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THE BLEEDING EDGE WE NO LONGER BUY A NEW CAR EVERY YEAR. PERHAPS EVERY DECADE, BUT NOT EVERY YEAR. WE USE OUR SMARTPHONES TO COMPARISON SHOP. WE FIX BROKEN THINGS INSTEAD OF THROWING THEM AWAY IN FAVOR OF A NEW ONE. AND WE DEMAND PRODUCTS THAT CAN BE FIXED. have all of our at ention taken by the realities of today. T e changes in tax laws. New best practices. T e needs of our clients. But the reality is that we must also watch the more general trends in society and how they will aff ect us. T ings like the "Occupy" movement. T e rising sales numbers for handguns and shotguns. T e number of million- aires and billionaires who, according to the US Census Bureau, are fl eeing the United States and taking their families and money with them. T e not-so-rosy future for eBooks. Perhaps even changes in bridal fashions. And maybe that's a good reason for this magazine and this column to exist. Reality Check A compendium of ideas, products, rants and raves from the viewpoint of the author. Not that the author has no fi nancial interests in any of the products mentioned. Feel free to disagree, or to share your ideas by sending them to dave.mcclure@cpapracticeadvisor. com. Internet Site of the Month, Southeastern Institute of Research. (ht p://www.SIRresearch.com). As noted above in the column, CEO John Martin has some terrifi c research on the new frugality and coming genera- tions – and what it will mean to the people of those generations. You may also want to invite him to your state CPA society meeting as a speaker. even private networks in a time of national unrest. Kind of like North Korea does. Really. Look for a bill to pop up in the Senate in 2012, and to meet fi erce resistance. 4G devices. January?? You heard right. So what about all those "4G" products you've been buying for the past two years? Well, that was just a marketing gimmick to sell you 3G products under the 4G name. And that means that we won't see real 4G products for months to come, if ever. Feel like a sucker yet? T e Simple Dollar www.thesimpledollar.com Looking for a quick primer on the new frugality? Trent Hamm's blog site, T e Simple Dollar, lays it out quickly and easily. Pay special at ention to "Trent's 14 Money Rules" for a quick checklist. Pinterest www.pinterest.com Okay, admit it. You've never heard of this website. But brace yourself, because this is the hot est new social media site on the planet, according to ComScore, which says it reached the 10-million- unique-visitors rate faster than any stand-alone web site. Ever. Still in beta, with its funky blend of pictures, prod- ucts, retail sites and cupcakes. Facebook should be very afraid. Internet Kill Switch T e Obama Administration is pushing for Cybersecurity legislation that would give the Federal government the ability to shut down the Internet and Phony 4G Products In mid-January, the IEEE finally approved the defi - nition that wi l l specify requirements for April 2012 • www.CPAPracticeAdvisor.com 27 Microsoſt 's Leap Year On February 29, at the World Mobile Congress in Barcelona, Spain, Microsoſt introduced the consumer beta version of its Windows 8 oper- ating system. T e Windows 8 Con- sumer Preview event timing would be consistent with an October release of the operating system. Why download the Preview? For starters, the famous Start Button is missing from this version…