Smartphones have evolved almost continuously since their introduction in 1993. Designed to be the top end of the cellular device scale, they are distinguished from feature phones by their more substantial computing power, the array of third-party applications available for them, and the speed of their operating systems for functions such as video and web browsing. Read more...

The quiet little marketplace for document management solutions is about to kick into high gear, driven not by the demands of accounting firms and their clients, but by external forces that will bring new requirements for records retention, a slew of new competitors, and a lot of confusion for companies still striving to build efficient document management into their administrative processes. Read more...

A few years ago, a good scanner was considered an indispensable piece of hardware for an accounting firm, due to the number of paper documents that needed to be added to electronic file cabinets and document management systems. Today, they are rapidly going the way of the typewriter - a specialized tool that may not be worth the investment given how infrequently it is used.

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