Uber isn't wasting any time with its self-driving car effort. The Pittsburgh Business Times spotted one of the app-based car service's first autonomous vehicles on the road this week. The sedan has "Uber Advanced Technologies Center" written on the doors, not to mention a bunch of equipment on the roof, so Uber isn't exactly trying to hide. In February, Uber announced it will be developing self-driving car technologies. It has teamed [...]
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In case you haven’t heard, the EMV migration is coming. EMV is a security standard put forth by the world’s major credit-card brands, and it’s already appearing on your customers’ cards in the form of a “smart chip.” This article is intended to walk you through the steps of migrating to the new processing standard, but for more background on everything EMV, check out our EMV infographic. As opposed to the old magnetic-stripe cards, EMV [...]
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Chart of Accounts: If you are using subaccounts to track source of income or use of expenses, merge subaccounts together or into the parent accounts and set up Classes to do the tracking. Item List: Merge together old and/or inactive items that are no longer sold. Merged items lose their identity; be sure you have an archive copy with the history of each item. Customer LIst: If your Customer:Job list has several, old jobs underneath [...]
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PROS / Intuit's POS software will integrate well with businesses already using QuickBooks. CONS / QuickBooks Point of Sale Basic software is missing several features that most companies need. VERDICT / This software is great for small businesses that don't need the pro version additions. Editor’s Note: This product has been removed from our side-by-side comparison because it has been replaced by another product. You can still read our [...]
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