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We all tend to use PayPal, at the very least, for the buying and selling of items on eBay. The PayPal Mobile app attempts to make it easier to send and request payments from wherever you happen to be at the time. The app goes beyond this, though, with features that might tempt you to use PayPal for more than online auctions.

PayPal didn’t get where it is by making things overly complex, and at the heart of the mobile app you’ll find simple tools to send or request payments to and from other PayPal users. The app makes things easier by tracking recent contacts, and proves ideal for handling eBay payments while on the move. read more


The Android Marketplace isn’t short of apps that promise to help you to balance your books, help you to save money, or even prevent you from going overdrawn. EasyMoney is undoubtedly one of the best, but you will have to put in a little effort – and maintain some discipline – in order to derive the full benefit of what it can do for you. read more

Cashbook is the Swiss Army Knife of Android finance-apps, with features to track income and expenditure, and then log both business and personal expenses. Additional features, such as a mileage log, will undoubtedly prove a boon to small businesses, agents, or consultants. It’s well priced, too. read more



Android has dozens of fantastic share-tracking apps. The only problem is that all of these are clearly aimed at an American market. All except one, that it. If you want real-time data from the London Stock Exchange, then there’s only one choice: SharePrice. This app is provided by Interactive Investor, which says it is the UK’s largest independent online financial-services service read more

How many times have you failed to claim expenses just because you couldn’t get yourself properly organised? With Xpenser, however, your Android phone can be uses to easily track expenses as they happen. The software will then produce a detailed report, complete with a running total and images of any receipts that you have taken with the phone’s camera. read more