January 2nd, 2013

Google, HelloFax, Expensify And Others Want You To Go Paperless In 2013

lots of paper

The “paperless office” has been a fantasy of office managers since the advent of the personal computer. While you are probably printing less today than you did ten years ago, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency estimates that the average office worker still uses about 10,000 sheets of paper per year (the numbers for the UK are similar, too). To make a new push for a really paperless office… → Read More

June 8th, 2011

Hearst's Manilla Opens Online Account Management Service To The Public

Earlier this year, we heard about how startup Manilla has plans to disrupt online account management. Today the company is fully launching its service, which has been in close beta for the past three months, to the public with new partnerships with Citi Cards, Duke Energy and others.

Manilla, which was incubated and backed by Hearst, is a free web-based service that helps consumers better manage… → Read More

March 1st, 2011

DEMO 2011 Roundup: The Eight Best Startups of Day 1

The DEMO Spring 2011 conference kicked off yesterday in Palm Springs, featuring 27 startups in the consumer, enterprise, and cloud sectors. Each company was allowed six minutes to make their presentation and try to wow the audience with their product launches.

Some let their products do the talking, while others added humor to their pitches. For example, Dr. Shamus Husheer, inventor of the… → Read More