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Like its competitor Expensify, ExpenseBay can automatically import transactions from credit cards. You can also enter cash transactions via your smartphone (using the free iPhone or BlackBerry apps), and scan or email photos of receipts to attach to expense items. Read more »

My first cost-cutting measure is a big one, because I’m looking to free up a significant amount of cash, and the timing is convenient. My lease is up in a few weeks, and so I’m already on the lookout for cheaper accommodation. Read more »

January is traditionally a time of renewal as the New Year carries with it new perspectives, promise and ambition. Here in the UK, it’s also the time of year when the dastardly Her Majesty’s Customs & Revenue come to take your hard-earned sterling! Read more »

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When you work at home, it’s easy to start thinking of every expense as a personal expense. After all, it’s your printer that you’re buying paper for, your computer that needs an upgrade and your coffee pot that needs more beans. It’s easy to wind up […] Read more »

Invoicing application WorkingPoint is continuing to add to its offerings. Since we first reviewed the web-based application, the team behind it has been busy. The focus of the new features is simplifying tax season for small business — and as we’re all starting to think about […] Read more »

Jeffrey Katzenberg is prepared for 3D to utterly change the experience of watching television and movies — and a lot sooner than you may think. The DreamWorks’ chief told attendees at Fortune’s Brainstorm conference in Pasadena, Calif., today that companies like LG and Panasonic are ready […] Read more »

The iPhone/iPod 3.0 OS allows third-party applications to utilize the device’s Bluetooth capabilities for two-player games. The first (and only) application I had that supported this in an update was Flight Control, and since then, whenever my wife and I are on a train, we occupy […] Read more »

One of the big topics of discussion here at the Connections Conference is how televisions are evolving beyond just displaying moving images. As widgets, web video and social features come to TVs, televisions become more like PCs. Does this mean that you’ll have to upgrade your […] Read more »

“I’d rather keep working in the hope of getting paid than stop working and know I’m not going to get paid.” These words, from a friend of mine who’s not getting paid by the company she’s freelancing for — the only project she has right now — might shock you if you’re on a nice steady cashflow. But if your income isn’t so stable, you might be able to relate to her sense of desperation. Though I know no one’s immune from a recession, this conversation made me think about my own approach to the financial side of what I do. I started to think about what, if anything, I could do to try to cushion myself from the current (and future) economic turmoil… Read more »

Expense reporting is always, in my experience, very painful. Filling out a poorly-formatted spreadsheet masquerading as an “expense claim form,” printing it out, stapling receipts to the form, realizing you’ve lost a crucial receipt, and then the inevitable back and forth before reimbursement. It’s a messy […] Read more »

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As a web worker who cares about your career, it’s just plain good sense to do what you can to make sure that your income survives increased competition. Fortunately, WWD has offered plenty of advice on that score over the years. Here are an even dozen of our best articles and tips for supercharging your career. Read more »

Many web workers have a need to track expenses – either for client or employer reimbursement, or just to get their taxes right. And most of us have developed some solution for that – sticky notes, spreadsheets, notebooks, and so on. Of course, like just about […] Read more »

Looks like Cisco Systems (CSCO) is dead serious about turning the screws on the competitors of its Linksys line of products. Today, Netgear (NTGR) announced its first-quarter 2008 financial results and they were, to put it mildly, terrible. Sure, revenues were up 14 percent on a […] Read more »

Jeff Bussgang: I saw first-hand how quickly money can fly out the door in a VC-backed consumer play and I’m worried that it’s happening again.  There’s some emerging data to support the “consumer bubble” theory.  VentureOne recently reported that in 2003, there were 183 consumer deals […] Read more »