Tag: MONEY

Piryx is payments for the social web, but with a host of intelligence and data mining features only available to huge companies and campaigns in the past. With roots in political fundraising, Piryx has a track record that's somewhat impressive, having recently rolled out a site to accept donations for Rep. Joe "You Lie!" Wilson, and claiming another 150 payment taking users nationwide. The ...

There are plenty of Mozilla add-ons already say "Brother, can you spare a dime (if you like me)?" Mozilla is looking to take things one step further with a new Add-ons Contributions Program. Donations will be accepted through Paypal, who offer reduced fees on micropayments under $12. Developers wanting to push the contributions button can do so using the new options in their Developer Tools for ...

There's a lot of great financial tracking software out there now. Sites like Mint and Rudder that link up to your bank account and track your spending automatically are great, but what if you don't want to give your account information to a finance site? Texthog is a lot like old-school DIY checkbook balancing, except replacing pen and paper with SMS, email and Twitter. You can send a ...

Paypal just launched an interesting new service called Do Stuff For Money to let you offer money via PayPal to make a dare or request a service from a friend. There's an easy form to fill out to make your offer, which will then be posted on the site itself, and also sent to your friend via email or Facebook. If your friend (or target, I suppose) accepts the offer, you can then pay them via ...

OK, so it's really just a chance to win $10,000 (Australian), but would you? You'll have to do a few things to get in the action. First, of course, you'll have to become a legal resident of Australia. The DIAC website can help you with the process. Once you've checked that off, you also have to follow @tengrand_IE8 on Twitter to get the daily clues and then put on your Columbo trench coat and use ...

For a while now the top contender in iPhone finance apps was Bloomberg Mobile. Enter DailyFinance's iPhone app [iTunes link], featuring real-time quotes, portfolios and watchlists and some rather impressive charting tools. Mike Rose has a nice write-up over on TUAW, and the DailyFinance site has a good summary of features and a demo video. It's a free download, so try it and let us know what you ...

$timator is a site that purports to estimate the true monetary value of your website. Simply enter a URL, and $timator goes to work, analyzing things like search engine placings, back-links, and site structure to come up with an ultimate dollar value. When I tried it for my 5 year-old personal blog, it came up with a relatively modest $1979, which to be honest feels a little generous (but I'll ...

While it's not any great benefit to someone living in the middle of nowhere like me, TaxiMe offers a nice service for city dwellers. By querying Google Maps for distance information TaxiMe will quickly provide you with an estimated cab fare. It's a great concept, but I ran into a rather bothersome issue. While Google Maps will handle input like "Polo Park Winnipeg mb" without a hitch and ...

Check this out y'all: A NYT article says that Americans waste $650 BILLION dollars over-checking their email obsessively. BILLION. Not Millions. Not Thousands. BILLIONS. Crazier? We waste $650 BILLION dollars trying to get back into the groove of work after checking our email obsessively. Why do we do it? Are we that afraid of missing something? Some of us here can say that we too check our email ...

Want to save up for a new house, car, or computer, but don't have the self discipline to set aside a bit of your paycheck every month? SmartyPig is an online banking service designed to help. Here's how it works. You set up an account, tell SmartyPig how much you want to save, and when you want to save it by, and the service will tell you how much you need to set aside each month. You can then set ...

Time is money. And every time you have to sit down with your boss, coworkers, and some random consultant thinking what a big waste of time this meeting is, you could also argue that it's a waste of money. Meeting Miser helps you figure out just how much money. The little web app works by pulling in average salaries for various job types and determining what their time is worth. So next time you ...

The key to saving money is knowing what you're spending it on. If you can keep track of every cent, you can discover exactly where your money is going and act accordingly. Spendview is an online application that enables users to track and visualize balances and expense data in one place. This is done through an engine that tags and categorizes spending in order to make your finances somewhat ...

The world of video advertising has only just begun. Google announced AdSense units using YouTube videos, and now Blinkx will be rewarding users for sharing video online. Google offers AdSense customers a chance to provide exclusive content by placing ads over the top of online videos. But these flash ads can be distracting if you're watching a video. Blinkx takes a different approach by putting ...

Think you have a hot startup idea? Write it down and you could net a little funding. Bang Ventures from New York is offering $15,000 U.S. for startup CEOs to get their ideas off the ground. "You Be The VC" Candidates start by submitting applications outlining their plans for a new internet startup. These will be judged by handpicked professionals in the startup field to guarantee unbiased results ...

Facebook is sure ready to secure its future and ward off any threats from the likes of Microsoft, Google and MySpace and anyone else who wants to try and get into their social networking path. AllThingD is reporting that Facebook is contemplating bringing in a few more investors and raising more money so that they can either expand, or possibly get acquired. The company did get $25 million in ...