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Onavo Apps in the News
January 2013:
October 2012:
- Lifehacker: Onavo Count for iPhone Watches Your Bandwidth Usage, Saves You Money on Overage Fees
- VentureBeat: iPhone apps hogging your data? Track their usage with Onavo Count
- Engadget: Data hungry apps revealed with Onavo Count, free usage tracker for iOS
- TheNextWeb: Find out which iPhone apps are hogging your data allowance with Onavo Count
- 9to5Mac: Onavo Count lets you track your cellular data usage app by app
- The Loop: Apple Maps up to five times more data efficient than Google Maps
- Daring Fireball: iOS Maps App Update
- Gizmodo: There Is One Very Important Thing That Apple Maps Is A Lot Better At Than Google Maps
- MacObserver: Onavo: Apple Maps Uses 80% Less Data than Old Google Maps
- Modmyi: Apple Maps Beats Google Maps in Data Efficiency
- BGR: Apple's Maps uses up to 80% less data than Google Maps on iOS
- ArsTechnica: Report: iOS6 Maps is data efficient compared to predecessor
- Inman News: Top 4 property search apps dominate
- CNET: Apple Maps uses less data than Google Maps, says study
September 2012:
- Forbes: The One Money Saving Mobile App Everyone Needs
- PCMagazine: Onavo Extend
- HuffingtonPost: Onavo iPhone App Review
- Huffington Post: The Best Free iPhone Apps
- PCMagazine: Onavo (iPhone)
August 2012:
- The Globe and Mail: Phone bill shock? New app reduces data use
- TechCrunch: Checking Prices Via Your Mobile? IDC Finds "Showrooming" Trend Most Popular on Saturdays
- VentureBeat: Onavo: Mobile shoppers compare prices most on Saturdays, buy most on Sundays, Mondays
- eCommerceBytes: Mobile SHopping Research Looks at eBay versus Amazon
- AndroidandMe: Android Rookies: 10 new apps worth checking out
July 2012:
- CBS Philly: The Onavo App
- Gadling: iPhone Travel Apps Ranked By Actual Usage
- Business Insider: 7 Quick Tips That'll Save You Money On Your Smartphone Bill
- WirelessWeek: Reimagining Data and Content in an App-IP World
- tnooz: Data use rankings for iPhone travl booking apps
- CNET: AT&T's new Mobile Share plan: Who wins and who loses
June 2012:
- AllthingsD: The Data Dilemma: Three Apps for Keeping Tabs on Your Smartphone Data
- Monocle: The Entrepreneurs (20/06/2012)
- The Independent: Three is first network with holiday data roaming deal
- CNET: Track Android data usage with Onavo Count
- Forbes: The Mobile Data Economy: How Much Data Do You Need to Buy?
- Entrepreneur: A Mobile Compression App for Data Misers
- FierceWireless: Onavo Mobile -mobile app- wireless startups Fierce 15 2012
- LifeHacker: The Best Data Usage Tracker for Android
May 2012:
- CNET: Verizon's and Comcast's data caps: Who wins and who loses?
- Reuters: The $1,000 vacation cellphone bill
- CNET: Should angry Verizon subscribers ditch Big Red?
- PCWorld: 12 Tips to Cut Your Cell Phone Bill
- AppStorm: How to Double Your Data Plan for Free with Onavo Extend
April 2012:
- Gizmodo UK: How to Get Ice Cream Sandwich Features on Your Old-School Gingerbread
- USA Today: Pur your data-hungry gadget on a diet
- The National: Travel Essentials: Wi-Fi finder apps for iPhone
- Washingtog Post: Instagram: What makes it worth $1 billion to Facebook
- ReadWriteWeb: 5 Things the Experts Say You Need to Know About the Facebook-Instagram Merger
- CNN Expansion: Aprende a ciudar Internet en tu celular
- MSN Ellos: Aplicaciones para tablets y smartphones
- Bloomberg Businessweek: Google Seeks Billions by Boosting Mobile Internet Speeds
March 2012:
- CBS Philly: Free App Helps Conserve Bites on Your Data-Slurping Smartphone
- The Telegraph: How to Avoid Mobile 'Bill Shock'
- CNET: Why AT&T's new 'throttling' policy isn't as bad as last one
- SmartMoney: 10 Things E-Books Won't Tell You
- Bloomberg Businessweek: Billionare Li Sees Boon in AT&T Usage Cap
- The New York Times: Apps Seek to Help Phone Users Track Data
- WirelessWeek: Opinion: AT&T Throttling Exemplifies Carrier Problems
- lifehacker: That Coveted Unlimited Data Plan Could Be Costing You Money
- The Guardian: The top 50 Android phone apps
- PCWorld: How to Stay Below Your Data Cap on Android
- Bloomberg Businessweek: Roi Tiger Has Salvation for Data Hogs
February 2012:
- CNET: Would an AT&T 'Toll-Free' Data Service Stifle App Innovation?
- PCMag: 10 Must-Have iPhone Apps
- ZDNet UK: Four top iPad apps for people on the move
- VentureBeat: How a few simple push notifications helped data shrinking app Onavo go viral
- lifehacker: Onavo Extend for Android Compresses Your Mobile Data, Promises to Save You from Bandwidth Caps
- TheNextWeb: Onavo Extend launches on Android 4.0, cutting data consumption by up to 80%
- mobileburn: Onavo brings data compression to Android with Extend app
- AndroidGuys: Onavo introduces Extend app for ICS devices, helps you keep track of every megabyte
- VentureBeat: Onavo’s data compression makes its way to Android 4.0 devices
January 2012:
- VentureBeat: Mobile data shrinking app Onavo raises $10M, working on compression for Android
- The Gazette: Grannies pick top tech applications, Internet startups
- TechCrunch: Onavo’s Data-Compressing Mobile App Raises $10 Million Series B From Horizons, Motorola Ventures
- WSJ.com: Confessions of an iPhone Data Hog
- PCMag.com: The 75 Best iPhone Apps
- APCMag.com: How to reduce smartphone data bill shock
- interest.co.nz: Smarter use of smart phone can save users a bundle
December 2011:
- AllThingsD: Upstart WhatsApp Among List of Most Popular Data-Using iPhone Apps
- CBS News: Get more data on your iPhone or Android's wireless plan for free
- The Gadget Show (TV): TV on the move
- TheNextWeb: Get real-time updates on how much data your Android apps are using with Onavo’s new widgets
- Business Insider: CHART OF THE DAY: The Facebook iPad App Crushed Facebook On The iPad's Web Browser
- Gotta Be Mobile: 10 neat tricks and tips for the Samsung Galaxy Nexus on Verizon
- AndroidPolice: Onavo App Update To Include Widgets, Helps You Track Your Data Usage In Real-Time
- BBC Radio Times: The best Christmas present - TV on your new smartphone
November 2011:
- BBC Business News: Onavo - a smartphone app that shrinks data to save money
- AppPicker: Essential Thanksgiving Travel Apps For Your iPhone
- TheNextWeb: Onavo Taps the Wisdom of Crowds to Help You Save Data on Android
- Popular Science: Cheap Tricks - Slow the Expensive Data Flow From Your Smartphone
- GigaOm: TuneIn Radio rises to the top among streaming music apps
October 2011:
- Mashable: iPhone vs. Android: The Social App Activities That Set Users Apart [Infographic]
- CNET: FCC Strikes Deal with Wireless Industry to Prevent Bill Shock
- iPhon.fr: Top 14 Must-Have Apps for iPhone 4S
- LifeHacker: How to Get the Best Features of Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich Now
September 2011:
- PCMag Editor's Choice: Onavo
- CNET: Is Apple's App Store a Data Hog?
- DailyFinance: How to save on your iPhone bill: Track data usage... Painlessly
- BBC Click: Onavo coming to Android (video)
- GigaOM: Onavo begins assault on high Android data usage
August 2011:
- AndroidPit: Onavo is the best damn data monitoring app for Android. Period.
- Mashable: Are your mobile apps data hogs? This Android app tells you
- TechCrunch: Onavo - the must-have data shrinking iOS app - comes to Android
- Economic Times: A primer on top 10 smartphone apps
- Music Ally: Onavo claims 18.6% of Swedish iPhone users use the Spotify app
- NYTimes: How to beat roaming fees while travelling abroad
- CBS Business Network: Lower Your AT&T Data Bill with Onavo for iPhone
- GigaOM: Capped data plan got you down? There’s an app for that
- Breakfast Television Calgary: Gadget Guy & the Onavo app
- The Telegraph: Travel advice - data roaming charges
July 2011:
- TechCrunch: Data Hog! Twitter's own iPhone app uses twice the data of TweetDeck
- BBC Business Travel: Keeping mobile roaming headaches at bay
- PCMag: Onavo's Data Tricks Could Double Smartphone Data Plans
- Metro UK: How to cut your mobile phone bill by going on a data diet
- VentureBeat: Onavo Reigns Supreme at the MobileBeat 2011 Startup Competition
- CNET: No unlimited data plan? Help! (FAQ)
- Tom’s Guide (FR): Compresser sa data : la recette miracle pour réduire son forfait?
- TIME: Verizon's New Data Limits: How to Avoid Getting Screwed
May 2011:
- Mashable: iPhone App Shrinks Your Data & Your Monthly Bill
- Australian Business Traveler: New iPhone app can save up to 85% on global roaming costs
- TheNextWeb: My trip abroad with data cost saving app Onavo
- LifeHacker: Onavo Compresses Mobile Data, Avoids Data Overage Fees
- CNN: App helps you limbo under 3G data cap
- Gizmodo: Get More Out of Your Monthly Data by Using Onavo’s Free Data-Compressing App
April 2011:
- TechCrunch TV: Interview with Onavo's Guy Rosen
- TechCrunch: Onavo is a money-saving, must have app for every iPhone data user
- TheNextWeb: Onavo wants to double your mobile data
- The Wall Street Journal: iPhone app doubles your data plan
- TIME: Onavo, the iPhone app for data hogs
Awards
- Grandmothers' Pick, International Startup Festival
- Tesla Award, MobileBeat 2011 Startup Competition
- Best Innovative App, Meffys Global 2011
- Best Mobile App,TheNextWeb Startup Rally
- People’s Choice Award, TheNextWeb Startup Rally
Press Releases
- 24 April 2012 - Announcing Onavo Extend for CDMA and LTE
- 27 February 2012 - Announcing Onavo Extend for Android
- 24 January 2012 - Onavo Closes $10m Series B Round
- 15 December 2011 - New Onavo Widget Lets Android Users Track Their Data in Real Time
- 15 November 2011 - Onavo releases crowd-sourcing features, badges, to its Android version
- 21 September 2011 - AppStores exposed as major user of mobile data
- 30 August 2011 - Onavo unveils mobile data cost control app for Android
- 09 August 2011 - $1b Being Wasted on Mobile Data Plans
- 14 July 2011 - Onavo wins best consumer app at prestigious MobileBeat Conference
- 23 Jun 2011 - 'Cost per tweet' much lower with TweetDeck: Onavo study
- 17 Jun 2011 - Onavo investigates Canadian operators after OECD Report
- 17 Jun 2011 - Optus the most expensive in OECD’s third most expensive country
- 02 Jun 2011 - O2, Vodafone Cut Data Roaming Costs, Onavo Trebles the Savings
- 17 May 2011 - Onavo Secures $3 Million Financing Round from Magma Venture Partners and Sequoia Capital
- 29 Apr 2011 - Onavo's new app crunches data so users get more from their mobile
