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August 1, 2015

How to prevent death by PowerPoint

Communications consultant Steve Bustin outlines the secrets of an effective presentation.

July 1, 2015

Meeting scheduler: Do Doodle

Q: Can you recommend a good solution for scheduling meetings among people who use different calendar systems?

July 1, 2015

Expanding your app-titude

A monthly look at mobile apps that can make the CPA’s job and life better. This month: ScanBizCards; TripIt; and LinkedIn Connected.

July 1, 2015

YouTube: A timely video

Q: Is there a way to send someone a YouTube link that starts playing at a specific point in the video, say 50 seconds into the video?

July 1, 2015

Google Alerts: Don’t get alarmed

Q: How do I get rid of a Google Alert?

July 1, 2015

Q: I am looking to purchase a new computer, and I notice that many of them come with multiple core processor chips. This has me wondering how many core processor chips I really need in my desktop computer.

July 1, 2015

Internet Explorer: I’d like to open a tab

Q: Is it possible to get my Internet Explorer browser to open multiple tabs at the same time?

July 1, 2015

Microsoft Word: Word jump

Q: Is there a way to jump a specific number of pages forward or backward in a large Microsoft Word document?

June 17, 2015

SEC upgrades EDGAR, drops 2013 GAAP taxonomy support for XBRL

The SEC released a new version of EDGAR that no longer supports the 2013 taxonomy for the tagging of financial report data using extensible business reporting language.

June 12, 2015

Tax industry and IRS team up to fight identity theft refund fraud

the IRS announced that it agreed to partner with a number of tax preparation firms, state tax administrators, and other interested parties to fight identity theft refund fraud.

June 2, 2015

Expanded IRS online services put taxpayer information at risk, Senate committee told

IRS Commissioner John Koskinen revealed more details about the theft of 100,000 taxpayers’ data through the Get Transcript system.

June 1, 2015

Make it fit

Q: Can you recommend some decent fitness apps to install on my smartphone?

June 1, 2015

PowerPoint trumps Word

As an alternative to organizing your photos in Word, you could instead organize them using PowerPoint’s built-in Photo Album tool.

June 1, 2015

Resizing your home

Q: Is it possible in Word 2013 to simultaneously resize a large number of photos and then rotate those photos that need rotating?

June 1, 2015

The future of marketing: Thriving in a digital world

Learn how digital marketing techniques such as social media and content marketing can work side by side with traditional referral marketing to broaden your pool of potential clients and convert online browsers to customers.

June 1, 2015

Experts warn of cybersecurity ‘storm’: Technology round table, part 2

In the second of two parts, the tone at the fourth annual JofA accounting technology round table turns tense as the experts discuss the cybersecurity vulnerabilities they see in the accounting profession.

June 1, 2015