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Financial Software: News, Information and Reviews
If you use Remember the Milk, a popular online task organizer, and you just need to be reminded to pay a few bills each month, you're a good candidate for using Remember the Milk to nudge you when it's time to pay the bills.� Remember the Milk won't give you account balances and financial reports, but not everyone needs those details.� So, why not use an application that you already access every day? ... Read Full Post
Wed, 28 Jul 2010 14:56:10 +0000
I spent some time last week taking a look at You Need A Budget 3 , which has been completely redesigned into an very useful Adobe AIR app that runs on Windows, Mac and Linux systems. YNAB 3 looks great and has quite a few significant improvements to make the software faster to use. The new reports are slick, too. ... Read Full Post
Sat, 24 Jul 2010 16:33:21 +0000
So, the yard sale didn't go so well and you still have a lot of stuff in good condition that you need to get out of your house. One solution is to donate household items, books, clothes and furniture as long as its in good condition. But, you can still get some financial benefit from giving your stuff away, if you use the right tools. ... Read Full Post
Wed, 21 Jul 2010 11:54:08 +0000
The public beta of iBank 4 has been announced as an upgrade to iBank 3 , the popular money management program for Mac from IGG Software. To test iBank 4, download the public beta version 4.0b8 and be sure to leave feedback in the beta test forum. The beta is fully functional through September 30, and can run alongside iBank 3. ... Read Full Post
Tue, 20 Jul 2010 14:31:30 +0000
The stock market can be like the old, wild West, with dangerous territory and safe territory. Maptool X is a nifty new iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch app that uses an old world map interface with real-time stock market data to analyze industries and sectors. Among the features in Maptool X are stock market research, investment analysis, market tracking, over 200 visual maps of 10 investment sectors, 200 industries, and nearly 9,000 companies. ... Read Full Post
Thu, 15 Jul 2010 13:08:46 +0000
Do you have stuff to donate to charity, but no time to haul the donations to the charity's donation drop off center? I do, but not for long. I just found donationtown.org , which lets you schedule a free pickup for items to be donated to your favorite charity right at your door. ... Read Full Post
Wed, 14 Jul 2010 10:05:58 +0000
I updated my list of Mac personal finance software this week.� First, I took SplashMoney for Mac for a spin and discovered that I liked it even more than I did a couple of years ago. SplashMoney for Mac could use expanded support for automatic transaction downloads from more financial institutions, but the software works smoothly for basic personal finance tracking needs. ... Read Full Post
Fri, 09 Jul 2010 09:51:51 +0000
Mint.com ( review ) has added a Goals feature to help with planning to pay off debt or save money for a specific purpose.� You can select from Mint's goals or create your own custom goal to cover your financial objectives. Mint does the math for you when you define goals and has a nifty visual Goals tracker to help with staying focused on� financial objectives. ... Read Full Post
Wed, 07 Jul 2010 17:33:03 +0000
Chase Bank recently released version 2.3.1 of its iPhone app that makes it the first financial app to support both remote deposit capture and peer-to-peer (P2P) payments, according to NetBanker . Until now, the only other app I knew of that could do the remote deposit capture was available from USAA Federal Savings Bank , which does not open accounts for everyone. ... Read Full Post
Wed, 07 Jul 2010 01:29:48 +0000
For years there has been a great group of supportive Microsoft Money users that gathered to answer questions and offer tips for using Money in Google Groups. The MS Money Google Group has been shut down, and Money users are asked to do their Q&A in the Microsoft forums . While this is a good move for customer experience, it comes a little too late; after all, Microsoft has stopped development and support of Money (although Money Sunset is still around, and is free). ... Read Full Post
Sun, 04 Jul 2010 05:17:27 +0000