multiple times a day. But despite our constant grumbling, unless two stations are side-by-side, few of us go to the e... |
| Mar 24, 2009 | BillShrink calculates savings at the gas pump | BillShrink, the startup that already helps users save money on cell phone plans and credit cards, has added a tool to find the best station to fill up your gas tank.
Like other features from the Redwood City, Calif. company, the site makes ... |
| Oct 19, 2008 | Funding roundup - week ending 10/17/08 | Webaroo, Eventful, and Sonoa Systems are among companies that raised funds It's that time again for the weekly roundup of companies in the mobile, video, digital media, social network, and advertising sectors that raised money this past wee... |
| Oct 14, 2008 | BillShrink gets $8M to help you save money | BillShrink, a startup that advises users on ways to reduce their bills, has raised $8 million in a second round of venture funding.
Menlo Park, Calif.-based BillShrink was founded in 2007. It launched in April this year with a tool to help ... |
| Oct 14, 2008 | BillShrink Grows By $8 Million With Plans To Expand To New Markets | BillShrink, a startup that aims to help users save money across a variety of vertical markets, has closed an $8 million Series B funding round led by Trinity Ventures and Bessemer Venture Partners. The round brings BillShrink’s total fundin... |
| Sep 18, 2008 | BillShrink Expands To Help You Find The Perfect Credit Card | BillShrink, the startup that helps users cut costs on their phone bills, is expanding its automated advisor to an entirely new field: Credit Cards. The site’s recommendation engine will now include a database of over 200 major credit cards,... |
| Sep 18, 2008 | BillShrink helps you save money on cell phones, and now your credit card too | BillShrink, a company that seeks to help people save money on everyday services, now offers information on one of the biggest money drains around — your credit card.
The Menlo Park, Calif. startup began by providing advice about which cell ... |
| Jul 8, 2008 | BillShrink helps you choose the best possible AT&T plan for your upcoming iPhone 3G purchase | Let’s say you have no idea which AT&T plan you’ll need come Friday when you pick up your iP3G. For most of us it’s a no-brainer, but a lot of folks are pretty clueless and I’m sure you know a few of them, so feel free to pass this along... |
| Apr 9, 2008 | Billshrink Launches to Save You Money On Your Phone Bill | Billshrink, the new startup that aspires to simplify the often painful process of choosing and comparing mobile plans (and eventually other services), has launched in beta. While promising, it still needs a lot of work.
The site offers an o... |
| As companhias mais lucrativas do mundo | Infográfico feito pelo pessoal do BillShrink (algo tipo “terapeuta das contas”), baseado em pesquisa da Forbes, ilustra onde estão, quais são e quanto lucraram as companhias mais lucrativas do mundo em 2008.
Interessante observar ainda quan... |
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