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Archive Home > 2011 > July > 12 > Today’s savings app grew out of an ’80s mini-computer

Today’s savings app grew out of an ’80s mini-computer

By Claudia Buck / The Bulletin
July 12, 2011

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Talk about savings.

Back in 1987, when cellphones were the size and heft of a solid brick, a Sacramento software designer created the MoneyDiary. It was a pocket-sized, hand-held computer device for tracking your spending. Sold in local electronics stores, it cost....

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