Today's Technology for Tomorrow's Firm.
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28 April 2016 • www.CPAPracticeAdvisor.com APPS WE LOVE But we k now you're busy and probably don't have time for that deep dive into ever y bit of break- ing news. So we checked in with members of the CPA Practice Advi- sor community and asked them to share their favorite news apps. We turned up a lot of the usual suspects, including Te Wall Street Journal app, Te New York Times, USA Today, and CNN. We also found out about some other gems. Here's what we discovered. Kerri Gibson of Wolters K lu- wer CCH and several others we contacted rely on FLIPBOARD . "It's a fun, easy to use news aggregator that pulls out not only the top news stories but also pieces based on your customized interests. Te daily digest of top stories means not only do I stay caught up, I get to read perspectives from sources I might have other w ise missed." Gibson also recommends the NPR NEWS APP . "Tey have both articles and live streaming. I can listen to my favorite NPR stations no mater where in the world I am which keeps me connected to home and world events in one place." Sandra Wiley of Boomer Consul- tants uses FLIPBOARD "to aggregate my news and pull in items for specifc topics I am tracking. I can literally fip through the topics and the news sources to fnd the items that are most interesting or relevant to me." Tere are magazine apps that allow you to subscribe, purchase individual copies, read free articles, and search. Wiley uses TEXTURE , "to read various magazines I love - in the cloud." R ick R ichardson, CPA. CITP, CGM A, of R ichardson Media & Technologies likes ZINIO for his e-mags, and he added, "I also like POCKET to act as an intermediate store of interesting stuf that gets fled later." Chris Frederiksen, CPA , of Frederiksen & Company and Pan- alitix USA, told us he sticks with the BBC NEWS app. "W hy? Because it's independent, neutral and reliable and thank fully devoid of political bias." Kacee Johnson of Blue Ocean Principles agrees. "I prefer the BBC news app so that I get global alerts rather than just localized content. Teir app is easy without a lot of ads and they don't do too many push notifcations." Michael J. Devereux, CPA, CMP, of Mueller Prost, told us he uses THE HILL app, "to keep me abreast of what's happening w ithin the Federal government (both with tax legislation and other issues afecting our clients)." Jim Bourke, CPA .CITP, CFF, CGM A, of WithumSmith+Brown, said, "Hands down....the absolute best news app ever just dropped last month! It's called QUARTZ . It delivers news in a whole new way... conversational style. You absolutely MUST check it out...." Dav id Ciesla k , CPA .CIT P, GSEC , of A r x is Tech nolog y, mentions that his go-to news apps include AP NEWS and YAHOO NEWS DIGEST , and the radio app STITCHER - "curated content presented in the order I like. It's my morning/drive- time radio - or whenever I'm on the go. If I have a bit more time to listen, I let Stitcher chose content - always something new and interesting to learn!" Brian Friedman, CPA.CITP, of CCH Tax & Accounting Sofware, turns to TWITTER . "Tw iter has become the place I go for immediate news and response to that news." R andy Johnston of K 2 Enter- prises and Network Management Group, Inc., sent us a lengthy list of news apps he likes, including the ECONOMIST app. "Besides the week ly technolog y section, the Technolog y Quar terly has key topics covered with some depth. You can count on a business view of technology from this source, PLUS it is typically writen from a UK point of view rather than a U.S. point of view, which is usually more factual and less sensational than our major news sources." "Call me old-school, but I lived and breathed Google Reader until they killed it. So now I use FEEDLY to collect all my R SS feeds," said R ick Telberg of CPA Trendlines Research and Bay Street Group. Geni W hitehouse of Even a Nerd Can Be Heard, relies on LINKEDIN PULSE , the professional news digest, as does Jennifer Wilson of Conver- genceCoaching. I'll wrap this up with a few of my favorites: I love THESKIMM - a daily newsleter that provides the head- lines you don't want to miss with a bit of humor and reality thrown in for good measure. I also check in frequently with TRENDS24 - the app that keeps you tuned in to what is trending on Twiter. BUSINESS INSIDER lets me customize my news for the topics and categories I'm most interested in following. News & Information Apps By Gail Perry, CPA, Editor-in-Chief I t's a heady time for news junkies. Our computers and smart phones put the world at our doorstep and allow us to watch stories unfold all over the planet. We no longer have to rely on our local newspapers and television reporters to give us the whole story. Not only can we go directly to the sources ourselves for the latest updates, we can read frst-person accounts from observers, we can com- pare reports from competing news sources, we can watch images and videos and read commentary all over social media, and we can even make personal connections with the participants in the events. APPS WE LOVE IS SPONSORED BY HTTP://ACCOUNTANTSWORLD.COM AccountantsWorld ® Accountants First SM ... only at