Category: Technology

Rapid advances in technology continue to change the atmosphere of accounting and bookkeeping. Today’s forecast calls for cloudy skies. At ProLedge, we’re continuously studying online technologies and accounting applications to better serve our dynamic customer base…

Everybody talks about how companies like Apple, Microsoft and Google have fundamentally changed the way the economy operates. In the world of small businesses, which drives an enormous part of our economy, I would still put Microsoft at the top of the list…

Online banking for small businesses has long been mainstream . Small business owners who don’t use a browser to check on their bank accounts will soon be put on the endangered species list. However, the percentage of small business owners…

Whenever one of our bookkeepers has his/her initial meeting with a new client, the topic of how we will access the client’s QuickBooks file is on the agenda. There are many options depending on the client’s needs and setup, including…

The debate between Mac and Windows is getting almost as polarized as our beloved Congress. Until recently, the bookkeeping world had managed to remain relatively immune to this debate, but with the increased market share of the Mac in the small…

Over the years, QuickBooks has matured and the rate of innovation in the product itself has been decreasing significantly. The real innovation is now in the breadth of third party services and applications that interface with QuickBooks. If you have…

QuickBooks files tend to be very large. If you need to send a copy of your QuickBooks file to someone such as your CPA, attaching the file to an email is typically a bad idea because the email service provider on the recipient’s side will often block…

QuickBooks is, by nature, an application that requires a significant amount of data entry. Using it on a small screen, without a keyboard (and to a lesser extent without a mouse) can be quite tricky. Consequently, you wouldn’t consider the iPad to be an…