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Update: billQ Mobile Site (iPhone Optimized)

I know we've been quiet for a few months now, but we do have some news about billQ that we think people will like and find useful. We've received a number of requests for a mobile version of the billQ site (specifically an iPhone/iPod Touch optimized one), and we were finally able to put one together. billQ Mobile Site v1.0 The billQ web site now also comes in a mobile version fo... Read More
It sounds like John McCain and his wife could use billQ. :) Read More
Here are two pieces of economic insight to chew on. The first is an article about John McCain's health care policy. I know it's politically charged, but it's full of valuable economic discussion, so let's get post-partisan for a second. Especially interesting is the comparison to the Credit Card Industry (read it to find out why credit card companies are almost always based in South Dakota or D... Read More
Everyone hates junk mail, but aside from being annoying, it can also be dangerous (dun, dun, dun...). That was very Dateline NBC, but seriously, pre-screened credit offers and unsolicited mail can leave you open to identity theft and can also tempt you to open too many lines of credit — both bad things. Two helpful tools for alleviating these problems are the DMA Choice Program and the Op... Read More

Mini-Update: Reply-to-Reminders with Amount

We just launched a small improvement to the reply-to-reminders feature that turns out to be very helpful. Now, when you get your reminder email, and you reply stating that your bill is paid, you can also include the amount the bill was paid for. The formatting is very simple, you just reply, as usual, with the first word of the email being 'Paid' and then you add the amount in parentheses. ... Read More

Update: billQ AIR App for Adobe AIR 1.0

For anyone who had upgraded to version 1.0 of Adobe AIR and noticed that the billQ AIR App wasn't compatible, the problem is now fixed (sorry it took so long). You can download the newest version of the billQ AIR App from the Widgets Page, or from your Tools page within billQ, and be back in action. If you are still using Adobe AIR Beta v2 then you can continue using your current version of ... Read More
I recently had a conversation with a friend about savings plans, and a related issue of contributing to savings vs. paying down long-term debt came up. This is a common gray area when it comes to looking at the most effective way to budget and manage your money, and probably one of the best articles I have read on this subject is this one over at Kiplingers. It has a very good outline of the be... Read More
The age old debate over 'Renting vs. Buying' contains many myths, but it's important to look past these misconceptions and towards the facts. A recent article on the eFinanceDirectory tackles some of these points in a very direct and easy to understand manner. It's worth a read. Read More
David Cay Johnston, a New York Times investigative reporter and author of Perfectly Legal, and Free Lunch, was recently interviewed by Tom Ashbrook on On Point. In the interview he talks about how the American economy has been hijacked by corporate special interests as the middle-class and small-business owners are being left behind. You can also listen to another interview with him on Fresh Air. Read More

Update: Increased Schedule and Group Limits

We have been somewhat quiet on this blog lately, but to make up for it, we just launched an update with a couple of improvements. Most notably, we have increased the Schedule and Group limits on the Plus plan to 40 and 25, respectively. You can see the updated plan details on the pricing page. When we first went about setting the limits for the allowed Schedules and Groups, we didn't just pi... Read More
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