Verizon plans to charge a ‘convenience fee’ to pay your bill

The country’s largest wireless carrier, Verizon, will begin charging its subscribers a $2 “convenience fee” to pay their bills.

The only way to avoid this fee is to sign up for automatic payments through Verizon’s website, according to a report from Droid-Life. The new fee will go into effect beginning Jan. 15, 2012. Verizon’s actions follow the same policy Sprint implemented earlier this year to get more people signed up for automatic payments.

Verizon subscribers … Continue Reading

“Digital file cabinet” Doxo brings online bill tracking to smartphones

Doxo, a startup that wants to end the pain of paper billing, is bringing its service to smartphones today with the launch of its iPhone app.

The Seattle startup already provides its customers with a website where they can store and pay their bills. Now those users will be able to do the same thing on their phones — or, at least, they can check on their bills, and Doxo says it will add the … Continue Reading

Doxo might end your billing headaches

Until now, Seattle startup Doxo has been pretty secretive about what it’s up to. All it’s revealed is that it’s backed by Jeff Bezos’ Bezos Expeditions and Mohr Davidow Ventures, and that it’s been developing a paperless billing product.

Today, however, co-founder and chief executive Steve Shivers gave me a demo of the service. And the site is now handing out invites and letting in users.

Shivers and his team tried to answer this question: … Continue Reading

Life sciences briefing: Monday, Feb. 4, 2008

Until now, Seattle startup Doxo has been pretty secretive about what it’s up to. All it’s revealed is that it’s backed by Jeff Bezos’ Bezos Expeditions and Mohr Davidow Ventures, and that it’s been developing a paperless billing product.

Today, however, co-founder and chief executive Steve Shivers gave me a demo of the service. And the site is now handing out invites and letting in users.

Shivers and his team tried to answer this question: … Continue Reading