Billshrink Upgrades Its Statement Rewards With Rewards Discovery, Geolocation And Social Features

BillShrink, a service that wants to provide consumers with the best deals on their common purchases like a phone bill, credit card bill or TV service, is announcing the addition of four new features to its Statement Rewards product, which is an integration of the BillShrink platform into users' online bank statements, allowing consumers to get rewards recommendations for their purchases.Statement Rewards originally delivered recommendations and merchant rewards to customers within their bank statements, through an interactive tool highlighting where customers can save under the transaction details. The new features added today expand this function through some of the most popular distribution channels right now including geo-location and social.]]>

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HomeAway Acquires Social Vacation Rentals App Second Porch

Vacation rentals giant HomeAway has made an acquisition today—social vacation rentals platform Second Porch. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Second Porch, which launched in 2009, helps you find and share vacation rentals through your social circle on Facebook. The site's Facebook app allows owners create a free property listing that can be broadcast to your Facebook friends. The app also aggregates all listings onto a map from your friends (owners can also choose to let anyone on Facebook see their listings) and lets people search for rentals by location, rate or amenities. And of course, you can search or filter by properties owned by friends.

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